Self plagiarism
The last couple of weeks have brought up some interesting conversations about students re-using papers for other classes. It is an interesting idea that when you think about it, and I'm not sure where it is a good or a bad thing. I know there are some professors who would balk at the idea. Why would you do that in the first place? You'll become a better writer to write more original works. But these ideas also brought up authors citing other authors incorrectly. I was advised to only cite another article if I have read it and come up with my own interpretation of what is being said. Don't just go off of what others have written. They could be wrong. Of course this is something I find fascinating. Why would you cite something like a seminal article in a field if you haven't read it yourself? Why take the chance of citing it incorrectly? Hmmmm, I see a possible conceptual idea here that could become a nice paper.