Blog 10 Answer to the survey questions

In my opinion, Jamal plagiarized when he copied a paragraph from Forrester’s article. Jamal didn’t get the permission from Forrester and he didn’t write a reference list or in text citation. In this film, he just prints it and turns it in. I defend Professor Crawford, because he can points out Jamal’s mistake impartially. Initially, he only thinks Jamal has some talent on his writing. Then he finds out Jamal’s writing is unusually pretty good, therefore he doesn’t think it is normal. Finally, he argues that Jamal has copied an article, which is Forrester’s previous published work. It should matter to decision that Forrester gave his consent to Jamal, because on the basis of definition of plagiarism if Jamal got permission from Forrester, then he won’t commit plagiarism. Furthermore, it shouldn’t matter to the decision that Jamal was a very good writer. For this question, 70% students agree with me. Whoever you are, if you copy somebody’s work as your own, it is a plagiarism. For question 5, less than 1/3 students think Jamal understand why Forrester told him not to submit anything he wrote with Forrester.  However, I think Jamal didn’t understand why Forrester told him not to take anything he wrote out of the apartment. If he understood Forrester’s purpose, he won’t turn it in. Moreover, there are 70% of students agree with me that Jamal intentionally missed the two free throws in the championship game. When he threw the last ball, he looked at Professor Crawford and Claire. It’s very interesting.