Many people don’t realize that stealing someone’s thoughts and ideas is considered to be a crime and can be prosecuted. In today’s world plagiarism happens to be used on a daily basis as an easy way for “new” ideas. Places where that happen vary from offices, small personal businesses, and even big corporations, to where plagiarism is the most abused, in schools. Students often use another’s work to escape from burden of an assignment or essay. There are even such cases where students don’t realize that the essay or report they plagiarizing has been already plagiarized. There are many different web sites from where sluggish students can copy already proof-read and complete essays on almost any topic. Such violation is very similar to shoplifting. In both the chances of success are very little compared with the risk of being caught. In case of shoplifting one can be charged a fine or even go to jail, and in case of plagiarism one can be suspended or even thrown out of school.Plagiarism is not using your own words to present thoughts and ideas, or citing each piece of quotation and borrowed phrases. It is stealing others work and presenting it as someone’s own.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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