Plagiarism is something students deal with on a daily basis. Every class taken at an institute of higher learning preaches the fact that plagiarism and cheating will not be accepted under any circumstances. However, coming from a small town where I graduated with less than fifty people, the idea of plagiarism and its consequences were never really discussed until I made the transition to college. Within the first half of my first semester as a student here, a close friend of mine, whom also went to a small high school near here, got a taste of how serious an issue plagiarism can be. He was caught using someones English work as his own, and was quickly expelled from the university. While this is the only case of expulsion that I have heard of from our university, it was obvious how serious this issue is.
On a less serious note, I believe the most important thing at stake is a person's credibility. We are all here as students to receive the best education possible, and to get out of this experience the hard work that we put in. But, if that work is coming from an outside source, then in my mind that persons degree is irrelevant, and I think it taints the perception of all students, even the ones doing the right thing.
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