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Essay on Plagiarism
Thieving is a misdemeanor. Even though it is trouble-free to make out when someone is thieving money or other concrete items, stealing words, illustrations, tables, figures, thoughts, or ideas can be harder to be aware of. This sort of stealing is called plagiarism, and it is happening more regularly these days. Plagiarism can be a very difficult concept to clutch. After all, so many thoughts and judgments have been published already that it seems as though there are no original ideas anymore. What we perceive to be original thoughts really may be opinions and ideas written down by others and subconsciously ingrained in us through things we have read or seen. This is the dilemma of writers. Plagiarism can be intentional, but more often than not, it is not deliberate.
Plagiarism has for all time existed; the Internet has just made it faster and easier. Students need to be aware that just for the reason that technology allows someone to copy and paste does not mean that this is an appropriate method for writing a paper.
Consequently, we need to work with teachers to develop assignments that require students to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information, rather than copy it. Students also need to know that copying from the Internet is just as wrong as copying from print sources. We need to re-examine how and when we teach research skills, reinforcing the idea of the intellectual property rights of others. We need to spend less time focusing on cheaters and more time on teaching our students what is correct and just. (Lewis, Mark (2002)
Plagiarism isn't always reasonable that is easy to hold. From my observation point at the reference desk, students' top three choices for search engines are Yahoo!, Ask Jeeves, and Google (pretty much in that order)..........
