Examples Of Plagiarism

Plagiarism: A Multilevel Crime

Forgetting quotations, misplacing information, stealing whole essays, improper citing, and stealing phrases. Sounds like an English teacher's worst nightmare. When a student commits one of these crimes or mistakes, they are often punished with the same punishment as all the other mistakes or crimes. The student could get away easily with copying a whole essay, or a student could suffer for a simple mistake. These are examples of plagiarism. Plagiarism is when a person takes material from someone else and claims it as their own without addressing the original owner. Plagiarism is a problem that keeps growing, and the internet doesn't help stop it. As explained above, some plagiarism isn't nearly as big as

Plagiarism doesn't just affect the plagiarist, but also the teacher, the school, and the original author. Plagiarising because there wasn't enough time, laziness, and lack of self esteem is not as easy to fix, and isn't the same as a minor mistake. Jonathan Bailey states that students,“learn to go ahead and plagiarize everything since the punishment is the same either way.” Students who know that their school policies are the same for any plagiarism may know it is not an equal punishment to the crime, and plagiarize because they can get away with it. Bailey also says, “Not only is the quality of education at stake, but so is the reputation of the graduates, current and prior,” meaning the school can gain a reputation for cheating, which affects how it's students are seen whether they are plagiarist or not. Students are less likely to be seen as good candidates for colleges or jobs if they are from a school that is known for plagiarizing. Bailey makes the comparison of plagiarizing to speeding, and how going over the limit is seen differently from person to person, and going a couple miles over the limit isn't the same as going many miles over the limit. In “Understanding Plagiarism and Its Consequences” by Insight Media, they describe plagiarism as body snatching for words, and they define it as “ to take someone’s words or ideas and present them as your own.” They explain how knowingly

Gerald Nelms believes this allows students an opportunity to learn, and enhance their writing skills by learning that of others. He even states, “ “patchwriting”—weaving the language of one or more source texts into one’s own text without adequately citing the source(s)—is a common form of developmental plagiarism.” He goes so far to declare that plagiarism is, “a good way of building vocabulary and learning writing conventions.” This is a possible way to learn new vocabulary and conventions, but in the process students also hurt many people, most important being you and the original author. Michelle Waters explains this when she describes the effects plagiarism has on the plagiarist. She explains the stories of bloggers, marketing agencies, songwriters, editors, and even students who were sued, fired, or fined for plagiarizing images and information. Learning early on that plagiarizing is ok can lead to major problems in the future in your career and workplace. The original author or designer of material created their original ideas, and to have them stolen and claimed as someone else's hurts them, even if the person unintentionally stole their product. Jonathan Bailey explains how if major plagiarism is treated lightly in school, then the student will not be ready for life outside of school and the severe punishments for plagiarizing. If plagiarism was not punishable in schools, students would be