Remember kids, DO NOT PLAGIARISE.

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Here is an email that our professor sent out to everyone in our online class:

Humn 325 students: Well, I have run everyone's submissions through
turnitin, and it was quite and eye-opener. I would say the majority of
the students used material that was not theirs without citing it or
quoting it. 3 people made no mistakes in this manner. Three people were
3% unoriginal. 4 people were between 11-32% unoriginal, and two people
were 70% and above. Make sure you cite _everything_ you put in your
paper that comes from another source next time. I have already contacted
the people who need to rewrite completely (over 30% unoriginal) From
10-20%, students will just take a grade hit. (I will contact them
shortly) Dr. Groves

This is one of the many cases I have seen concerning plagiarism. If you think it needs to be quoted, quote it anyways. If you paraphrase it, you don't need to quote it. However, you may need to still cite the source at the end of that sentence or paragraph.

An Austrian friend of mine, during his first semester at college, was told he was plagiarizing. He did not know. He paraphrased but didn't cite a source. This was in his literature class. He had to drop the class because the professor was a cockface and wanted to get him expelled.

Oh, and in case you are wondering...
Jason: your paper was shown to be completely original by turnitin .com.
Groves


So, this is just a fair warning to everyone. Even though I knew mine was perfectly fine, that first email he sent out still scared me. Share your stories of people who plagiarise. I have a funny one I will post later.