{"id":516,"date":"2007-04-06T15:45:54","date_gmt":"2007-04-06T15:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.95.25.178\/maggie\/2007\/04\/06\/copy_that\/"},"modified":"2007-04-06T15:45:54","modified_gmt":"2007-04-06T15:45:54","slug":"copy_that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/2007\/04\/06\/copy_that\/","title":{"rendered":"Copy that"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plagiarism is a bad thing, obviously. First of all, it’s theft. When you try to present someone else’s ideas, directly or “in your own words,” you have to give that someone credit – and if you don’t, you’re stealing from that someone. Secondly, it’s deception. Presenting someone else’s ideas as if they are your ideas is a blatant lie. And of course, there’s always the laziness factor.
\nBut the element of plagiarism that really pisses me off is the sheer arrogance.
\nLet’s face it, a student who presents a plagiarized paper is saying several things to his\/her teacher:
\n1. I couldn’t be bothered with your lame assignment<\/em>
\n2. The mark matters, but the learning doesn’t<\/em>
\n3. I believe you’re too stupid to catch me<\/em>
\nThe penalty for plagiarism shouldn’t stop at a letter in the student’s file and a zero on the assignment. The student should have to walk around campus for a week wearing a t-shirt that says “I committed academic plagiarism”. Or that says simply “CHEATER” in big, I mean fricking HUGE, red letters. And the teacher should be allowed to follow the student around swatting him\/her with a nerf bat.
\nYeah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plagiarism is a bad thing, obviously. First of all, it’s theft. When you try to present someone else’s ideas, directly or “in your own words,” you have to give that someone credit – and if you don’t, you’re stealing from that someone. Secondly, it’s deception. Presenting someone else’s ideas as if they are your ideas … <\/p>\n

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