{"id":2183,"date":"2009-08-25T22:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T22:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/08\/if-youre-determined-to-plagiarize\/"},"modified":"2009-08-25T22:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T22:19:00","slug":"if-youre-determined-to-plagiarize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/08\/if-youre-determined-to-plagiarize.html","title":{"rendered":"If You&#8217;re Determined To Plagiarize"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>A message to students at the start of a new academic year:<\/p>\n<p>If you are determined to plagiarize, at least have the courtesy to do so as early as possible in the semester.<\/p>\n<p>Plagiarism is a heinous act of intellectual dishonesty. It is the attempt to pass off another\u2019s work as your own, whether in their exact words or with minor changes. It deserves to be punished with at least an automatic failing grade for the class.<\/p>\n<p>But it is even worse to do it late in the semester, after you\u2019ve already made your professor read a lot of your work and perhaps (heaven forbid!) even grade your midterm. To plagiarize then, after you\u2019ve made the professor spend lots of time reading and grading work that will end up not counting for anything \u2013 now <em>that\u2019s<\/em> just inconsiderate!<\/p>\n<p>So if you can\u2019t be honest and trustworthy, at least be considerate. <em>Plagiarize early<\/em>. We\u2019ll catch you in the end, so save yourself and your professor(s) a lot of unnecessary extra work.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia;font-size:85%\">[I wrote the above mainly in jest, but obviously there\u2019s a serious side to it. And so I\u2019m sharing once again <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/plagiarism-tutorial.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia;font-size:85%\">a link I\u2019ve shared before<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:georgia;font-size:85%\">, to Butler University library\u2019s helpful <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/tutorials\/understanding-plagiarism\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia;font-size:85%\">plagiarism tutorial<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:georgia;font-size:85%\">. And before any students get to excited, it\u2019s a tutorial to help you learn how to <em>avoid<\/em> plagiarism, not a tutorial to help you <em>accomplish it<\/em> more effectively].<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-4048723606214955465?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A message to students at the start of a new academic year: If you are determined to plagiarize, at least have the courtesy to do so as early as possible in the semester. Plagiarism is a heinous act of intellectual dishonesty. 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