The Pros And Cons Of Plagiarism

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 take 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 others. Plagiarism is often misunderstood
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 plagiarism. 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 plagiarism 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 unprepared for the real world and real