Plagiarism

It appears that plagiarism is an issue and a major one among students in school and college. Honestly I have copied a sentence or two once before when I needed something good. But since those high school days I have written everything on my own. I prefer to use my own writing because it is the right thing to do and I enjoy writing because I always come up with something good when I put my mind to it. It is time consuming but the outcome is great. I have always enjoyed writing. Sometimes it can be not as fun depending on my mood or the topic but in most cases I have found it to be alright. Even the thought of being finished with your piece can be refreshing. Writing is in fact an essential part of education and everyday life.
I found this article to be helpful, keeping me informed of how serious plagiarism is and how often it is used. The article mentioned that many of the students who get caught performing plagiarism claim that they didn't know that they were doing something wrong. Now that deal is mostly their fault for not listening to previous teachers or people telling them it was wrong before they committed the crime. Sometimes it just takes a persons fall to let them know they should stand on their own two feet.
I am sure that there are adults, many adults who plagiarize too. You think because they are adults that that would stop them from doing it but the fact is that they are lazy or just too careless to write their own work. As for me I will do my best to inform people to do their own writing and maybe help them. I hope the rate of plagiarism decreases in time.

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