After reading about ghostwriting and plagiarism this week, I started to reflect on the ghostwriting assignment due Monday. I am choosing to do a personal statement for my younger brother because I originally thought it would be simple because I am his older sister and know the majority of extracurricular he has participated in. I sat down to write an outline for it and I actually think I am going to feel guilty talking about accomplishments and reflections as if they were my own. I feel like a plagiarist.
After reading Howard it really opened my eyes to all the different forms of plagiarism and the different consequences. Growing up, plagiarism was never an option for me, because I felt I would always get caught and end up in far more trouble than it was worth. I think by administering fear in policies of plagiarism, it reflects how that person writes. When I do any type of scientific paper, I am so scared if a teacher enforces strong rules about plagiarism, that I honestly think my paper will turn out worse that if fear wasn’t so incorporated. My question is, if fear was less of an issue, would plagiarism occur more often?
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I think plagiarism would definitely occur more if fear wasn't used. I mean, one of the main reasons students don't plagiarize is because of the fear of getting caught. If that fear was eliminated plagiarism would be more common.
I'm not sure if fear necessarily subdues people into plagiarizing less. I think it's more of a moral or ethical problem which makes people listen to their conscience and actually not plagiarize. My question is, do you think your writing is more timid because of the fear of plagiarizing?
I don't feel that my writing is more timid due to fear, but rather I'm forced to really think about what I'm saying and and I'm forced to come up with my own ideas. When I edit my paper and cite, I'm a little fearful and probably over-cite, but it if anything, I would say it helps my writing. If that fear were not present, I think more people would plagiarize. Ethics and morals usually take a backseat to "oh crap, I have a paper due tomorrow and I have no time to do it" and people are more fearful of getting an F than of compromising their morals.
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