Plagiarism

Plagiarism is defined in Webster's Dictionary as to steal and pass of the ideas or words of another as yours.  Plagiarism is an addicting habit, it may seem harmless at first but it can hinder you in so many ways.  It is against the law to plagiarize and you can get into some serious trouble with it, it is not something to play around with.For example it may get you kicked out of college or fail a class.  Nothing comes from plagiarism, there is no gain whatsoever from it.  Also besides being morally wrong and unethical plagiarism can hurt more than you.  Anyone that knew you were plagiarizing can get in trouble too.  I have a personal experience with plagiarism, I did not plagiarize but helped someone with a paper and they were similar when we turned them in.  The problem was sorted out and no one was in trouble.  This is just a case though that could have been worse.  The general rule of thumb is you can help, but don't let them see.  If you let a person see a paper you have written to help them out there is more of a chance they will be similar and may be more identical than you think.  If you get caught plagiarizing and get kicked out of college, good luck getting into another university.  That is why it is super important to cite sources correctly in a paper.  The best way to make sure that you will not plagiarize is to make a research log and keep a tally of all of your search results and sources you find.  This way you will not get confused and make a mistake on citations.