What would you do if someone used something you created without giving you credit?
I decided to write about this topic today. In my first course at Kaplan, I ran into this myself. I did not copy someone! A fellow classmate copied my work, and I was not happy about it. I was doing well in the course and she was struggling, so I offered to help her out. I had already turned in my assignment, and forwarded it to her so she could get an idea of what my responses were. Well she sent me her assignment, and it was the same as mine, just minus some words. I wasn't sure if I was over reacting, so I had my dad look at the two assignments side by side. He told me this is absolutely copying your work, you need to tell your professor. So I emailed my professor, and have to say I was disappointed in her response. She said since it was not an exact copy of what I wrote, it would not be considered plagiarism! I did what I should have and did the right thing, but felt that I should have gotten a different outcome. I learned my lesson and did not help her again in the class. It makes me leery about working with any other fellow classmates too. I am hoping this was just a one time experience, and I don't have to deal with it again! Anyone else have the same problems?
I had a similar thing happen to me back in junior high. We were working in a group, and we were presenting our research that we had found to eachother. I had made two copies, and one of them was stolen. Next thing I know, when we get our final papers back I see all of my information that I had researched written into his final paper. My teacher said exactly what yours had said, so I just forgot about it. All the time and effort I had put in was now being seen as someone else's work and ideas and that made me very upset. Needless to say I never worked with that person again and they ended up getting caught for cheating a few years later in high school. Karma!
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