I cheated on one exam ten years ago and got a scholarship because of it. Now I am a mentor to students who look up to me.

In my final year I copied answers in one paper. I scored high enough to qualify for a scholarship, and that changed my whole life: the course, the job, the city.

Nobody ever found out. Now I volunteer as a mentor, and a student recently told me, "You are proof that honest hard work pays off."

I smiled and said thank you. Afterwards I sat in my car for twenty minutes. I do not know whether telling anyone would help or only break something.