In the past ten years an increasing number of companies have set up in business offering to write essays for students. They may advertise their services in student districts or on the internet, claiming to write an essay to order 'for study purposes'. But in reality they know that hard-pressed students may be tempted to pretend these are their own work, and hand them in for assessment.
There are several ideas why this is a bad idea. Firstly, although students may spend up to £100 per essay, the quality may be so poor that the work is given a fail mark. But more importantly, passing off someone else's work as your own is plagiarism, and the punishment in an academic community may involve suspension from your course. Thirdly, even if the fraud is not detected and leads to your passing the course, what is the value of your qualification? Just having a piece of paper is not going to qualify you for a career.
Learning how to write good academic work is a vital part of your education. There are no short cuts, but once you have mastered the skill of writing you will have an ability you can use for the rest of your life.
Read more on this topic here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20298237
No comments:
Post a Comment