Free Write - Honesty

Honestly, I don't see why people would lie on a paper.  You have made it clear that you are open to all opinions.  On this particular essay, you even said that the faculty was split on the issue so no matter what your feeling toward it was, you were going to be right.  I understand why people would want to lie about their feelings in an essay, but not in this class.  You are a very open-minded person and want to understand students' points of view on the issue.  I don't know if a teacher can ever be 100% sure that all of their students are being honest in their writing.  I think it will stick out like a sore thumb.  If a student is very negative in class and hardly participates, but then they write about how awesome grammar is, the instructor might find that a bit fishy.  It kind of frustrates me.  It makes people look like all they want to do is get through the class and not get anything out of it.  I hope that nobody in this class will continue to do this.  We have had some good discussions and I honestly enjoy listening to opinions.  We have a diverse class in terms of age and background.  I don't like cheaters.  That's what I'm going to call the liars.