Originality - today's best friend

What makes a book, essay, poem, and any other kind of artistic work so interesting? They are interesting because they bring something new to the minds of others. Something original that many people would stop, look and exclaim, “Wow! That’s some interesting ideas you have there!” People always have something to say about some topic. There may be times where these ideas might coincide and match but there are also times where they are totally different. It gives a whole new different perspective to a certain subject.

In today’s world, ideas can be known easily through something we all know, the internet. Information can be known easily by just one tap of a finger on a mouse pad. Thoughts can be seen by everyone in the world. Someone can opt to write about a certain issue then if it is radical enough, the whole world can know it by just one click. That is not to say that this technology is something bad. Think of all good things the internet brought the world. You don’t have to look through a great big library and a whole section of books just to look for the history of a certain location. Everything is so accessible that you can know just about anything in the comfort of your home.

Although this tool gave way to a world where ideas can be shared to many people, this also gave way to a world where plagiarism became an issue. Plagiarism is basically copying another’s work or idea and claiming it is your own work. Just by not sourcing the text where the idea came from is already considered plagiarism. Since there is a great big access to much information, there are great many people who try to use another person’s original idea and say that he/she himself/herself thought of it.

There are times where plagiarism is merely mistake and he/she just forgot to source the person who have thought of the idea. Thus, caution must be practiced for even by just forgetting to properly cite the true owner of the idea is already considered plagiarism. For in lay man’s terms, plagiarism is stealing. Therefore, the only thing that can be said is, be mindful, cite properly and originality is today’s best friend to an easier and fulfilling life.

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