The Apple

Half an hour ago in the living room...

First Roommate: I'm so nervous about this test that I have tomorrow. So much material to cover...
Second Roommate: Is that for the class I was in last semester? Oh! I remember that chapter! That test wasn't that bad. I could probably take it again. In fact, I could even show you the test if I still have it.
*First Roommate looks bewildered. Sits in silence biting pencil*
Second Roommate: Do you want me to see if I can find the test?
First Roommate: No thanks. I think I'll do this on my own.

APPLAUSE! ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO FIRST ROOMMATE FOR RESISTING THE TEMPTATION TO CHEAT! Bravo, my dear friend. You are one of the few who would resist that test. It's like God during Lent, dripping melted chocolate into your face every chance he gets when he knows you gave it up for the season. And to see that test, slipping out of your roommate's fingertips, into your lap...with all of the perfect answers.... Ah, kudos to you my friend. Nothing but cheers.



As for me, I just finished typing up my Works Cited page for the re-done research I did from last week. I guess even as a senior in college I still have issues with citing sources correctly. I thought for this past assignment we just had to put a little blurb as to where we got our info, but my professor noted none of my sources were cited correctly. I also made a big generalization at the top of my paper with no source to back it up. So did I plagiarize? Perhaps unintentionally. Wow--isn't that scary? Here I am ranting about how easy it is to just cite your sources, and here I am doing it incorrectly.

I must confess. I was busy the night of that assignment. I had 3 other 1-page papers to write for courses after I finished editing in the newsroom for the Provoc. By the time I got back to my room, I decided the easiest thing to do would be to slap down the author and journal title and I'd be all set--or just list out the website where I looked at info about plagiarism.

Lazy. I just should've stayed up the extra half hour to do things the right way.

But once again, I'm backing up my theory. People, myself included, are just so goddamn lazy.