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The students at Lakewood Ranch High School also insinuated that plagiarism was not discussed in class, suggesting that they were insufficiently informed about plagiarism and what it represented. Say this is true the corrective measure would be to discuss plagiarism at the beginning of the school year as well as providing a review during the middle of the academic year. Regardless, these adolescents are capable of understanding concepts, standard principles of morality (Feldman, 2014). Therefore, in my opinion they were aware of their actions of intentional copying and submitting another person’s work. Which ultimately resulted with a greater desire for rewards despite the possibility of

Plagiarism occurs when a pupil offers the work of another person as their own (Kemperet al. 94). Plagiarism can happen both intentionally and unintentionally. Many people havecommitted this act at least once in their life, including myself. In fact, just earlier this year, Imyself was guilty of this very act. In preparation of returning to school, some academicupgrading was required of me. In the months preceding my return to postsecondary education, Ihad enrolled in two online courses simultaneously to meet this requirement. At one point in oneof the courses, I came across an assignment that was similar to one I had recently completed inthe other course. Believing I had discovered a simple yet ostensibly innocent way to save myselfsome time,

I believe that the blame for plagiarism can’t be placed upon one single group. It’s a combo of the students who are writing the essays and the institutions who haven’t educated them on plagiarism. The students understand the consequences of plagiarism and understand the basics of what it means to pagerize something but they’ve never had to care. Most teachers never talk about plagiarism or enforce the consequences. So when students are editing plagiarism is not something that they’re looking for. They know it’s unintentional if they did plagiarize, so they don’t bother to double check.

There is cause for discussion when it comes to originality. As a college student I find myself struggling with the the concept of being original. My whole academic career prior to college I was told to strive for originality, but now that I am attending a university I have learned that being original is not simple, but instead a very complex process. Questions such as: what is originality? How does someone achieve pure originality? Can someone actually be truly original? may come to mind when discussing the topic. Another idea that seems to go hand in hand with the discussion of originality is the discussion of plagiarism. How is plagiarism defined? Is plagiarism unavoidable? I have come to find out that what I have learned about plagiarism in my thirteen years of schooling prior to College actually contrasts what I have learned in one semester at the university I am attending.

The Plagiarism & Paraphrasing Library Workshop was put on by Professor Horne on September 9, 2016. The purpose of the workshop was to teach students how to identify and avoid using plagiarism as well as how to paraphrase to reduce the wordiness of a paper. She started off the presentation by introducing USC Aiken’s Honor Pledge and Academic Code of Conduct. Failure to abide by the rules listed in those articles could result in suspension, sanctions, failure, and even expulsion. Professor Horne identifies intentional, unintentional, cyber, and personal as the four main types of plagiarism often used by students. Intentional plagiarism ranges from copying from published work to resubmitting one’s own work. Unintentional plagiarism is often accidental

Plagiarism. It’s a concept that puts sour looks on teachers’ faces and sends shudders down students’ spines. When you sit down to write that essay, however, you don’t have to be afraid of unintentionally committing plagiarism. Simply take the time to understand exactly what plagiarism is and the best methods for avoiding it. If you follow these easy tips, you can make sure that you create work that doesn’t inadvertently steal ideas or words.

"Inspired" by Roel P.'s blog post, "How to check plagiarism in work." Swing by his blog to check out posts like that because I definitely learned something new.

With information so easy to attain, the lines to what is and isn't plagiarism can be misleading for students. However, there are multiple resources a student can use before committing the act of plagiarism, such as asking their professor or school librarian.

Copyscape provides a free plagiarism checker for finding copies of your web pages online, as well as two more powerful professional solutions for preventing content theft and content fraud:

In this paper, every opinion from somebody who is not me has been acknowledged placed in a parenthetical citation placed the end of the report. I’m aware the mere existence of a parenthetical citation does not avoid plagiarism, how I don’t know. If I have used the exact words, Similar to this statement. I write this now, phrases, clauses, or sentences of someone else, I have enclosed the information in quotation marks. If I have summarized the opinions of someone else, which I have, I have not enclosed the summary in quotation marks, however I have stated those opinions in my own words. I have also introduced the summary and used a parenthetical citation to acknowledge the source, possibly.

Voelker, T. A., Love, L. G., & Pentina, I. (2012). Plagiarism: What don't they know?. Journal of Education for Business, 87(1), 36-41. doi:10.1080/08832323.2011.552536

Mark Twain (1903) an American writer, stated in a letter to his friend, Helen Keller that the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material of all human utterances— is plagiarism. Plagiarism damages reputations, both personal and universal; it promotes mediocrity, extinguishes creativity, limits educational experiences and exsanguinates learning. Metaphorically speaking, if a deadly virus is left untreated, an epidemic will begin and eventually will deplete a population. Plagiarism acts as a fastidious, pathogenic, virus infecting others with a mentality of mediocrity and commonplace, and eventually annihilates true learning and creative talent. If left untreated or ignored, this problem will continue to rise from the current state and transform into a constant. There are ways to prevent this unruly fact, but one must be ready to face the obvious situation, and take measures to limit this growing problem. This article will explain plagiarism and the reasons college students turn so quickly to such an unstable “solution”. It will also present alternative ideas to learning and measures to limit the need that students feel for plagiarism and promote personal creativity. Not only do we see this moral plague in academics, but in many other fields, such as entertainment, art, and the written world. Thus it can be explained as receiving an ownership on someone’s work without their permission and without giving any credit to them intentionally or

Many people think of plagiarism as intentional cheating, and believe that someone must be intending to steal someone else's work and take credit for it as his own in order to be plagiarizing that material. However, the reality is that plagiarism is both more complex and simpler than that definition. Plagiarism is using someone else's work and representing it as one's own, but it is a more serious offense than simply copying from another person. Borrowing someone's words or ideas is permissible, as long as the person receives credit for creating those original concepts. Plagiarism goes beyond borrowing. It is trying to use someone else's work product as one's own. "In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward" (What is plagiarism?, n.d.). Therefore, there is an intent to defraud that occurs in plagiarism. However, that intent to defraud can be inferred from the circumstances of the writing, which is why it is possible for people to inadvertently plagiarize.

In today’s world, Plagiarism has become a common problem within our education, from Junior High students who copy last minute homeworks, to prestigious Harvard undergrads working toward their degrees. But what exactly is Plagiarism? Richard Posner, a former judge to the court of appeals, defines it as “unacknowledged copying, whether of copyrighted or uncopyrighted work”. Plagiarism, affects student bodies in it’s entirety. However, why do students feel the need to cheat? A major influence that makes students more prominent to cheating is the rigorous school work, and lack of student-teacher connection in Universities. This problem of plagiarism that has surfaced in today's world is due to the lack of attention within educational administrators. College administrators must strengthen the student-teacher relationships, and apply the curriculum to the needs of each specific student in order to maintain academic integrity within the student body.

Another problem is that teens stay up late at night using the phone and do not get enough sleep for school the next day. Turkle explains, “Teenagers say that they sleep with their cell phones, and even when their phones are put away---relegated, say, to a school locker---they know when their phones are vibrating” (493). Teenagers will be so tired the next day and will not have the energy to stay focused in class. Therefore, this can greatly impact their school performance and cause them not to pass their classes and might end up not graduating.