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Helen Kinanee

Professor Nancy Fox

Lamar Community College

13 February 2021

As children, we were told the importance of being honest and that lying is wrong, which is

fundamentally true. It is hard for us to be honest because we fear the repercussions of our

actions. We lie to protect our actions and others, although that is not always the case, for the

most part, I would argue it is the reason we avoid being honest. In middle school, I told my

teacher that a friend of mine is not going to be in class today because she is sick. The truth was

she was not sick rather that her favorite artist Michael Jackson was in town, and she wanted to

attend his concert. My teacher took attendance regularly and at times she would be upset when

five or six students did not attend the class that day. My professor once said to be successful in

her class, we must show up daily (unless the circumstance is beyond our control) and complete

our assignments with integrity. Nonetheless, I regret not telling my teacher the truth of why my

friend did not attend the class that day. No one wants to be known or seen as a liar unless you are

a politician that is a well-known liar. I am a firm believer that we owe ourselves and others

honesty. A student’s honesty is part of academic creeds. Other than not lying, the avoidance of

plagiarism I believe is essential to a student's success in class.

At its core, the definition of plagiarism is taking credit (and not giving credit) for another

person’s work. Moreover, it is using one’s work without permission and proper citation.

Plagiarism is not solely taking credit from published sources without, plagiarism also includes

students using online writing services. Many students do not consider purchasing an essay via an

online writing service because the “experts” added references and the essay cannot be found

online. However, I disagree with such a thought. If the individual is not the one that completed

the assignment, then it is plagiarism. In other words, if those words are not uniquely yours, then

it is someone else’s words. Plagiarism is the worst act a student can commit regarding

academia. The ramification of plagiarism can be devastating. When a student has been found

guilty of plagiarism, the consequences can range from a student receiving an F on the

assignment/course, academic suspension, or permanent expulsion from school.

To avoid the consequences of plagiarism it is important to know how to avoid plagiarism. To

avoid plagiarism is the rightest and safe to always do your work. As a student, I have been told it

is important to paraphrase, summarize, and cite the sources I have used to avoid plagiarism. To

further demonstrate the importance of citing sources, my niece turned in a paper last semester for

one of her political science classes. Her college professor contacted her, stating her paper is

plagiarized because she used a quote from the book, she read but did not add the book as part of

sources she has used for her research paper. Although her college professor did not report her to

the Dean of Students nor did he give her a failing grade on the class, he explained to her that not

citing who she took the quote from was troubling. He said to her it does not matter how small or

big the quote is, always citing your source. Another way to avoid plagiarism is not to rely on

plagiarism checkers including Grammarly, PlagScan, Copyleaks, Paperater, Checkfortheplag, etc

to detect plagiarism. These plagiarism detectors are not always effective for checking plagiarism.

Plagiarism detectors only check for plagiarism for sources found online, but not for materials

found offline. Therefore, to avoid plagiarism, keep track of the sources you have used.

, academic integrity is essential if one wants to be successful in school. To maintain honesty, one

must complete its assignment with academic integrity. One way to maintain academic integrity

is to avoid plagiarism. As a student, I know that school can be stressful, but taking credit for

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Helen Kinanee Professor Nancy Fox Lamar Community College 13 February 2021 As children, we were told the importance of being honest and that lying is wrong, which is fundamentally true. It is hard for us to be honest because we fear the repercussions of our actions. We lie to protect our actions and others, although that is not always the case, for the most part, I would argue it is the reason we avoid being honest. In middle school, I told my teacher that a friend of mine is not going to be in class today because she is sick. The truth was she was not sick rather that her favorite artist Michael Jackson was in town, and she wanted to attend his concert. My teacher took attendance regularly and at times she would be upset when five or six students did not attend the class that day. My professor once said to be successful in her class, we must show up daily (unless the circumstance is b ...
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