The Consequences of Plagiarism

Byron-Bergen 

We take plagiarism very seriously at Byron-Bergen.  If you plagiarize at Byron-Bergen, your teacher will automatically give you a zero for the assignment.  The teacher will ask you to rewrite the assignment, but you will still get a zero grade. Ignorance is not an excuse!

Real Life Stories of Plagiarism

A 17-year-old high school student received a $500,000 deal to write a novel for teens.  When the book was published, she was accused of copying passages from another popular book.  The teen said she didn't mean to plagiarize, but she still lost $500,000! Her book was pulled from the shelf. Click here if you want to read more.

A high school student in New Jersey was accepted into Harvard.  When Harvard found out she was accused of plagiarizing articles for her school newspaper, they took back their offer of her admission. Her mistakes cost her the chance to attend her dream school.  Click here if you want to read more.