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The big question: Why is plagiarism so common within so many students in today's society? The answers are numerous but they all link up to one reason: fear of their marks dropping, and getting in trouble or being looked down by others. Wanting the easy way out by having someone else do the work for them, and expecting to take the credit for it. No. the present generation of students have been going down through the wrong path and clearly not thinking for themselves as much as they want themselves and others to think they are.

Thinking that they are unable to accomplish such a task, how on earth have students been able to make their minds to think in a way of which they need to always rely on someone else or other resources to succeed when they can believe that they have superpowers or that one day people can live on Mars permanently. They have been clouded by seeing society's over-excellence and thinking that they are not able the meet those expectations and qualify as one responsible and valued member of humanity. Students especially teens see only the outcome of many famous people and not necessarily the hard work and mistakes that they went through in order to get to where they are today.
Students think it is an easy life for them and that they are working too hard for no reason, leading them to believe that they can succeed in life alike those people who have an easy life as they are to be perceived and in turn imitate them as well. They may choose an illegal way to go through school as they believe that high marks equals to intelligence and gives the golden pathway to success and thus they do not think of the consequences and other negative aspects of not doing their own work. They have no faith in their own work, and think that making mistakes is not right as it will blemish their perfection and will ruin them.
They have to know that the process of learning requires them to make mistakes and for them to do their own work emphasizing their own opinions and see how they would solve problems if they were put into the workforce and real world. One way to do that is through teachers, they are one of the important people who can make a difference in a student's life as they see them about a quarter of the day. Teachers can encourage students by telling them what they have done wrong, this does not mean that they have to be easy graders. Perhaps by showing that teachers are not perfect humans like many students assume they are, teachers can sometimes make

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