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Human nature has always been such that one will find the easiest possible way out.   Many students from all throughout history have found it easier to simply use someone’s work for themselves.   However, there are many misconceptions about plagiarism and the students that take advantage of others’ work.   Many believe that only poor students would plagiarize or that not many students are guilty of plagiarism.   These are just a couple of the many popular delusions that surround the often sensitive topic of plagiarism.   Although students have always found the easy way out, the popularization of the internet has brought new and more difficult-to-track ways of using someone else’s work.
The first misconception about plagiarism is that it is always malicious or intentional.   This is not often the case.   Plagiarism is actually the use of another’s work or ideas without the proper citation (Plagiarized).   If a student were to use a source3 and not complete the citation of that source properly, that would still be considered plagiarism, even though the student did not intend on stealing that work.   Some students find nothing wrong with simply paraphrasing another’s work because they did not just copy it.   This is still plagiarism, though, because they have taken someone else’s ideas and presented them as their own.   Of course, another form of plagiarism is intentional cheating.   Some students will simply “copy and paste” another’s work.   They have many reasons for doing this; however, this is always wrong and is considered intellectual dishonesty.   Although plagiarism is not always intentional, deliberate cheating is more prevalent then one may believe.
The next misconception comes from the belief that not many students plagiarize and that only poor students plagiarize.   This is also erroneous.   A study at Rutgers University revealed that out of 4,500 high school students, greater then fifty percent had plagiarized at least once, and some even said they...