Blog 6 by Shengnan

Widely acknowledged, with the development and spread of Internet, it’s really followed by a list of problems about plagiarism. People take the advantage of Internet to finish their own essays, which reduces stresses for their work. As a research shows that “an overwhelming mahority-89 percent- say computer and the Internet have played a major role in the rise in stealing others work and claiming it as their own” (http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/plagiarism_on_the_rise.php). So large number of students has the behavior of plagiarism, which strongly illustrates Internet really have a positive effect for cheating. For example, as college students, they really have a lot of homework to be done. The pressures from courses and professors lead them to find an easy and quick way to complete their homework. Actually, Internet is a good place for them to seek help. We can find all kinds of information what we want to use, and copy some useful parts for our own papers. This is really the fastest way to complete our own work. However, we also take the risk of being accused of academic misconduct.