It has been a long night filled with iced coffee, music to get me focused, and homework. As I finish each assignment, another one seems to take its place. As the coffee shop is closing down for the night and I gather my things to go home and continue my coursework, I ponder why as students we must go through this immense stress. Is it worth all of this trouble just for a piece of paper and a handshake on graduation day? Should I just get a friend who has already completed the work to send me the answers? The answer is no, I should never take someone else’s work as my own, because in the long run it will hurt me and it discredits other’s work. Cheating is only hurting the person who is receiving credit for work they did not complete. In a
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This is much like what happens on a smaller scale when students share answers with their friends or when students copy quotes directly from either the internet or books with no citations. Someone received the brunt of the load, only to have someone take credit for their exertion. I agree with Blum when she states, “The very idea of sole authorship may be losing credibility among teens and 20-somethings” (Blum 58-59). This age group tries to make everything into group work even when the teacher has assigned an individual project. These “group work” sessions usually consist of one person completing the task correctly and that student’s answers are then passed around the class. When teachers see that all the answers are the same, and they usually do catch it, consequences are grim even for the innocent student who did his work correctly. Many times I hear of “research projects” that involve kids copying and pasting direct quotes from various websites. What today’s students do not realize is that someone toiled to compile all the original research and all they need to do is leave a citation so that person’s labor will not have been in vain. Without a citation, an author becomes a nameless workhorse. Thoughts and ideas do not have a monetary value, but some are worth more than gold and should receive credit where credit is
This is much like what happens on a smaller scale when students share answers with their friends or when students copy quotes directly from either the internet or books with no citations. Someone received the brunt of the load, only to have someone take credit for their exertion. I agree with Blum when she states, “The very idea of sole authorship may be losing credibility among teens and 20-somethings” (Blum 58-59). This age group tries to make everything into group work even when the teacher has assigned an individual project. These “group work” sessions usually consist of one person completing the task correctly and that student’s answers are then passed around the class. When teachers see that all the answers are the same, and they usually do catch it, consequences are grim even for the innocent student who did his work correctly. Many times I hear of “research projects” that involve kids copying and pasting direct quotes from various websites. What today’s students do not realize is that someone toiled to compile all the original research and all they need to do is leave a citation so that person’s labor will not have been in vain. Without a citation, an author becomes a nameless workhorse. Thoughts and ideas do not have a monetary value, but some are worth more than gold and should receive credit where credit is