Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Who to Blame?
It is the responsibility of those who know about plagiarism to teach those who don't, in this case teachers. On the first days of school almost all of my teachers spoke about plagiarism and how it would not be tolerated in their classrooms, they were even kind enough to define it for us and have it defined on our syllabus. But what about those who's teachers don't go the extra mile, who were never told what plagiarizing is. You can't expect someone to not do something they don't realize is wrong, especially for 'not knowing enough'. It's like expecting someone to explain what a flower is in french when they don't even know how to say flower in french. If the school really wants a non-tolerance policy for plagiarism then they should be informing students of how to avoid plagirizing.
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I think that even though students understand that plagiarism is obviously punishable, if the school system was so strict about it, I think they could have made a better effort to inform new students about the consequences. I think that in this case, the students didn't deserve the outcome,and I agree it should be the school and teachers that make sure to teach students about it.
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