Thursday, February 5, 2009
Honesty and Accuracy
While reading Chapter 4, I was quite intrigued with the concept of truthfulness and anything along the lines of plagiarism. I thought plagiarism was interesting because it has always been emphasized in high school. I recall my teachers telling each and every one of us that plagiarism can lead to a failing grade, suspension, expulsion, and even law suits. Reading about plagiarism in the Public Speaking book and University Policy has informed me even more of the potential consequences. Reading Chapter 4 has also influenced me to search for more accurate results through online resources. It is important to be able to distinguish between primary and secondary sources, no matter how difficult searching for primary sources may be. It is a matter of being able to find reliable sources.
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I agree with you that it is important to know about the consequences of plagiarism and to be able to find reliable sources. It is scary how a person can accidentally use a quote and not source it caused them to get into trouble. All the teachers I can recall in the past and present also mentioned the importance of plagiarism and how it’s wrong to not give credit to the original creator. I’ve never learned how to properly source my information until I entered college and was forced to research writing formats to write proper essays and how to source correctly.
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