Honesty is SOMETIMES the best policy!

Honesty is SOMETIMES the best policy! I think lying is a really bad thing to do, but I can think of some reasons in a case where is probably safer to lie than to tell the truth, I know it sounds crazy, but it's true! In your mind, picture this. You are home alone, minding you own business, thinking of what to do tonight, trying to call your friends but no one can hang out. (trust me, I've had it done to me many times, but no I am not friendless...) Then the phone rings, and remember you the only one home, so you go and get the phone. When you answer there is a voice on the other line that you don't recognize. They ask for you parents, and there not home, but you don't want to say that because if it's someone hoping you say that your parents are not home so they can come over. That's going to be a problem, so instead of telling the truth, tell them your parents are not available right now and take a message, so they thing that your parents are home, when they are really not. Another reason, lets say you are throwing a surprise birthday party for your friend or a family member. It's going to be the best one yet! Your so excited, can't wait to invite more people, but then all of a sudden, that person comes up to you and ask what you are doing that night, and if you wanted to hang out, but you know that you have to get a party going and you can't have her with you. So lets say you tell a little lie and say that you can't that you already made other plans, but another person wanted to hang out to, so maybe she should try them. Then that person brings her to the party when it's ready, and SURPRISE! Yeah, you told a little lie, but look how good the party turned out. Okay one more reason why I think honesty is sometimes the best policy. Lets say you are a school teacher, and none of your kids are doing their work, so you have an idea, pretend that they have a test next time, and to study all the things they wrote down. So they panic and go home and study, when you are sitting laughing at yourself because they are studying for no reason. They come back and are ready for the test. Lets say you give them a fake test and they do it, but then you say it was fake, doesn't count on your grade or anything. They are all mad because that meant that they really didn't have to study. Yeah, you made them mad, and study, but now they know their stuff, so when they test really dose come, they will be ready.

One more reason why I think that honesty is sometimes the best policy is because if you are sitting with your friends and you (i know people are going to laugh) but, if they lets say, fart. You don't want to make them feel bad, so you just ignore the awful smell, and move on with life. Even though it stunk so bad, you wanted to tell them to stop! But you want to be a good friend, so you don't say anything.

I'm not saying to lie, I really don't like people who lie. But if it's for a good cause, or something important or a secret, it's okay. Just don't do it for the wrong reasons.