As an eighth grade English student, my teacher warned me about plagiarism. However, she didn’t properly explain to me what it was, so I was one who didn 't correctly cite my sources and plagiarized by accident. Now that I have gotten to high school and know better, I am able to avoid plagiarism and its unforgiving consequences. Plagiarism is a common crime probably because many people don’t understand what it is or understand its varying consequences.
Plagiarism is the act or use of imitating language and thoughts of another author as your own without crediting the original author, that can be committed by anyone of any age ("Plagiarism"). “Plagiarism is neither a crime nor a sin; it is a mistake” (Schroth 14). Several ways for plagiarism are: …show more content…
However, taking the shortcut in any form of writing is only harmful to yourself. Not only is plagiarism a shortcut, but can also be seen on a student 's permanent record (Behrman). Students are not only cheating themselves out of an education but are letting themselves fall into bad habits (Robinson 270). Robinson says as a result of plagiarism, “plagiarists squander the opportunity to develop and demonstrate a number of research and writing skills” (Robinson 269). In other words, cheating steals the excellence of many individual students and the school they attend. Plagiarism is known for stealing your intellectual mind from you. Not only does plagiarism impact learning, but it also brings a negative reputation to the student. The lies committed when cheating or stealing someone else’s work are minor, at the “level of nuisance rather than outright harms” (Robinson 270). Many of these consequences of plagiarism seem to only affect a person later in life, however, according to Behrman the consequences for cheating in college are much greater. Plagiarizing in college can result in dismissal from a course, suspension, or even expulsion. For example, in 2012, seventy students were forced to withdraw from Harvard University, by cheating on a take home test. In 2006 - 2007 sixty-one athletes involved in a major cheating scandal forfeited wins and received athletic prohibitions along with other academic repercussions, at Florida State University
Plagiarism is the act or use of imitating language and thoughts of another author as your own without crediting the original author, that can be committed by anyone of any age ("Plagiarism"). “Plagiarism is neither a crime nor a sin; it is a mistake” (Schroth 14). Several ways for plagiarism are: …show more content…
However, taking the shortcut in any form of writing is only harmful to yourself. Not only is plagiarism a shortcut, but can also be seen on a student 's permanent record (Behrman). Students are not only cheating themselves out of an education but are letting themselves fall into bad habits (Robinson 270). Robinson says as a result of plagiarism, “plagiarists squander the opportunity to develop and demonstrate a number of research and writing skills” (Robinson 269). In other words, cheating steals the excellence of many individual students and the school they attend. Plagiarism is known for stealing your intellectual mind from you. Not only does plagiarism impact learning, but it also brings a negative reputation to the student. The lies committed when cheating or stealing someone else’s work are minor, at the “level of nuisance rather than outright harms” (Robinson 270). Many of these consequences of plagiarism seem to only affect a person later in life, however, according to Behrman the consequences for cheating in college are much greater. Plagiarizing in college can result in dismissal from a course, suspension, or even expulsion. For example, in 2012, seventy students were forced to withdraw from Harvard University, by cheating on a take home test. In 2006 - 2007 sixty-one athletes involved in a major cheating scandal forfeited wins and received athletic prohibitions along with other academic repercussions, at Florida State University