-Plagiarism is cheating!
-Cheating is bad!
-Always cite the source when using anything from anyone else’s work
-Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to: false information, forging signatures, having someone else complete your own work, etc.
-Do not use essays or work from another class without prior consent
-Plagiarism and cheating may result in getting the boot from the class or school
Out of the three choices we had I am choosing the one about cheating/ plagiarism. I am picking the side that cheating detectors and in-class writing work are beneficial rather than hurting the students. Not only does it make the kids work harder for their grade but it keeps things original and makes them do their own work.
“Two missing items on every modern high-school student’s checklist: Plagiarism Detectors and In-Class Work”
I chose this side because I honestly believe that this form of teaching (I guess you could call it that) is beneficial to both the students and the teachers. It helps the teachers out by keeping a tab and monitoring the kids papers and helps detect cheating. It allows the teachers to give out grades knowing that it was the students own ideas in their work. It also makes the students do their work with minimal outside input on their work and challenges them to be creative with what they write.
Another reason I am picking this is because I went through the same process for my high school British Literature class in which we did 500-word essays in class and had to finish them before the period was over. Not only did this make me do my own work on the paper but also gave me a deadline for having work done which helped me greatly seeing as I am a horrible procrastinator. Having first-hand experience with this topic will allow me to write about how I truly feel which I believe will help me in the long-run.
The video we watched is relevant to a focused presentation in some ways. It is focused because the interviews that take place are directed and stay on topic to teenagers being online in our society. The directors of the video have done a great job so far on making a very focused video/documentary. The movie can also be classified as a clear position based on what people say and think that are interviewed. The difference in opinion varies with adults and kids but they each take a clear position on rules and standards based on todays society. The next category is plausible reasons and convincing support which is similar to what occurred in the first part of the movie. Multiple interviews backed up and supported previous clips of video that were shown which provided support and gave the viewers plausible reasons. The last one is anticipating objections which was rather obvious in the movie. They had clips of different people which had opinions going one direction and others going the opposite. This led to a variety of ideas and thoughts that the viewers can easily pick up on.
One thing that I learned from the video, other than I do not find British humor that funny, was that arguments are and should be based more on giving specific reasons to make your point stronger. It is not about how much power one person may have in the world but rather the points they make and if they are able to back them up. In order for the “arguer” (if that is a word) to make a solid point to convince people, they will need to back up their information with multiple sources or support.
-Counterarguments
-Research
-Evidence
-Comparisions
-Stats
-Quotes
-Connections
All of these things are key ingredients to having and making a solid argument. They help you when forming an argument to allow you to make stronger points. Using research allows you to pull up more and more valuable information when making your case and this makes it so you can present your argument to a bigger variety of audiences. Using quotes from different sources makes your statement more credible because it shows that your point of view is seen by others and maybe by someone of higher importance. I think that being able to have a counterargument is one of the most important things to having a good argument. It allows you to see both sides of the tape and adds strength and input to your point of view