Say no to PLAGIARISM

Some of us may think that to copy or to borrow someone's work isn't bad cause it's what most of us are doing but it actually can cause an offense. Plagiarize, according to Merriam-Webster online dictionary, it is to steal and pass off as one's own; to use without crediting the source; to commit literary theft; and to present as new and original idea or product derived from an existing source. In short, plagiarism is stealing and stealing is an illegal action.

In our generation, we consider plagiarism as a natural thing - like, it's a normal behavior of a person. However, plagiarism still is stealing. In my school - APC - they doesn't entertain any act of it. In fact, they give 0.0 for those people whom the professor will caught copying. Thinking that plagiarism is an illegal act can help us think on our own and it can widen the range or broaden the learnings we have. It's the thing that we can think more, that we can do more than they does. And it can help us think also that when you copy, you will not learn, you will not be satisfied and of course you're just fooling yourself.
According to Plagiarism.org, the following are the things that can be considered plagiarism and WE ARE NOT AWARE:
*turning in someone else's work as your own
*copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
*failing to put a quotation marks in a quotation
*giving incorrect information about the source

All in all, plagiarism is a thing or behavior we

have to remove because it can just give us false hope - false hope is that we know we knew the thing but the fact is not. It can be prevented, you just have to depend not on what other's are doing but depend on what you can and also you must have to be responsible enough.

Rio Alma

Artist is someone who is passionate enough to draw, to write, to sing, to dance and everything. We, all is an artist in different ways and in different passion. We have a lot of artist ll over the world but not all is given a chance a chance to shine all throughout their career. This artist was one of a kind, he maybe not the most famous artist but he is surely different from other artist.

Virgilio S. Almario or Rio Alma is one of the national artist of the Philippines. He grew up in bulacan and completed his degree in A.B Political Science at the University of the East. He is known because of the numerous awards that he get from different organizations such as Palanca awards, Makata ng Taon, and South East Asia Write Award of Bangkok to name a few. Rio Alma also translate the famous work of our Philippine national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. HE is also the founder of different organizations, such as Gallan sa Arte at Tula (GAT), Linangan sa imahen, retorika at anyo(LIPA) and he is the currently chairman of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF). He also have 9 different poetry collections and the latest was Buwan, Buwang, Bulawan (2009).

Furthermore, he is really one of our national artist who we can be proud of, as a Filipino. And even though he was not born rich, he pursue his dreams and he worked hard to aim all those awards. He really deserve what he has right now. To end this, I just want to leave an inspiring qoutes, "If you worked hard for it, you deserve it."