The only thing this school system has taught me is that cheating is okay. Similarly, so is lying and other immoral practices. It is okay as long as you don’t get caught. And, if you do, as long as you know the right people or are involved in certain activities or organizations, one can get away with murder. The school has been responsible for teaching me this; no one else. I know this because I was not raised with those ideals. My parents have raised me better than that.

In addition to the doctrines I’ve acquired, there are special people that supercede any moral code. What makes these people so special that they can be spared the humiliation of their actions? When was the last time our school stepped in to defend someone else? When did they stand up for that kid who just didn’t matter to anyone that was being harassed?

The school can’t stop me from expressing myself concerning something I wish to talk about. This isn’t Russia. It doesn’t matter who I heard this from. What matters is the facts surrounding the truth. And why would this whole ordeal by a lie? I’ve disliked these special people for so many years, yet I’ve never felt inclined to fabricate a glorious lie to destroy. Not only to destroy them with this “lie,” but to draw others in, and make them my allies, to follow like sheep in my pathetic “lie.” And when this dictatorship succeeds in quieting my personal convictions, perhaps they will also censor my college essay, which discusses the events of my small social bubble. All forms of communication about this taboo topic, by their logic, should also be forbidden. I will be punished for merely expressing my freedoms. Every free man has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public. My moral convictions will be punished because it is others that have none at all. I am involved because I care and my school is governed by corrupted politics.