Blog 10

•   Jamal definitely plagiarized when he copied words from Forrester’s early work. Without proper citation, the final result of copying can only be accused plagiarism.
•   For me, I will not defend for Marita either Jamal. Although Jamal was not a professional writer that time, he should know copying is not an acceptable choice for academic writing; however, Mrita’s assignment was a scientific essay and it is her first time to write about scientific issue. She get her source from library but she copied it to support her essay. They both plagiarized and should receive punishment.
•   If Forrester gave his consent to Jamal, Jamal should not be accused plagiarism because he had permission from original author. Therefore, I chose “yes” to this question.
•   Forth question examines whether a writer’s ability will be affected by plagiarism or not. 7/10 of students thought Jamal’s ability will not be affected by plagiarism. In the movie, Jamal‘s work showed great talent of writing, he submitted plagiarized essay because of Crawford’s distrust; however, Jamal proved his ability in the end of the film with another remarkable essay. Therefore, most of students make their choice.
•   Fifth focus on the Jamal’s understanding of Forrester’s request. 72% of students doubt Jamal’s understanding and chose “no”. Jamal broke the promise and submitted his writing to professor. He just want to show off his ability. Without Forrester’s help, he will definitely receive punishment.
•   Final question is to find out if two free shots was intentionally missed. About twice as many students thought Jamal missed these two shots because of some reasons. Before he threw, he glanced at Claire and his professor Crawford. If Jamal helped school win the game, he will not be accused plagiarism because of his basketball skill; however, Jamal wanted to prove his writing ability but not save himself with two shots. He missed two shots and hoped Forrester would come.