Second Chapter of My Word!

This second chapter of My Word! is packed with interesting information. I liked how she used some of the transcripts from the study she did to help get an idea of how other college students see plagiarism. The way the chapter was separated made it seem easier to read. It was really interesting to read about how copyright developed, and how who the true owner of the paper/article. When I got to the footnote section of the book, how I wished I was reading this a couple of semesters ago. There was a last minute group project we had to do, and during the last group meeting we had before the project was due, one of the group members decided to argue about footnotes for the whole hour we met up. Anyways, back to the book. I guess since I don’t really watch as much TV as I would like to, I don’t find the people around me quoting as often as the book makes it out to be (that or maybe they just don’t tell me. . . but they would normally use that as an excuse to tease me a little. . . hmmm. . . ). While sitting in places, while listening around me, I would hear a movie/TV reference once in a while (I only said that I don’t watch much, but between what I do watch, and loving friends, I do know some of the more popular quotes). It is good to know that I am not the only one who has problems with citing sources once in a while, and that most teachers really look into cases before bringing up the plagiarism case to the dean.

But it is true, no matter how original people try to be, we are influenced by other works.