Don't Plagiarize

I hate to even suggest that you’d be doing this, but don’t plagiarize…. Some people have the urge to do it, like engaging in kleptomania or unprotected sex, but it’s bad for you. You always get caught, or if you don’t, you’ll always be worrying about it. Also, editors and/or professors who consider themselves tolerant to the point of radicalism cannot tolerate plagiarism: It brings the outraged moralist in all of us to the fore. If you—even accidentally—plagiarized, now is the time to take it out.

CAROLYN SEE