5) Plagiarism

 On my first day of college, like a slap in the face I was introduced to the world of plagiarism and referencing. The thought of having to state who said what and when and where in every piece of work that I do just seemed impossible. However I did realize why we had to do it. 

Plagiarizing someone else’s work was described to me by one of my lecturers as robbing someone else’s work.  And after a few weeks of moaning I can now relate to it.

 If I was to write a thesis or do an assignment and someone was to copy me and claim it as their own I wouldn’t be impressed at all. Its not as if I cant use the information I just have to state where I got it. Plagiarism can be avoided by referencing correctly. 

A useful tool I use is the Harvard referring system. Every type of way to reference is listed from websites to paragraphs from a book in another book. Plagiarism is very important for me in college life, if I don’t reference correctly or if I don’t reference at all my whole paper can be cancelled.  

To avoid this I use the Harvard referencing system I referred to before or I would create a bibliography at the end of each assignment. referencing and plagiarism play a very important role in my college life without them it would be impossible to successfully get through college.