In the “The Plagiarism Tutorial”, Dr. Joel Bloch presents 10 questions of plagiarism to help understanding plagiarism. The questions ask us how we think that it is plagiarism or not in 10 situations. The most interesting questions were 1 and 2. I got new information about plagiarism and it helps me not to plagiarize.
The number 1 question is about revising my written assignment to the other class. At first, I thought that the correct answer was the third one, “Choose another topic and write a different paper”, because it is the certain way to prevent plagiarism. However, when I clicked the first one, “Ask your 107g teacher whether you can rewrite the paper”, I realized that if the instructor approves it, I can use my assignment again. I have thought that we should not reuse other’s writing so far, even it was mine. I had some questions about it before. If I wrote my firm opinion about one subject, and I wrote and used it before, then, why I can’t revise those in same subject even though it is my opinion. However, this question answers it as I can revise it when the instructor approves it.
In addition, I newly know that I need to cite all information even though it is common information by question number ‘2’. I have thought that I can ignore to cite common ideas because everyone knows it already. However, in the question, it informs that it is the safest way to cite that information to prevent plagiarism. In Korean culture, revising textbook is the best way to show one’s knowledge and to proof that someone studied it sincerely. Also, the instructor who got common information without citation in student’s paper doesn’t think it plagiarism. This makes Korean and other international students to plagiarize without awareness. I think that international students should study plagiarism
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