Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo

Subject

SHI118

Assignement

Consecuences of lying

Name

Haddul Bonilla Ventura

ID

1104631

Teacher

Edwin de Jesus Gil Javier

Section

Fecha de entrega

26/02/23
Since I was a child, I was raised to not lie. My parents always warned me that
lying was wrong under almost any circumstances, however, they also taught me
that under certain circumstances and if you are not hurting others, lying can be
minimally acceptable. This is why I am a person who avoids lying. However, as a
human being, I do lie sometimes. Because in real life some situations rise where
the only viable option is a lie, no matter how small it is.

Six years ago, when I was 14 years old, it was a time when I often played sports
(basketball and soccer mainly), sometimes I played with my friends, other times I
went by myself to practice. One day when I decided to go by myself, I met a boy
(Boy 1) who I disliked, mainly because he usually tried to bully me. I, being a
relatively tall person, always relied on my size to keep from being bullied, but
that day, “Boy 1”, who was about 5 feet tall, decided it was a good idea to try
omething different to pick on me and, insult my mother. We immediately started
a fight, which didn't last long, because of the other players in the couch who
came to stop the fight. To be honest, neither of us came out of it intact, in my
case, I got a couple of bruises. So, to avoid any problem with my parents, when I
got home, I told my mother that I had fallen while playing.

It wasn't long before Boy 1's mother contacted my mother to tell her that I had
fought with her son. In the end I ended up being punished (lightly), not for
fighting, but for not telling my parents the truth. That's when I understood that
lying wasn't worth it, because it didn't solve anything and, in the end, it just
made things worse.

In conclusion, it's not right to lie since those who do so, regardless of their
intentions, will be the ones who will be hurt the most. Likewise, there is
something worse than simply lying and that's to do it twice. Well, the story I just
told is just 20% true. Basically, people who have read this were dealing with one
lie written on top of another. In my defense, there are not many occasions
where I have lied and the situation has escalated so much that there are
consequences, as they were what we call white lies, being too irrelevant to write
a 400-word text about it. Despite everything, the conclusion remains the same,
since it's a fact that lying does not lead to anything good.