Colegio Bolivar
INFORMATION FOR
STUDENTS ON PLAGIARISM
“Not
giving credit to the creator of an idea…is very much like lying”
Harris, Robert. “Anti-Plagiarism
Strategies for Research Paper”. Vanguard
What is Plagiarism?
Simply put, plagiarism is improperly using someone else’s
words or ideas in your work. The Colegio
Bolivar English Department Style Book tells us that it is “The wrongful act
of taking the product of another person’s mind and presenting it as one’s own”
(Lindey 4). Remember, you can often
strengthen your arguments and illustrate your ideas more effectively by
supporting them with quotations and support from other sources, but you must
use footnotes/endnotes and parenthetical references in order to avoid
academic dishonesty.
You
are Guilty of Plagiarism and/or Academic Dishonesty if You Do Any One of the
Following without Citing the Source:
Download
essays or research papers from the internet and submit them as your own work
Do
an assignment or write an essay/paper for another person
Copy
someone else’s homework or allow someone to copy yours
Allow
another student or individual to write an essay or do an assignment for you
Copy
an article from the internet and submit it, or parts of it, as your own work
“Cut
and paste” from the internet into your own work
Purchase
an essay or research paper over the internet
Use
illustrations, diagrams or statistical tables in your work without
acknowledging your source
Paraphrase,
or reword, a text without proper citation to indicate it is an indirect
reference (by using a footnote/endnote or parenthetical reference)
Do
not acknowledge help you received on an assignment, such as editing and
proofreading
Properly
cite only part of a quotation and imply that the rest of the quotation is your
own idea
Use
“concepts, ideas or conclusions that are not intuitively obvious and are not
your own.” (http://www.chem.uky.edu/courses/common/plagiarism.html)
“[Submit]
someone else’s computer input/output as your own…copying another student’s
files or printouts is plagiarism. If you work on [an] assignment with a lab
partner, you must BOTH have made a contribution to the work done on the
computer- one person can not do it and simply give it to his/her partner.” (http://www.chem.uky.edu/courses/common/plagiarism.html)
What Do I Have to Lose by Cheating? It’s easy and sometimes I just don’t have the time to do all the work that teachers give us…
Plagiarism shows you don’t care about learning
Time management, and the ability to find, document
and interpret data are critical skills in the work place and in universities.
If you don’t learn these skills NOW, when will you?
It suggests you don’t respect yourself, your
classmates or your teacher
Citing sources shows you have done research and can
support your ideas
Often, the essays and other papers available over
the internet are of inferior quality
Your teachers know you and they know how you write:
why risk getting caught?
Trust is fragile; when you become known as a cheater
people lose trust in you
Plagiarism is stealing and it’s illegal
Teachers may be unwilling to write letters of
recommendation for you
You
may become dependent on cheating, as you haven’t developed your own skills, and
at many universities the consequence is expulsion
What are the
Penalties for Plagiarism at Colegio Bolivar?
Plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty are discussed in Section 5.00 of the Colegio Bolivar Student Handbook for High School and currently are:
A
mark of zero for the assignment
A
letter to your parents informing them of your dishonesty and breach of the
Honor Code
Removal
from the Honor Roll and from the National Honor Society, if applicable
Loss
or modification of teacher recommendations in your file
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Colegio Bolivar Student Handbook for High
School. N.p.:Colegio Bolivar. n.d.
Harris, Robert.
“Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers”. Vanguard
Rompf,
Thomas, et al. Colegio Bolivar English Department Style Book. N.p.:
Colegio Bolivar, 1997
Toreki,
Rob. “Plagiarism: Definitions, Examples and Penalties.” The