Plagiarism

Starting when a person starts to write essays they are told not to copy each other and then not to plagiarize. It is important to avoid plagiarism because obviously in the simplest terms it is cheating and as students and as a person we have an academic and moral responsibility for our actions. Another obvious reason it is important to not plagiarize is because you could fail or get a zero on the assignment. Deeper than that, plagiarizing devalues the efforts of the original author. It is hard for many people to see things from a different perspective. Would you want someone to turn in your work that you worked hard on? It "cheats yourself" as many people say because you do not learn anything by plagiarizing.