For this post I decided to look deeper into the article "Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age" by Trip Gabriel.
I found this article particularly amusing because it really makes me mad the people actually plagiarism. It is really easy just to cite where you got the source from. It really is easy it looks just like this (Hemus 1). Even if you find a source that you know fits your research paper exactly you have to know that it is not your own thought. CITE IT.
What bothers me even more is that, most of the universities mentioned in this article are prestigious universities - the colleges with the students regarded as top tier; and they are cheating. That's exactly what plagiarism is...it is cheating - not beating the system or whatever else people say about it. It is taking the easy way out. I feel very strongly that the students that do this have no bright future in store for them.
I know that this is a very strong accusation, but c'mon now. There is nothing more serious than someone cheating their way through college; aka the merge-point from which intellectual students get jobs through in hope to better their future. What does that say about yourself if you cheat to get by? What good will that do you in the workplace?
I think that if someone is caught plagairizing they should be immediately disciplined to the highest extent - that would sway future students from doing the same thing. Often times though professors and teachers do not even really check for plaigarism. Mine have in the past, even though I can honestly say that I have never had the desire to copy and paste. I know that the grade I get is what I earned...my work...So it makes me work harder to try and do the work myself.
here is a video that hopefully does not portray what people are thinking when they plagairize.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC2ew6qLa8U
(Could not get it to play through the site.)
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