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  • Essay / Analyzing Blurred Plagiarism Lines for Students in the...

    Dudley spoke about students being reluctant to engage in the writing process. He states: “…it was the students who copied intentionally – knowing it was wrong – who were “unwilling to engage in the writing process.” I agree with this because more often than not, when students are not enthusiastic about writing, they plagiarize to get by. They would try to achieve the bare minimum and never exceed it because they are not interested in what they are being taught. Additionally, they do not understand the purpose of what they are doing and when this happens, they do not put effort into what they are doing. They just know they have to do it to get a grade, but a grade means nothing if it wasn't done by the student. For example, at my college, where many students simply want to succeed rather than do the work necessary to get there, they would plagiarize. These are the same students “who don’t want to engage in the writing process.” Students would share their work via Google Docs with other students in the hopes that they can come up with ideas. But rather than using one student's work to come up with ideas, the other student would copy and paste it into theirs until the teacher figured it out. However, this defeats the very purpose of school. If students plagiarize to get by, not only is there no creativity or originality, but it would not benefit them in the real world. It won't teach them to use their brains to think critically about what they do. Depending on the severity of the plagiarism, the consequences may vary. Some of these consequences could be being kicked out of university, losing your position in a company or institution and possibly being at risk of finding a job.