Week 12: Discussion #2

Brook J. Sadler believes strongly that plagiarism is unfair to both students and teachers, and should be punishable to those to take part in it. Universities should punish students by expelling them and making them an example of how plagiarism is not tolerated what so ever, especially in higher education. On the other hand, Russell Hunt does not believe plagiarism is bad for students. He thinks it is good for students to us it to reach professor’s requirement on writing. Both Sadler and Hunt provide a good argument with reasons to support them. Sadler focuses more on the negative side of plagiarism, while Hunt tells us why students might use plagiarism. I believe Sadler has the stronger argument because she explains thoroughly the effects of plagiarism to both the students using it, and the students who are not. Overall, plagiarism is the short way out for a paper, but there is no short cuts in life.