What is honor? An essay suitable for applications.

Honor is a subjective right. More specifically, honor is a right to respect as an equal. It has the following characteristics: (1) it can be lost, (2) it is single and indivisible, (3) in order that the right be retained the individual must follow certain rules (the honor code), and (4) there is at least one term in the language that always, or at least frequently, refers to this right. As defined by the dictionary, honor is a high …

…understanding and knowing the students. It is not about how hard a teacher punishes a student. It is not about how strict a teacher is. From a student's point of view, it is about how that teacher treats the students. Honor is hard to fully describe in words, and no amount of pages will ever give it justice. It is something that takes forever to describe, but in an instant, everyone knows what it is.