My student survival guide

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[...] The consequences for plagiarism can be minimal to severe, depending on the situation. If the school feels that the indiscretion is severe enough they can expel the student. The school could also just fail the student for the course and make him or her retake it at their own expense, if the student is receiving grants to pay for his or her schooling that is. Citation is how you give credit to the author of the information that you are using that is not your own. [...]

[...] I have also used the Center for Writing Excellence to evaluate my papers for spelling, grammar, APA style and plagiarism. The library tutorials are the only ones I have used so far but I am sure there will be a time when I will need to use some of the others available. The Element K tutorials may come in handy for helping me with using Microsoft Office programs or some of the other desktop applications I may need to use in my chosen career. There are many student labs that may come in handy. [...]

[...] (2007). Keys to College Studying: Becoming an Active Thinker, Second Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall. Works Cited Carol Carter, J. B. (2007). Keys to College Studying: Becoming an Active Thinker, Second Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall. [...]

[...] People have been misquoted for centuries. Another form of fabrication is to cite someone for information you did not get from him or her, either by making the whole thing up or by putting any name down to make it look good. Deception can happen in two basic ways. One example is to tell the facilitator that you missed a deadline for a false reason, like was sick” when in actuality you just did not do it. Another way, which goes along with plagiarism, is to say you wrote something when really someone else did or you copied it from somewhere. [...]

[...] I then switch to human services. I know I want to get my Associate's degree and I am thinking of getting my Bachelor's degree too. Here is where career and educational goals go hand in hand. Knowing what I want to do help me to decide how much schooling I will need. I want to go into social work so my short term goal is to get my Associate's degree. My long term goal will probably be to get my Bachelor's degree. [...]