Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Discussing Others' Works of Others
I thought the class discussion on our plagiarism papers was one of the most interesting we have had. I was intrigued by the variety of ways people went about plagiarizing--especially when Jenny said she wrote a legitimate paper and then turned it into plagiarism. That is not common. I figured most people would do it the way I chose to do it. It turns out that my way of copying the whole document and then altering it in certain places of obvious suspicion was quite unique. It will be interesting to see the results from our collective investigations.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Copywrong
I will be utterly amazed if anyone will be able to discover my source for the plagiarism project. I, knowing full well where I received the information, was nearly unable to relocate the original manuscript to get the URL for future reference.
Putting my sly genius aside, I was surprised at how difficult it was to plagiarize a paper without it being traceable. In many ways, it would have been easier to create an original story than to go through the hassle of recreating that of someone else. I think if the ideas would flow more easily plagiarism would be a lot less common as it is the ideas that are the most difficult part of the writing to originate.
During my writing process (or copying process) I felt quite guilty for my actions. The word-for-word copying allowed me to read the original document quite thoroughly. I was able, then, to see the talent possessed by the author; and it allowed me to get a taste of the sacrifice that must be exerted in order to produce a quality work.
I do not think I possess the character to allow myself to plagiarize in such a way without deeply altering my conscience.
And if you are reading this in a drastic attempt to extract clues as to my paper's sources I have a piece of advice for you. Put the paper away, you will not find the original source.
Putting my sly genius aside, I was surprised at how difficult it was to plagiarize a paper without it being traceable. In many ways, it would have been easier to create an original story than to go through the hassle of recreating that of someone else. I think if the ideas would flow more easily plagiarism would be a lot less common as it is the ideas that are the most difficult part of the writing to originate.
During my writing process (or copying process) I felt quite guilty for my actions. The word-for-word copying allowed me to read the original document quite thoroughly. I was able, then, to see the talent possessed by the author; and it allowed me to get a taste of the sacrifice that must be exerted in order to produce a quality work.
I do not think I possess the character to allow myself to plagiarize in such a way without deeply altering my conscience.
And if you are reading this in a drastic attempt to extract clues as to my paper's sources I have a piece of advice for you. Put the paper away, you will not find the original source.
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