Chris: On Top of the Honor Code

Well, not necessarily on top, but we are older. And hopefully wiser.

Being upperclassmen has many advantages. Throughout our freshmen and sophomore years we learned about the Honor Code, about honor, fairness, kindness, and truth. Those four pillars of the school were engrained in our heads and we felt as if we had come to know them well. As a junior I feel, though, with the given freedom comes more of a responsibility to act within the honor code. As Mr. Mulligan says, to act honorably is to do the right thing when no one is watching. As upperclassmen, we are not watched nearly as much as freshmen and sophomores. Whether it's unproctored study hall rules to taking tests unproctored, we are given more chances to act honorably. These liberties encourage us students to act with honor, fairness, kindness and truth. The opportunities bestowed upon us to do the right are what sets Thacher apart from any other school.