Isserman’s believes that plagiarism is using someones published words as your own words. He mentions how we all use some reference in our speech and writing which are not our original words and don’t cite them. For example some phases become cliches’s but is not considered a form of plagiarism. Isserman believes that we should strive to avoid plagiarism as much as possible.
I feel that plagiarism should be avoided as much as possible. I don’t believe it is a “lie of the mind”. To a certain degree it is a lie but I feel it is laziness of the mind. Some don’t make the effort of writing their own words. I feel that there are some phrases that are not avoidable. Isserman mentions no one can truly be original in the writing. I feel that we are human and we can’t avoid certain forms of plagiarism. Isserman mentions the former president of Hamilton College and how he plagiarized most of his speeches. Isserman believes all the effort and hard work that the former president of Hamilton College will possibly outweigh is resignation because of plagiarism. I feel this true but it will take years some before anyone can give him recognition for his work at the college.
