Exploring My 'Siddhant': Principle

Have you ever been in a situation where you are well aware that something around you is not quite right and you actually get affected by it? I have and it happened today in a final exam. Definitely not the time and place to stop and ponder about where you stand. But being prepared for the worst possible exam and being faced with a simpler one in return gives you all kinds of time. And the thrill one gets from thinking about something they are passionate about is unparalleled and always finds a way to the surface.. no matter the place, or time. What had happened was simple, my neighbours in the exam hall had decided to start discussing their exam in low murmurs. I was enraged at first and I knew what the outcome of their act would be should they be caught. And the fear of those consequences haunted me more than either one of them and so I hesitated. And then the thought occured to me, I had studied more than 12 hours a day for 6 days a week to get to this exam hall! If I was going to remain dormant in the fear that my examination could also be questioned, I was also just as guilty as them. And that's how I convinced myself that the effort I put in should be my pride, grades come and go but the principles you build yourself on are essential. This whole process is designed to expose students to situations where their minds are challenged academically and emotionally (in more subtle ways ofcourse). And I felt great because I learned more about myself in that last hour of the exam than I had in the past 6 months! I've thought about this day many times. The only thing I've learned in my life is that everyone deserves a second chance but it has to come in the disguise of a curse before and a blessing after or else we can't help anyone. What would you do should it happen to you? Would you act identically? Or would you leave it be?