The Honest Path

A friend related this experience her husband had while attending medical school.
"Getting into medical school is pretty competitive, and the desire to do well and be successful puts a great deal of pressure on the new incoming freshmen.
My husband had worked hard on his studies and went to attend his first examination.
The honor system was expected behavior at the medical school.
The professor passed behavior at the medical school.
The professor passed out the examination and left the room.
Within a short time, students started to pull little cheat papers out from under their papers or from their pockets.
My husband recalled his heart beginning to pound as he realized it is pretty hard to compete against cheaters.
About that time a tall, lanky student stood up in the back of the room and stated: 'I left my hometown and put my wife and three little babies in an upstairs apartment and worked very hard to get into medical school.
And I'll turn in the first one of you who cheats, and you better believe it!'
They believed it.
There were many sheepish expressions, and those cheat papers started to disappear as fast as they had appeared.
He set a standard for the class which eventually graduated the largest group in the school's history."

The young, lanky medical student who challenged the cheaters was J Ballard Washburn, who became a respected physician and in later years received special recognition from the Utah Medical Association for his outstanding service as a medical doctor.
He also served as a General Authority and is now the president of the Las Vegas Nevada Temple.

James E. Faust -Honesty--a Moral Compass -October 1996 General Conference

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi