Plagiarism Plagiarism is a common problem in tertiary education and this issue also occurred in school as the pupils nowadays

were very good in finding and also manipulating data on the Internet. Believe it or not, here is one of the simple examples how plagiarism happens in school; Adam is trying to finish up his school project by obtaining good information on the internet. e highlights a paragraph that explains about human traffic!ing problem across the e changes the font so it matches world and he discovers that "#$ of the victims were used for forced commercial sexual exploitation. Adam copies it and pastes it into his project. he has committed plagiarism. It sounds familiar is it% Plagiarism is consider as a severe problem in the education system as plagiarism is actually a form of cheating since you use someone&s else words or even idea and you try to ma!e it as your own '(owshen, )*++,. According to the -erriam./ebster 0nline (ictionary ')*+),, plagiarism means1 23 to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as ones own or to use (anothers production) without crediting the source In other word, plagiarism also could be considered as a scam or even a hoax as it involves in stealing someone else&s wor! and then you lie about it afterward ' Plagiarism: What it is and How to Recognise and Avoid It, )**",. 4here are various types of plagiarism that could happen around us and the most often plagiarism that too! place are !he "host Writer and !he Photocop# types of plagiarism. !he "host Writer refers to when a writer turns in another&s wor!, word.for.word, as his or her own effort and meanwhile !he Photocop# means that when a writer copies significant portions of text straight from single source without any modification or adjustment from the writer itself 'Plagiarism: What it is and How to Recognise and Avoid It, )**",. 5o how do we stop this plagiarism% 4he answer is 6uite easy actually; start ac!nowledging the writer that you read about their wor! and idea. 4hey should been given credit for their hard wor! and you could do that by writing down their name and even the name of the website you come cross to. 7evertheless, to be safe do the bibliography or put in 6uotations for everything that comes directly from the text that you read especially when you are ta!ing notes 'Plagiarism: What it is and How to Recognise and Avoid It , )**",. Besides the rest of his project and continues his project. Adam has made a big mista!e here whereby

that, you could also paraphrase the writer&s idea but be sure that you are just not arranging or just replacing a few words 'Plagiarism: What it is and How to Recognise and Avoid It , )**",. It is also a good idea to record carefully every single reference that you put in your wor! so that you would be able to do a complete bibliography towards at the end of your wor!. 4ry to remember that plagiarism would affect your academic life as the school or even your university could suspend or even worse sac! you from their institution just because of the academia crime. 4hus be mindful when you read other&s idea and wor! and try to credit them as you would also li!e to be ac!nowledged by other people when they read your masterpiece.

8eferences (owshen. 5., ')*++,. What is plagiarism$ 8etrieved on 9uly "th, )*+) in http1::!idshealth.org:!id:feeling:school:plagiarism.html Plagiarism: What is and how to recognise and avoid it., ')**",. 8etrieved on 9uly "th, )*+) in http1::www.indiana.edu:;wts:pamphlets:plagiarism.shtml:<wwwplagiarism What plagiarism is and how to avoid it., 'n.d.,. 8etrieved on 9uly "th, )*+) in http1::www.u!essays.com:plagiarism.php