Nov 19- Response to question 2

I believe that students should proofread their work before they turn it in to prevent possible plagiarism. Schools should provide the tools to input work and search for possible plagiarism in order to help students prevent plagiarism in their work. When doing a research paper, students can make sure they give proper credit to quotes or statistics. The two students from Virginia seemed confused on their plagiarism charges, they said they didn't think they had done anything wrong. One of the students, Allison Routman, said that "nobody had ever defined paraphrasing" for her. Schools can educate their students on wat constitutes as plagiarism and what doesn't. Students find information through internet sources, if a student takes information straight out of the internet they should know how to properly give credit where it's due. The two students were expelled from the school and couldn't finish their education. The charges could have easily been prevented if the students had taken the time to proof read their paper or give proper credit where due. The expulsion was too harsh, these students will now have to continue their education elsewhere and will have to do so with the plagiarism charges on their records. Schools can provide students with the proper knowlege about plagiarism in order to help prevent it.