Plagiarism

Both articles are talking about the common issue: Plagiarism.

It's the copying of the author's words and not crediting the author at all. I feel that plagiarism is a big offence because we should not copy other people's work without giving credits to the author. At the very least, we should not copy all but edit some words. With the internet and google, it is easy to do plagiarism. Schools should teach students from primary level about cyber-wellness so that they know what kind of punishment they will get for an offence like plagiarism. Punishment may range from counselling to failing of courses to revoking degree. At primary levels, the punishment will be lighter and it gets more severe when the edcuation level gets higher.

Students should understand the property of these authors, they should know that they cannot copy works of people on the internet. It is stated in the article "School stress to pupils: No copying" that 'secondary schools and higher-level institutions typically spell out academic spells out integrity in student handbooks or campus'. Schools should also organize talks to emphasize on plagiarism, about the offence made and the consequences.

On the article "Tokyo university to crack down on plagiarism in theses", an adult's doctorate degree was being revoked because of plagiarism. I feel that adults should know about what will happen if they do these, rather than students. Adults too, should also be taught about plagiarism as one offence may affect their future.