Bill Gates didn't say that I did!

Plagiarism, the lazy americans favorite pass time. Plagiarism is defined as -the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language andthoughts of another author and the representation of themas one's own original work.[1] Students are the most common offenders of this crime. The punishment, instead of coming from the state comes from the school district. The consequences can range from detention to ISS, from Parent notification to a behavioral contract. A way to avoid these punishments is by creating citations for any and everything you use that does not come directly from your own brain. Even if you read something and reworded it, that doesn't matter you have to cite it to show your reader that you are not trying to pass someone else's work off on your own, or trying to reword it a bit to make them think you wrote it. Plagiarism is such a big deal that websites have now been created to prevent it. Teachers can now log on and copy just a sentence of a students work and if something pops up, and their work is not cited, it can be thought of as plagiarism. Websites like Plagiarism.org have mission statements stating- Our mission is to help people all over the world prevent plagiarism and restore integrity to written work.[2]

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"About Plagiarism.org." Plagiarism.org. N.p., 9 Sept. 2010. Web. 10 Sept. 2010. Web Site "About Plagiarism.org." Plagiarism.org. N.p., 9 Sept. 2010. Web. 10 Sept. 2010.

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