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Hopefully your instructors will see past the mistake and understand your intent. What a shame to kick someone out of the program for something (IMO) so trivial. If you were writing a research paper and presenting the info as your own work, then I could understand, but rewording an outline of an article is not in the same league. Sorry to hear about your husband. Take care of yourself and try not to let yourself get to beat down by everything that is going on :redbeathe
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Plagiarism isnt trivial tfleuter, no matter what the form and the type of assignment. Its taking the work and thoughts of others and passing them off as your own. At my school, plagiarism is serious business. It was the same at my University for undergrad.
bpimommy, I am sorry that you run the risk of being kicked out. However, you needed to include the appropriate citations in your paper. Have you been taught APA format and citations? If not, then I very much recommend getting the publication manual. In the mean time you can learn more here http://www.apastyle.org/manual/index.aspx
I wish you the best of luck and hope that they don't kick you out and this just is just chalked up to a lessened learned.
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I agree, true plagerism isn't trivial, but if I'm understaind the OP correctly, then this was an assignment where an article was to be read and then submitted in an outline format. There was no indication for a need for APA format, nor is resummerizing an outline trying to to pass off the work as one's own idea.
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Yes, I did cite the article at the top of my outline in APA format. I was doing research all night trying to find a definitive answer on how to properly outline (not summarize) a nursing journal article. I came across this great web site, easy to read and understand with samples given.... Check it out.....
http://www.valdosta.edu/~cbarnbau/personal/teaching_MISC/plagiarism.htm
I e-mailed the professor ths morning regarding what happened and recieved an e-mail shortly back; advising me to move on and focus on studying for finals. What a relief. Wow! What a tough lesson to learn, but glad I am now educated on how to not plagiarize. I suppose she realized it was an unintentional mistake.:icon_roll
I want to thank you all for your support. It has helped me to read through your responses. Breathing again! :lvan:
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One could only imagine how you initially felt. I am glad that things worked in your favor today. My heart dropped when I read the title of this thread. My school takes plagerism very seriously. I just recently completed a research paper and was so nervous about the possibility of plagerising something. I made sure I cited everything (direct quotes, paraphrasing, and summarization), APA style. good Luck to you and please CITE every piece of information you submit that is not your own.
I wish you all the best, and here's a hug :heartbeat to cheer you up:jester:.
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I am so sorry about your husband. Ouch! I am not sure I could go on like you are. At least you are.
I have a hard time with trying not to plagiarize. Its very difficult for me to read and then report on it (and I was honors English in college) and not "accidentally" mess up. Its a fine line, I suppose. Good luck and let us know what happens.
I never cheat. I do NOT like cheaters. In fact, there was a guy cheating over my shoulder during my A&P final last week. I did not know until later, when a classmate told me, and I was so MAD!