Plagiarism hasn’t always been discouraged in academia. In fact, writers from ancient Greece such as Aristotle, Socrates, Homer, and Socrates have often used the work of others. As writers Peter Morgan and Glenn Reynolds explain
Writers strove, even consciously, to imitate earlier great works,” write authors Peter Morgan and Glenn Reynolds in their 1997 book The Appearance of Impropriety. “That a work had obvious parallels with an early work — even similar passages or phrases — was a mark of pride, not plagiarism. Imitation was bad only when it was disguised or a symptom of laziness. It was not denounced simply on the grounds of being 'unoriginal'. (Morgan, Reynolds)
Plagiarism as it is known today was called mimesis. In Ancient times, knowledge was not something to be hoarded it was something to be shared and used by others to increase our collective intelligence. Copyright and ownership as we know them today did not exist. This all changed with the start of the 16th …show more content…
One of these conventional methods which is quite similar to essay mills is buying work from their peers. This method of cheating quite difficult to detect because this type often leaves no “trail” to speak of. In contrast, online sources might provide sample papers on their websites so that students can see what they’re about to buy. Which then gets picked up by Turnitin’s anti-cheating algorithm. Plain classroom cheating is a huge problem. Schools in Florida have begun taking measures to prevent this type of cheating. The University of Central Florida for example they have begun cracking down on certain suspicious behaviors. One of these behaviors is chewing gum, which school officials say, allow students to hide that students are talking into a microphone. They have even gone as far as creating special testing facilities that allow them to better monitor
Writers strove, even consciously, to imitate earlier great works,” write authors Peter Morgan and Glenn Reynolds in their 1997 book The Appearance of Impropriety. “That a work had obvious parallels with an early work — even similar passages or phrases — was a mark of pride, not plagiarism. Imitation was bad only when it was disguised or a symptom of laziness. It was not denounced simply on the grounds of being 'unoriginal'. (Morgan, Reynolds)
Plagiarism as it is known today was called mimesis. In Ancient times, knowledge was not something to be hoarded it was something to be shared and used by others to increase our collective intelligence. Copyright and ownership as we know them today did not exist. This all changed with the start of the 16th …show more content…
One of these conventional methods which is quite similar to essay mills is buying work from their peers. This method of cheating quite difficult to detect because this type often leaves no “trail” to speak of. In contrast, online sources might provide sample papers on their websites so that students can see what they’re about to buy. Which then gets picked up by Turnitin’s anti-cheating algorithm. Plain classroom cheating is a huge problem. Schools in Florida have begun taking measures to prevent this type of cheating. The University of Central Florida for example they have begun cracking down on certain suspicious behaviors. One of these behaviors is chewing gum, which school officials say, allow students to hide that students are talking into a microphone. They have even gone as far as creating special testing facilities that allow them to better monitor