for today's Brainstorming Journal, i read Grabill & Pigg's essay on the survey the did on writings in college. i chose it because i am very technologically minded, and the writings seemed to make sense to me. the journal, however was about plagiarism, and therefore, that's what i wrote about.
Luckily, I have not yet, nor do I plan to be on the sights of a plagiarism accusation. I have however, seen a friend go through an accusation process, for an essay in high school. We were writing a paper on a book we had to read for class, and he copied a whole paragraph from someone else’s paper, which was published online, without any form of citation, or even a reference that it was anyone else’s work. After a hearing process, he was found guilty, and was given a failing grade for the entire class. Because of that event, I have always been careful to document all my sources, and give proper citations everywhere I write, even though I do believe that all the rage over plagiarism is a bit over blown, and maybe a failing grade for an entire class might be a bit too much, although it does depend on how much was plagiarized, and how important the assignment is.
Another issue that has hurt me along my path as a writer has been the issue of finding a proper audience for my writings, as I have never really mastered the art of finding who I am writing to. I have never understood whether I’m supposed to be formal when writing papers, as some of my teachers have demanded super strict formal writing in everything we ever submitted, from simple class discussions, to final term papers, and I’ve had teachers who accept more relaxed forms of writing even in formal papers. Because of this, I sort of have accepted that whatever I write, it’s going to come out how I want it to come out, but usually within the needed parameters if it is for school. Sometimes, I write formally when talking with friends on Skype, or Facebook, and sometimes I write without a care for writing conventions, or formalism.
if i have some time, i might type out a poem i wrote during my senior year in high school. it was fun to write, although it doesn't really make much sense. but, you know... whatever
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