Yesterday I heard a student complaining that they had to resubmit an assignment because they had "plagarised" they said "all I did was use a long quote" but I referenced it." from where I was sitting I could see the highlighting on the essay where it was plagarised... The quote was about half a page long... I dont get how they managed that given there are compulsory classes that you need to pass that cover plagarism and how to avoid using long quotes. If you use a long quote and dont paraphrase it makes you look like you dont have any input of your own. Result: FAIL plz resubmit Frankly they are lucky they are able to resubmit as universities take plagarism very seriously.