While reading the article Understanding Internet Plagiarism, it made me think of why people plagiarize. Do people think that they will not get caught? There are thousands of sites on the internet of cheat sites that is there for people who want to cheat. Teachers all over know how to get to these sites and they always find out that one of their students has copied a school assignment. Why won’t this stop? How come people don’t want to compose their own written piece? Even though writing an essay or working on a research paper for an academic class is a lot of thought and work, people should know that it is always an accomplishment in the end. Why would anyone want to risk their future for cheating on a school assignment? This could prevent a person from finishing his/her academic career and from obtaining any great job that may come in his/her way. So, my advice to people all over is….compose your own work to keep your dreams and future alive!!!

When I read the tutorial on Lonelygirl15, I thought it was a little strange at first. I understand how movies are fake and television shows are fake, but I didn’t think anyone on YouTube would create a script and characters and post on YouTube. When I did watch lonelygirl15’s video it was believable that (Bree) was a 16 year old girl. She didn’t look like she was acting at all. I don’t think I could pull something off like she did. I would probably laugh the whole time because I would be making fool out of myself. But, from watching some of her videos, they are a little boring and I don’t see why people continue to watch them