Cite or Smite?

Plagiarism Blur for Students In Digital Age
     This article is about students that are copying and pasting from websites and don't realize that it's a very serious offense.  Since the internet provides so much information for a student to access, this could be influencing how students look at the authorship of a text or image. Donald L. McCabe took a survey over 4 years and found that in a group of 14,000 students, 40 percent admitted to taking a few sentences and puting them in their assignments. The percentage of those who think that plagiarism is "cheating" is declining, from 34 percent down to 29 percent.  "You’re not coming up with new ideas if you’re grabbing and mixing and matching," said Ms. Wilensky.
     I think the article is spot on when it talks about how plagiarism is tainting our creativeness. Although I am saying that I agree with the article, I have also engaged in plagiarism.  Throughout the beginning my highschool career, papers just didn't interest me. So I did what any normal high schooler would do. I went to the internet for help. It's easy when all the words are there. You only have to click the mouse a bit and press a few buttons.

Turtle's Haven

    As the piercing sun beats down onto the soft, endless sand, seagulls begin to fly overhead in search of a quick meal from the beach goers.  The smooth glass ocean shatters as the waves hit the shore with a crashing swoosh.  With no one in sight, the private beach seems to be completely deserted, except for a select few.  We ride our boogey boards with the waves until we come to a sudden halt as we hit the sand.  The night slowly creeps into the sky, allowing other sea creatures to come ashore.  It becomes as dark outside as the inside of your eyelids.  Sea turtles make their way upshore everynight to lay their eggs in the soft, cool sand.  In the morning we dodge deep holes, making sure we don't step in one and end a life that has yet to begin.

OH YEAH!

It's the ability to rip and tear the foil off of a Hershey's kiss, like a small child opening presents on a Christmas morning.  The wrinkled foil that encases the Kisses works as a protective shell.  The white paper reaches out of the top, allowing you to quickly unveil the beauty in silver.  While being held up to the sun the shiny coating is a reflective work of art, but make sure not to leave this masterpiece out for too long, it could become a deliteful mess.  The aroma of this delicate piece of heaven and earth will force you to believe that you have already engaged in the act of digesting it.  But do not be decieved by the essence, for it is no match for the real thing.  Hot liquid magma that descends from atop a volcanoe could not compare to the texture of this creamy delite.  This flat-bottomed teardrop shape will only bring out joy when consumed.  Your taste buds will be screaming "Oh yeah" like the Kool-Aid guy as you eat one, but one wont satisfy.