The OSU ESL
programs online plagiarism tutorial presents some interesting questions. Like
question N.4 which is about citing ideas from discussion group of students .The
appropriate response explains that is not a clear plagiarism because those
ideas are not considered as intellectual property unless they are written down
or published, and one of the class activities is to discuss and share ideas
between students. It mention that if you’re not sure, you can cite it as a
personal communication. I think that the purpose of working in a group is to
help each other by asking questions, giving opinions, discussing, and proposing
ideas.
The question N.6 shows a case when the professor uses your own work in his syllabus or course. The response states that everything you write down is yours, and no one has the right to use it without citing your reference. Even though your professor, has to ask for your permission before adding it to his course. Lot of times I wondered, could my teacher uses my writing? Or citing my work without my consent? Does my Professor follow the same rules of citing sources? After reading the question’s answer, I believe that my own work will be safe and my professor can’t use it without citing my reference.
Now, after reading those teen questions with appropriate response my definition of plagiarism is clearer than before. I think the definition of plagiarism in my home school is different than OSU, in some cases, like question N.1 for example. My previous university they do not have something called plagiarizing from yourself, whatever you write you can use it whenever you want. And the logic behind this is to give you a chance to reuse your proper work and developing it. I think we could choose to do plagiarism, though once we start doing it, we will lose the spirit of creation, and imagination. In the future this will affect us for succeeding to our best ability in our career. The penalty of doing it, could lead to absence of attending school in the future. The question I still have about plagiarism is, how many different level of plagiarism, and what is the punishment for each level for students who do?
The question N.6 shows a case when the professor uses your own work in his syllabus or course. The response states that everything you write down is yours, and no one has the right to use it without citing your reference. Even though your professor, has to ask for your permission before adding it to his course. Lot of times I wondered, could my teacher uses my writing? Or citing my work without my consent? Does my Professor follow the same rules of citing sources? After reading the question’s answer, I believe that my own work will be safe and my professor can’t use it without citing my reference.
Now, after reading those teen questions with appropriate response my definition of plagiarism is clearer than before. I think the definition of plagiarism in my home school is different than OSU, in some cases, like question N.1 for example. My previous university they do not have something called plagiarizing from yourself, whatever you write you can use it whenever you want. And the logic behind this is to give you a chance to reuse your proper work and developing it. I think we could choose to do plagiarism, though once we start doing it, we will lose the spirit of creation, and imagination. In the future this will affect us for succeeding to our best ability in our career. The penalty of doing it, could lead to absence of attending school in the future. The question I still have about plagiarism is, how many different level of plagiarism, and what is the punishment for each level for students who do?
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