In my opinion, the penalty on Haley Lodge was too harsh. I think the purpose of school is education. The penalty of expulsion which they applied to the student conducting plagiarism is a deprivation of chance of education. Although it is important for an organization to obey regulations, I think there was probably other appropriate punishment for her. In result, It was a cruel punishment to the student because they take away the opportunity of education. I think that the penalty to students who did academic wrong must be within the purview of the education.