Title of Film: Dawson’s creek
Date: 1998
Director of Film: Kevin Williamson
Type of Film: Drama












Summary and Analysis:
Dawson got an advance copy of the PSAT. He wanted to discuss with his friends and suddenly the fire alarm rang. When they came back to classroom, the papers disappeared. They could not find the copy. When the test of PSAT began, Dawson and Pacey gave up their PSAT test. They wanted to find someone who got the copy. On the other hand, Joey was a painter that she painted an inspirational mural on the school wall. After that her mural has been vandalized. Pacey hit Caufield because Pacey knew Caufield did it. Then, the professor told Andie her grade of PSAT test was very high. Actually, Andie got the copy and plagiarized. At the end, Andie told the professor she got the copy and plagiarized. The professor forgave her and did not cancel Andie’s scholarship.

Relation to Case study:
In Case Study of Chapter 9, Igor wanted to get a high score from his report but he did not have enough time to finish the report. He got someone's paper and the professor asked him to do again. The professor gave him a chance and let him did it again. Igor Also, in this film Andie plagiarized and at the end she told the professor she plagiarized. The professor forgave her and did not cancel her scholarship. Two cases described that plagiarism is a terrible things in our school lives. They all knew they did wrong thing and they were honest.

Reaction to film:
After I watch this film, I know plagiarism is a very serious things that make us lose. We can not plagiarize and it is not our real achievement. We must try our best to finish our work and study. There are a lot of people in our lives plagiarize others, but we must believe ourselves and be a honest student.

ACTIVITIES 4 - Chapter 9

Viven
American Culture
Plagiarism
03/01/2010

Plagiarism is a serious thing that affects the author's property. I feel plagiarism is very seriously in the United States. However, it is normal things in China. Although the school said no plagiarism, we can see any plagiarism in our school lives. The school do not paid more attention to this regulation. Anyway, plagiarism in the United States is more serious than in China.

Sometimes we want to explain what the speaker said we can use footnotes. If you use other people’s sentences or essay, you must write down their name or the source of the information. In China, we use quotation marks when we wrote down or type others’ ideas. Also, we use quotation if we use what someone said. And we use quotation marks in writing if you want to stress the word or some words are special and important. Sometimes we should explain where you got the information after you use it, so you should write down the book’s name. For example, you use a sentence from a magazine, you should tell readers the magazine’s name.

In my opinion, the rules in China and the rules in the United States are similar. They all have some serious punishment to solve these problems. I think in China, there are a lot of plagiarisms in our lives and some people ignore the law. In the United States, I can not see any plagiarism and every genuine book are very expensive. I feel the rules in the United States are better.