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This house believes that students who commit academic dishonesty should not be
dismissed because it disrupts the students’ academic progress, emotional and
psychological well-being, and negatively impacts how their peers, family, and society
view them.
Arguments Propositions
1. It disrupts the students’ academic progress.

2. It affects the students' emotional and psychological well-being.
3. Students end up stigmatized and are seen negatively by their peers, families,
and society as a whole.
Submitted by:
Al-Hassan A. Adam
C105
I. Introduction
Academic dishonesty, such as cheating or plagiarism, is a serious offense that
can have significant consequences for students, including dismissal from school.
Dismissal from school refers to the act of removing a student from an educational
institution, typically due to disciplinary reasons. Notably, dismissing students from
school due to academic dishonesty can have several negative impacts on their
academic growth. As a result, educational institutions should carefully consider the
circumstances of each case before deciding on disciplinary measures. They need to
provide sufficient support and resources to help students overcome challenges and
achieve their academic goals. Thus, dismissal from school should not be an option to
address students’ academic dishonesty because it disrupts the student’s academic
progress, emotional and psychological well-being, and negatively impacts how their
peers, family, and society view them.
II. Background
School dismissal is useless as a disciplinary measure since it slows students’
academic development. Successful completion of a higher education program is
evidenced by the number of hours spent reading, studying, and learning. Every
graduate has challenges, but some students have academic setbacks while pursuing
their degree. These students might have been subjected to school dismissal, which
would have required them to enroll in more courses, transfer to another school, or
possibly take a break from school. Students in college today are more likely to receive
credit from many universities and even to be enrolled concurrently at multiple
institutions. McCormick (2003) reported a surge in the number of students enrolling at
multiple schools. Over 80% of students at a public university in the Midwest who
participated in a more recent study by Avalos, Briggs, and Martinez (2017) reported
receiving transfer credit from one or more institutions. Following school dismissal from
their primary institution, some students opted to pursue college credits at an alternative
school (Kinloch et al.,1993).
Moreover, dismissal from school should not be the default option in cases of
academic dishonesty because it harms students’ emotional and psychological well-
being. Therapy Blog (2017) states that dismissal from school is associated with
psychological distress and a higher risk of developing long-term mental health
problems. According to study results in the journal Psychological Medicine (2017), being
dismissed from school may contribute to the emergence of a new mental disease.
Children who have been excluded may experience a variety of mental diseases,
including anxiety and depression, as well as behavioral issues. The removal of a child
from school may have a long-term effect on their education and advancement.
According to this study, their mental health can also decline. Moreover, according to the
Policy Statement on Expulsion and Suspension Policies in Early Childhood Settings
(2014), High school dropout risk may be ten times higher for students who have been
removed from school.
It is also crucial to emphasize that school dismissal creates stigma among

students as they seen negatively by their peers, families, and society. In actuality,
suspensions appear to be mostly ineffective as a punishment and may instead have a
long list of adverse effects. Suspension from school could be a kind of institutionalized
violence where strong school actors impose policies that damage and stigmatize
suspended children (Pyne, 2018). School authorities often rationalize exclusion by
portraying suspended students as a threat to school safety and order (Hirschfield,
2008). In connection, according to Link and Phelan's (2001) paradigm, such a
representation stigmatizes suspended students, who later anticipate that whenever they
return to school, other students would regard them less.
III. Conclusion
Overall, while academic dishonesty is a serious offense, students who engage in
it should never be dismissed from school. It is clear from the aforementioned studies'
assertions that this disciplinary measure is ineffective because it has several negative
impacts. Dismissed students may experience disruptions in their academic progress,
issues with their emotional and psychological health, and stigma.
IV. References
Excluding Children from School May Lead to Long-term Mental Health Problems
– Hartstein Psychological Services. (2017, October 10). Hartstein
Psychological Services. https://www.hartsteinpsychological.com/excluding-
children-school-mental-health-problems
Exclusion from school can trigger long-term psychiatric illness. (2017, August 29).
Retrieved from
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170829124507.htm
Exclusion from School Linked to Poor Mental Health in Children - GoodTherapy.org
Therapy Blog. (2017, September 13). GoodTherapy.org Therapy Blog.
https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/exclusion-from-school-linked-to-poor-
mental-health-in-children-0913171
Ford, T., Parker, C., Salim, J., Goodman, R., Logan, S., & Henley, W. (2017). The
relationship between exclusion from school and mental health: A secondary
analysis of the British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Surveys 2004
and 2007. Psychological Medicine, 1-13. doi:10.1017/s003329171700215x
Gottner, A. (2021) The Complicated Road from Academic Dismissal to Degree
Completion: Phenomenological Exploration of the Student Experience.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?
article=1354&context=cehsedaddiss
Pyne, J. (2018, December 7). Suspended Attitudes: Exclusion and Emotional
Disengagement from School. Sociology of Education, 92(1), 59–82.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0038040718816684
Spears, V. H. (2015, January 20). Kentucky study suggests that out-of-school
suspensions can hamper even unpunished students. Retrieved from
http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article44548170.html

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