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Plagiarism
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Plagiarism in America
1.	I have plagiarized someone’s work before without knowing. I noticed the plagiarism after my instructor informed me of the case. Part of my paper comprising of two sentences was copied directly and without giving proper citation of the writer of the information. Although the plagiarism I committed was unintentional, I had to repeat the whole paper for the semester. 

2.	I agree with these definitions as they provide insight into what common knowledge and plagiarism are. Students and researchers should always abide by the school rules when it comes to academic aspects. Information published on books, articles, and internet websites belongs to someone, it is therefore right for a student to give the owner credit for the information. 

3.	I was told that plagiarism is wrong. Yes. I did sign an agreement claiming that I wouldn’t plagiarize my work. Yes. we were taught how to properly paraphrase and how to use quotations in any given article. Although the plagiarism I committed was unintentional, I had to repeat the whole paper for the semester. 

4.	 I agree. I am familiar with Turnitin and my other teachers also use the same to detect our assignment. Yes, but not entirely, some of my assignments still have plagiarism which is hard to prevent. Yes. it usually makes me feel uncomfortable as I fear what will happen next after my lectures have gone through my assignment.  

5.	 According to Delvin, in most schools, cheating has always been a problem. I entirely agree with his arguments on cheating cases. Plagiarism in American schools has reached an epidemic stage and it cannot be stopped with surveillance only.