Plagiarism Everyday

"Plagiarism is defined by the Honor Council document as “the act of passing off as one’s own ideas or writings of another.” In the Appendix to the Honor Council pamphlet called “Acknowledging the Work of Others” (which is used by the permission of the Cornell University), three simple conventions are presented for when you must provide a reference.

1. If you use someone else’s ideas, you must cite the source.

2. If the way in which you are using the source is unclear, make it clear.

3. If you received specific help from someone in writing a paper, acknowledge it."

That is exactly what plagiarism is. After many years of school, I know what copying or stealing another person’s work means. However I recently realized that now that I’m in college, the rules are far more strict and more is at stake. I must be more careful to prevent accidental or intentional plagiarism. Although it is the easier way out, I should not even think about taking another person’s work for my own.

    I have the best way to avoid plagiarism. Just don’t. When I have an essay due in a few days, and I see my friend’s essay, just don’t. Just don’t do it. Be a smart guy and make sure to cite the ideas that I have used to help my essay.

    I really dislike writing; I can say the majority of people can agree with me. Even writing these simple blogs make me want to just copy a funny blog and post it, hoping no one will catch me. But even if I’m not even really writing about anything, I write because plagiarism is a no no. Double negatives. Not a sentence. This is my blog. I do what I want. As long as I do not steal ideas without citing.

    Oh by the way, I almost forgot to say that the first part in quotations is from the article our class was supposed to read. If you haven’t read that yet, you probably had no clue. It’s from http://eres.library.ucsb.edu/eres/coursepage.aspx?cid=1790&page=docs if you still want to do your homework. Peace.

3rd week

It was an amazing week. After making so many deeper bonds and relationships with people, the weekend was amazing to top it off. I think that the Int 95 classes has great speakers who care about the students going this university. Last week the librarian came and informed us about the many great resources within the library. I realized that not only the library has so many countless books, but it has almost an infinite number of resources online inside the library archives. I assume that I probably will not be able to even use one percent of the resources in the library due the the huge amount of information stored inside the great UCSB library.

    Career counseling has some amazing resources. They have real important stuff that I probably should know and will know for my future career. Also I learned that I should not wait until the last moment, but start early, with jobs, internships, and volunteering. There are so many useful guides and how-to’s in the building and online. It is one of the resources that I will utilize the most for my future.

    I keep learning new things everyday. I guess it’s a good thing. Whether it be new things about friends, professors, or the world. I have never written two blogs at once! It’s exhilarating! I have a midterm tomorrow and I have to worry about what to write in blogs. I guess I have to pull an all-nighter.

Useful Stuff at UCSB

    People emphasize that it’s self-determination and self-effort that allows them to succeed. However, recently, I have learned that it is crucial  to receive as much help as I can. And no one is going to help me unless I ask. There are way too many resources every student can utilize at UC Santa Barbara. So many that I don’t know or remember half of them. Just in case you did not come to the session, some resources include study groups, office hours, friends, Student Resource Building, counselors, etc. The best this is that all these resources are free. I feel like the Student Resource building has help for all kinds of people. It also has nice comfy sofas that I could totally sleep on.

    If you do not know how to meet people at UCSB, you’re doing it wrong. This University makes it so easy to meet people whether for social or academic purposes. That is one of my favorite reasons why I love this place. Just in case you don’t know how to meet people, here is a tip, just walk out of your room. Problem solved. Classes, parties, dorm floors, clubs, dining commons, and events are just a few places you can meet a friendly Gaucho. I have met so many amazing people these past few weeks.

    People here at UCSB actually care about the students. Today there was a major fair, trying to help students for their academic future. It was great, other than the fact that I could not find a Biology major table or a Letters and Sciences table. I thought there were a ton of Bio majors this year. They had Feminist studies, but did not have Biological major. Wow. But there are infinite ways I can get information about my major. So, no problem.

What is a blog?

My name is Sung Lee. I’m a freshman at UCSB. Oh God, this is really boring. I really want to go out right now and party. But I have to do this blog, which I don’t even know what it is, and wait til Friday night till I party. Since you are so interested to even click on my blog, I will introduce myself and try to be as generic as possible. Born on July 2nd, 1995, I am originally from my mother’s uterus. I immigrated to South Korea and then to U.S. in 2001. I consider myself more American than Korean, due to the fact that I don’t remember anything from before age 6. Southern California is my home, I would never want to leave it.

Well UC Santa Barbara is fun. I love it and it has only been two weeks. I believe that UCSB is amazing because I can study and party at the same time. While keeping up with academics, I can enjoy my time with newly acquainted friends. This school is very diverse, I have met funny people, boring people, hot girls, mediocre girls, scholars, drunkards, etc. I feel that I fit in this community.

My parents have been begging me to come home and visit them. I already think that UCSB is my home and don’t want to leave this place. I hope that I meet more amazing people and survive college, literally.

Is this over 250 words? I’m too poor to afford Microsoft Word and google docs does not have a word counter. Things I like: women, music, snowboarding, I.V., my floor, my R.A., and Zack for letting us write blogs instead of essays. Thank You so much! Best T.A. ever.

    How is this for my first blog? Hopefully I can get some tips from some of you readers..