Uh oh! Plagiarism & Turnitin.com

Plagiarism is stealing someone else work and claiming it as your own.It comes in many forms, Pirating music and DVDs, or stealing at work. Plagiarism is a big deal. You don't want to mistakenly or purposely steal someone else work. THAT IS A CRIME punishable by law. Can you imagine that conversation?

Big Buff Guy in Jail: I'm doing a dime for stabbing this guy who tried to steal my lady. What you in for?
You: I plagiarized something. I plagiarized it so bad they had to put me in here. I don't play when it comes to plagiarizing.

If you're lucky he won't even know what Plagiarism is, but if you're unlucky, lets just say you don't want to be in jail for plagiarism.

Turn It IN:

When writing papers there is this website called Turnitin.com that will tell you how much of the paper was plagiarized. I know! I know! What a wonderful invention! This allows me as a future teacher to check my students papers and make sure they are not Copy,Cutting and Pasting. It is a very good tool.

To get a good gist Turnitin works...I submitted two papers. The first one was copied, cut and pasted directly from the Internet. The website said I had 100% worth of work that did NOT belong to me. I was happy for a second, but that's not a good thing.

Then it listed the websites where I had gotten the info from. BUMMER!! I had got caught in the crime of plagiarism and turnitin.com had proof.
The next paper I submitted received  0%. It was completely original. It contained only my thoughts. SHOCKER!! The quality of that paper is questionable.
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