Plagiarism: A Very Serious Offense :: Education Teaching

Plagiarism A Very Serious Offense Plagiarism is a very serious subject to talk about. It doesnt hard like it is that big of a deal but very serious subjects can come out of it. Students could lose scholarships and get kicked out of school for something as simple as copying some champion elses work. Students should learn the rules and regulations of the school ,that they are attending, about plagiarism.1 Thats basically what plagiarism is copying someone elses work. The true definition of plagiarism is Using someone elses ideas or phrasing and representing those ideas or phrasing as our own, either on purpose or through carelessness.2 There are many different ways of remedying this problem. One way to fix this situation is to paraphrase and that is to really put the information that one may obtain into his or her own speech communication. This way can be a double-edged sword, so to speak. Putting someone elses ideas into your own words can be very tricky, because if one follows the original material to closely it is considered plagiarism. Only if the paraphrase correctly says the same thing as the original in the students own words is the paraphrase not thought to be plagiarism. Another way to correct plagiarism is to quote and give conviction where credit is due. If the student takes someones own words and uses them in a paper he or she better put quotation label around the quote and disclose to whom the quote belonged to. The last thing a student can do to avoid plagiarism is to check over their paraphrasing and quoting to run into sure that they havent missed anything that may make their paper violate the plagiarism rule. Always cite sources apply to gather information and sources used to incorporate graphs, tables, and etc. into the paper. There are many reasons why students choose to plagiarize. These students in general are students that seem to procrastinate or do t he easiest thing possible which is to just copy something from someone who has already done their research on the subject.