Essay - WHY I Copied My Friend Stephanie's Essay on A Time...

WHY I COPIED MY FRIEND STEPHANIE'S ESSAY ON A TIME TO KILL

I. REAS*****S FOR COPYING MY FRIEND'S ESSAY AND TURNING IT IN AS MY OWN

There are several reasons why I copied my friend Stephanie's essay on A Time to Kill by John Grisham and turned it in as my own. First, due to various academic and social comm*****ments, I did not have sufficient time to read John Grisham's A ***** to Kill and to complete my own essay ***** the book. While I should have utilized better ***** management skills so that I would have had adequate time ***** complete this **********, I ***** not do so in this case. In order to prevent this situation from happening in the future, I will arrange my academic and social commitments in such a manner so as to enable me to have ***** to ***** all of my assignments by *****ir ***** date.

Next, I copied my friend's ***** because I was afraid ***** if I asked for an extension to complete the assignment, I ***** either be disciplined, receive a failing grade, and/or not ***** the extension. ***** I now realize that ***** should ***** asked my teacher for more time in ***** to ***** the assignment, at the ***** I felt as if copying my ***** essay was ***** only option available. I ***** that giving into such pressure ***** a moment of weakness that violates all of the ethical, moral, and religious teachings that I have received and *****lieve in.

*****. WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE EXPERIENCE

The experience ***** copying my friend Stephanie's essay on A Time to Kill ***** John Grisham and h*****ing it in as ***** own and getting caught for doing ***** h***** been an emoti*****al journey filled with many lessons which I will never forget. First, I have learned that it is never right to copy someone else's work and turn it in as your *****, despite whatever other commitments and/or time pressures may exist. Not ***** does copying someone else's work violate all of the *****, moral, and religious teachings I have ***** and believe in, it also deprives me from the experience of fully absorb*****g ***** understanding the assigned book. Likewise, it devalues all ***** the effort, hard work, and time my friend put in***** creat*****g her own essay on A Time to *****.

*****, I have ***** that it is necessary and wise to effectively manage my *****, both in terms of academic and ***** commitments. Had I effectively planned out my ***** before this ***** was due, I would have been able ***** ***** A Time to Kill ***** write my own original ***** on the book. In the future I will make sufficient allocati*****s of time so that ***** will be able ***** complete all of my own assignments on *****.

*****, I have learned ***** it is necessary to be honest. When I realized ***** could not complete my ***** essay in time, I should