Review: “Beat the Cheat: Teaching Students (and Parents) It’s Not OK to Copy” by Kim Bochicchio
In the article, “Beat the Cheat: Teaching Students (and Parents) It’s Not OK to Copy”, Mrs. Bochicchio had described herself as a determined woman who was going to make it a goal to help her new high school students to eliminate plagiarism in the classroom. However it describes in the article that she had to face “difficulties for four years” (Bonchicchio, para. 12) with students still plagiarizing internet papers and turning it in as their own work. She had always explained to her students that “Plagiarism is a crime...” (Bonchicchio, 2008, para. 8), told them the consequences of the action, and if one student ignored the rule, he or she would experience