Plagiarism

What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism is copying another's work or his/her original ideas.

Many people do this thing especially students. Sometimes when students have an assignment they tend to xerox their classmates work. I know most of the students didn't know that it was already plagiarism. I've seen many people like to put quotes in their caption without credit of the owner, do you know that it is also consider as plagiarism? Yes it is because you're copying other people ideas.

Did you know that plagiarism is consider as a crime now? According to my research plagiarism carries a penalty of 3-6 years imprisonment and a fine of (50,000-150,000.00), if prosecuted under the law. So if you want to borrow quotes from others you should put a credits. We should be very careful of what we are copying. We should know plagiarism for us to be aware.

I remember when I was in high school my teacher gave an assignment, so what I did is I ask my classmates work and xerox it. Her format is exactly the same as mine so my teacher gave her a punishment I didn't know that it was really for me. She makes me feel guilty and realize that what I did is bad. She pretend to get mad at my classmate because she is " lazy " just want a grade without studying, I feel bad that time and I bravely tell her that it was my fault.

How can we avoid plagiarism?

1. Paraphrase- If you have found information that fits for your assignment, you need to read it and put it into your own words. You should not just copy and paste it because it is consider plagiarism already.

2. Gave credit to everything he/she said- If you want to put a quotes that you just search on the google you should also  put the owner of that quotes

3. Referencing- Its very important to put a reference where you get the information. You should put the website where you found the information. Its because it is easy to search the words in the google and it will just appear.

The best way is to think of your own IDEA.