Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Plagiarism

Paraphrasing helps me to understand the material better also helps me broaden my vocabulary and beefs up my writing skills. Lord knows they need beefing up!!!

I have two questions.

Is writing one paper for two classes ethical?
If another student writes a paper for you and you turn it in, who is more to blame?

1 comment:

Maureen said...

Good posts this week!

To answer your two questions:

1) you asked if it's ethical to write one paper for 2 classes. It depends. Check with the instructors. I don't allow it in my class; I state in my syllabus that work for this class is for this class only. Other instructors may have different rules.

2) Who is more to blame - the writer or the buyer/borrower of the written paper? They both get Fs in my class. I don't delve into the morality. Both cheated, so both fail.

Hope that answers your questions, but if you have more, feel free to email me!