“let’s go where we’re wanted and I meet you at the cemetery gates…”*
Anyone tired of the same old plagiarism statement? I know we’ve all heard it before: according to university policy, the penalty for plagiarism is expulsion, probation, failing etc.
Not to minimize the importance of stressing the severity with which plagiarism will be punished, I humbly submit a priceless commentary on plagiarism that just might match the tone of my class.
To quote The Smiths in the hit song “Cemetery Gates”
“You say: “ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn”
And you claim these words as your own
But I’ve read well, and I’ve heard them said
A hundred times, maybe less, maybe more
If you must write prose and poems
The words you use should be your own
Don’t plagiarise or take “on loans”
There’s always someone, somewhere
With a big nose, who knows
And who trips you up and laughs
When you fall”*
Now, my students might not care too much about disappointing me, but who could refuse this guy?
I’m not even going to get into the practical applications of the song “Meat is Murder” when presented around Thanksgiving break, but let’s all seriously consider incorporating it into our schedules.
*The Smiths. “Cemetery Gates.” The Queen is Dead. Warner Bros, 1986.
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