Student Success Statement

Eight great reasons to tell the truth.

1.Telling the truth lets everyone know what really happened. There's less chance of misunderstanding, confusion, or conflict.

2. Telling the truth protects innocent people from being blamed or punished.

3.Telling the truth allows everyone to learn from what happened.

4.You uually get into less trouble for telling the truth other than for lying (and getting caught.)

5.Other people trust you more when you tell the truth.

6.You don’t have to tell (and remember) more lies to keep your story straight.

7.You gain a reoutation for being truthful- a trait most people value.

8. Telling the truth helps you to feel secure and peaceful inside.

Reflection: It is important to tell the truth because it is the right thing to do, and it is a good value to follow. It is important to tell the truth even if it gets you in trouble because this shows that you are willing to be honest no matter what the consequences are. This, will earn you credibility and help others see you as an honest person. It is important that others see you this way because it is what most people value in a person. For people to have any sort of relationship, there needs to be trust. If you have no trust in a relationship, then it cannot move forward, so it will probably crash and burn. For us to function in society we need to have relationships, so essentially telling the truth is what earns a significant amount of this success in social interactions.