Plagiarism Reflection

Writing my plagiarized paper was hard and easy at the same time. It was hard because I wanted to put the article or section I came across into my own words. I didn't want to plagiarize because I knew it was wrong, but at the same time I found it was easy to find the materials I needed to put my paper together. Also I needed to make sure that the paper sounded like it was my voice which made it difficult because when you're pasting different papers together it makes it hard to put it into one voice. I had to change some things and take out some pieces of the contents to make it sound like mine. I also found it difficult to not quote or give the source. I've been used to doing this when using someone's work that when I was finally done writing my paper that I had to take out the quotes then print. I found that it took me a while to copy and paste because I had to still put thought into it and I knew that I had to make it sound authentic. Of course many students with little time wouldn't have done that but this was an assignment and I had time too.
It was easy because it was cutting and pasting. All I had to do was find what I needed and put it into my paper. The Internet can provide me with many articles and also many books online. All I had to do was pick a topic. I decided to pick one that would interest me. I had to brainstorm what else I needed to put into the paper that would make it seem like I did all the work for it. After that all I had to do was find the sources to put my paper together.
So far this class has brought out the morals of writing in me. I know its wrong to plagiarize but I wouldn't mind ghostwriting. I guess I have my own boundaries when it comes to school.

Ghost Reflection

While writing my paper for someone else, I felt that if she did get in then that's great for me. Although I don't have much knowledge on her major, I knew that she would probably write a better paper. Also living with her and just knowing her made writing the paper better. My roommate liked the paper, but we did have to go through some corrections. Also the questions on the paper was very general, which made it easier to write too.
I didn't feel bad for writing it for her, maybe because I knew that she wouldn't hand it in. I'm sure that if I did a ghostwriting piece for someone it wouldn't be something connected to academics (papers for students). I guess when it comes to school and students its call cheating and plagiarism. And that's something I wouldn't take part in. But outside of school and there's a contract involved and within the rights of the law I wouldn't mind writing for someone else.