Plagiarism is a serious offense that regards taking other people's work and claiming it as one's own. Considering all of what Goodall has taken, her offense is major for she took quotes, barely rewording or rearranging their structure. Earlier in the year when we were writing our research papers, we discussed how plagiarism is serious from the stand point of a student. This article shows how plagiarism is still a serious crime and is a major crime even when you leave school. Although Goodall's book has not been released, she will never be respected as an author in the scientific community again.
Next time Goodall writes a book she needs to pay more attention to plagiarizing rules. There is only two ways that she could have so profusely plagiarized; either she doesn't know how not to or she decided not to cite her sources. The way to fix this is to teach her how to correctly write a research based book and show her how to cite and paraphrase. However, if she does know how to avoid plagiarism then I do not think she has a true passion for writing. Either way Goodall needs to take some time off from writing and re-evaluate her writing career.
Hey, Liz! Yes. I completely agree that Goodall should re-evaluate her process of writing and should consider taking time off from writing to take some paraphrasing classes.
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