Friday, July 2, 2010

3.5 How to Avoid High-Risk Situations

Don’t leave written work until the last minute!
Don’t use secondary sources for a paper unless you are asked or explicitly allowed to.
Don’t rely exclusively on a single secondary source for information or opinion.
- When you take notes, take pains to distinguish the words and thoughts of the source from your own.
- Take notes actively, not passively.
- Don’t try to sound more sophisticated or learned than you are.
- If you feel stuck, confused, or panicked about time, or if you are having problems in your life and can’t concentrate, let your instructor know.
- Don’t ask to borrow another student’s paper
- Don't write a paper from borrowed notes.
- Don't do the acutal writing ofa paper with another student.
- Don't submit to one class a paper--or even sections of a paper--that you have submitted or will submit to another class without first getting permission from both instructors.
- Always back up your work and make a hard copy each time you end a long working session or finish a paper.

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