Lines on Plagiarism Blur for Students in the Digital Age - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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“Our notion of authorship and originality was born, it flourished, and it may be waning,” Ms. Blum said.
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Instead of offering an abject apology, Ms. Hegemann insisted, “There’s no such thing as originality anyway, just authenticity.” A few critics rose to her defense, and the book remained a finalist for a fiction prize (but did not win).
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“If you’re taught how to closely read sources and synthesize them into your own original argument in middle and high school, you’re not going to be tempted to plagiarize in college, and you certainly won’t do so unknowingly,” she said.
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"…students leave high school unprepared for the intellectual rigors of college writing" said Wilensky. HS students must understand that their learning experiences in schools, will develop the skills they will need in Higher Education. 9-12 students should be exposed to articles like this, stating real cases of plagiarism in Colleges, and discuss them, thinking in their future in University and in how prepared they are to face it. Thanks for sharing!
