Plagiarism- Karyssa Adame

Avoiding plagairism is important because you never want to take credit for someone elses work, and dont want others to take credit for yours. There are 4 reasons why you should avoid plagairism.
1. Plagairism isn't ethical. Meaning when you are using someone elses words, phrases, ideas and calling them your own. You dont ever give the true author credit for what they have written. Never taking the time to be original and share your true opinion or thoughts, just taking someone elses time and hard work.
2. Plagairism means a learning opportunity missed. As students we are assigned many papers to write to gain more knowledge on our topic but, we are also learning how to conduct the right research by using sources and citation. We are supossed to take this opportunity to learn how to use citation the right way and not just use plagairism because it is convienent. We are given all the tools to write an excellent paper and we should use them.
3. Plagiarism takes away from your creadibility. When you are writing a paper on a deep subject it is very important that you always site where you pulled a direct quote from. If you are making an arguement, it only gives you that much more creadibility. By doing this, we are stating our own ideas and backing them up with facts.When someone is reading your paper they are more likely to hold you accountable for the words that you have written. They know that you arent just writing about any subject and throwing words in there, you actually have some insight on the subject and can offer a new perspective.
4. Plagiarism may result in serious penalties. Most schools take this very seriously and on the first day of class when the teacher goes over the syllabus, they always mention plagiarism. From the jump start they let it be known that if you are caught using someone elses work and calling it your own that there will be consequences. This doesnt only happen in schools, this can go on and affect your careers also. Most of the time it isnt a simple consequence if you get caught, it results in having to fail the class or even expulsion.

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