Response IV- Plagiarism

Plagiarism Lecture What I did not know already was the toll plagiarism can take on one's career. Plagiarism is very dangerous to one's life in school, and can definitely ruin one. I knew what the consequences of plagiarism were, and I basically already understood everything said about plagiarism, but as I am told more and more about it, I realize its importance much more. That was the key lesson I learned about plagiarism- simply do not do it. Another thing that I did not know was how even "stealing" an idea of something is considered plagiarism. I have seen multiple everyday actions in journalists lives that lead to plagiarism and can quickly ruin their career. Knowing this, I have vowed to prevent myself form ever plagiarizing. I noticed during the lecture that the dictionary definition of plagiarism is "the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own", which seems a little bit strange to me.