Wednesday, March 17, 2010

School seems to be going okay at this point in time. It has been a bit of a struggle to stay on track, especially with the good weather right now, but I know I will pull through. Although I can imagine there could be certain things that would potentially get in my way, and plagiarism is definitely one of them. I hope that I never have to deal with plagiarism while I am in school, and I know that I will fallow all guidelines to help me avoid this type of situation. The only real way that plagiarism would or could affect me is if someone were to take credit for my work, which could potentiality make me look like the fraud! How awful is that?! I cant really see it happening because Kaplan does have strict plagiarism rules at school, but if it did I know I would be mad and scared that I would be the one that was suddenly accused of such an act.....which could happen. I think that this is why it is important to have your own way of saying things and being true to yourself in everything you write. Being true in your writing may be the only way to be able to prove that you are a truthful person. It seems a shame that people do plagiarize, and very juvenile I might add. I would like to think that people are paying good money to go to school so that they can learn more about themselves, not so that they can learn to become better cheaters.

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  1. I believe we all feel we will plagurize someone elses work, but we know what to look out for to keep that from happening. I don't want to branded a thief of someone elses work. I try really hard not to do exactly that. You will do very well in not doing that as well.

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  2. Hi Elizabeth! I think that you shouldn't worry to much about plagiarism just because we all know what it is now, and we also know what not to do!! We just need to remember that if we use a source we have to cite it no matter what. I do agree with you though about getting upset if my work was "stolen" from me!! It would be a big deal for me just because I'm not a big writer, and the few papers I have done I'm very proud of and I worked really hard on them, so if anyone were to plagiarize from me I would be extremely upset!! I hope that it will never happen to me or anyone else in our class!

    Jen

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