"The old American WASP culture that dominated the prestigious corners of the academy up until a generation or two ago was very big on honor codes and they were

"The old American WASP culture that dominated the prestigious corners of the academy up until a generation or two ago was very big on honor codes and they were largely adhered to including for things like take home tests. Now it appears everybody, including the descendants of the people who used to take honor codes seriously, considers them to be for chumps and will take any angle that they can." I think that's very romanticized. The high crust was always doing what it took to get ahead. If cheating was the best way to get ahead, they would do that. Them following honor codes is just self-serving propaganda. Nowadays more people are realizing how f...ed up the system is and cheat too.