Take the Easy Way Now, Face Consequences Later
Thesis Statement: Students and writers who have become more accustomed to cheating and plagiarizing forget the fact that what they are doing is unacceptable, are deteriorating their ability to do their own work, and must face severe punishments.
I. Extensive amount of students cheating and plagiarizing A. Common cheating and plagiarizing B. Students not aware of wrongness C. Easier academic dishonesty
II. Copying work becomes habit A. Copying not frowned upon B. Occurs in workplace III. Guidelines established to regulate academic dishonesty A. Preventing copying B. Disciplinary actions IV. Refutation Concluding statement: In the long run, putting hard work in and submitting a composition in its entirety with your own interpretation and honesty will serve as an advantage over those who are more informal and resort to imitation.
Take the Easy Way Now, Face Consequences Later
Pedro Delgado Enc1101 Prof. Eckhous 11/27/12
Delgado 1 Take the Easy Way Now, Face Consequences Later
In life, the only way to fully achieve expertise and benefit in a certain interest is to work for it. No matter what that subject may be a person is going to have to apply himself in order to prevail. Unfortunately, not all humans have developed a work ethic where they can manage tasks given to them with ease and decide that they need a little extra help. Thus, enhancing their performance, which becomes unfair to those who actually have dedicated themselves to their responsibilities and roles. This issue can mainly be seen in educational systems, where students are regularly cheating and helping each other, and even in the workplace, at which point writers plagiarize others when writing their stories. In 2003, Robin Gregg, a former writer for the New York Post, plagiarized work from The National Enquirer and used
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