Title
HM Remarks, Opening Faculty Meeting - 2001: "Community" / Tad Roach
Date
September
6
2001
Decade
2000s
Notes
The headmaster's opening address at the first all school meeting of the academic year. Tad discusses the importance of students conducting themselves with integrity; the importance of being honest and truthful. Here's a sliver of this very important address:
"St. Andrew’s honor code specifically warns against the violations of academic dishonesty, stealing, lying and deceiving. The St. Andrew’s academic program is an unusual one in many respects. It will ask you to think like a scientist, mathematician and historian; it will ask you to develop your own particular approach to a number of important and complex questions. What we care about is helping you to become a curious, creative, passionate scholar. We can only teach you well by assessing your progress in an authentic way. Please observe the honor expectations withing your classroom carefully. Always ask for clarification, especially on take-home assignments. Never sacrifice your integrity because you are behind in a class or because you are afraid of failure."
"St. Andrew’s honor code specifically warns against the violations of academic dishonesty, stealing, lying and deceiving. The St. Andrew’s academic program is an unusual one in many respects. It will ask you to think like a scientist, mathematician and historian; it will ask you to develop your own particular approach to a number of important and complex questions. What we care about is helping you to become a curious, creative, passionate scholar. We can only teach you well by assessing your progress in an authentic way. Please observe the honor expectations withing your classroom carefully. Always ask for clarification, especially on take-home assignments. Never sacrifice your integrity because you are behind in a class or because you are afraid of failure."