photo credit: quattrostagioni “Turn in a 3 page paper, size 12 font, 1 inch margins.” How many times have we heard those instructions for the length of a writing assignment? I never understood why we define a length requirement in pages when it’s so easy to modify. You can change line spacing slightly, adjust the [...]

Lifehack.org has a great article on how not to plagiarize. Some highlights: Don’t paste formatted text into your papers. Don’t use writing that is much better than your own. Don’t copy entries from Wikipedia. Don’t hand in a bunch of really well-written stuff that has nothing to do with the course or the assignment It [...]