Plagiarism is a consequential act that, despite the fact that it is taught to be morally incorrect by educators, is still practiced by many students today. Using someone's work without authorization appears to be exceptionally popular amongst college students. Plagiarism is a significant issue that should continue to be seen as unbeneficial, consequential, and dishonest. Plagiarism is taught to be morally incorrect by educators because it is inauthentic, unacceptable, and fraudulent.
If plagiarism is taught to be improper to students, then why does such a massive number of students still use it today? Many students believe plagiarism is helpful when in reality serves of no help, whatsoever. Okay, so maybe it took two seconds to do the work that was to take two hours to finish, and that’s great, right? Not really. You may have saved time, but you learned nothing by doing so. If you chose to utilize someone else's work you have chosen to deprive yourself of learning and being expressive of your own thoughts and ideas. We have the right to be original, and we should be
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I must be exaggerating. Well, no one is messing with you here. Every piece of information found online belongs to someone. Yes, it may have been found on a completely free of charge website, and maybe the website didn't list a source, but that work still belongs to someone and they are entitled to the credit. “It doesn’t count as stealing if I forgot to list the source!” I guess maybe the kid who lives down the block forgot to ask if he could borrow your bike and decided to just take it, and maybe he forgot to return it, too. Are we honestly going to accuse him of stealing because he merely forgot to ask or return the bike? I would. It’s my bike, and you are not allowed to use it unless you are given permission to. Forgetting to give credit, is unjustifiable. Plagiarism is taking work that belongs to others, not “borrowing” someone's work; taking something with no intent to return is