{"id":368,"date":"2010-03-30T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/orientation-ambassadors\/2010\/03\/30\/the-importance-of-being-honest\/"},"modified":"2010-03-30T15:31:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T20:31:00","slug":"the-importance-of-being-honest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/orientation-ambassadors\/2010\/03\/30\/the-importance-of-being-honest\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Being Honest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">Hey guys!<\/span> <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZYipR-gr58U\/S7Jfb3HC1dI\/AAAAAAAAAFg\/GUGEQh5ooyc\/s1600\/skipping_school.jpg\" style=\"clear: right;float: right;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-left: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZYipR-gr58U\/S7Jfb3HC1dI\/AAAAAAAAAFg\/GUGEQh5ooyc\/s320\/skipping_school.jpg\" width=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">An \u201cincident\u201d here on campus today inspired me to write this blog to you guys. Today, I went all the way to North campus to attend a class that was actually meeting on South. By the time I got back to the correct campus, class was 45 minutes over, so I couldn\u2019t go. Here is where the honesty part kicks in. Right away, I decided to email my professor and explain the situation. He wrote back and appreciated letting him know that I missed class. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">The moral of this story (besides that I need to look at my planner more carefully), is that letting your professors know when you can\u2019t make it to class can sometimes be a good thing. It is important to attend classes- after all, you are paying for them and skipping them is a waste- but some professors really appreciate knowing whether or not you are there. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">When I was a freshman, I was always very skeptical of emailing my professors. I now know that some professors really do mean it when they say that want to help you- so don\u2019t be shy!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">Of course, this advice in letting your professors know when\/why you are missing class should be treated with care- although most professors are very friendly and willing to talk to you, some simply won\u2019t care. Don\u2019t take it too personally, though- just try and stay honest. You\u2019ll feel like a better student. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey guys! An \u201cincident\u201d here on campus today inspired me to write this blog to you guys. Today, I went all the way to North campus to attend a class that was actually meeting on South. By the time I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/orientation-ambassadors\/2010\/03\/30\/the-importance-of-being-honest\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/orientation-ambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/orientation-ambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/orientation-ambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/orientation-ambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/orientation-ambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/orientation-ambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/orientation-ambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/orientation-ambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/orientation-ambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}