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    The document discusses how procrastination leads to academic dishonesty through plagiarism. It explains that when students procrastinate tasks until the last minute, they have little time to thoughtfully complete the work themselves. Due to time pressure and stress, procrastinating students are more likely to plagiarize by copying information from other sources without proper citation just to finish on time. While plagiarism may seem like an easy way to reduce stress and meet deadlines, it is an unethical act that can have negative long-term consequences. The document concludes that reducing procrastination could help minimize instances of plagiarism among students.

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    The document discusses how procrastination leads to academic dishonesty through plagiarism. It explains that when students procrastinate tasks until the last minute, they have little time to thoughtfully complete the work themselves. Due to time pressure and stress, procrastinating students are more likely to plagiarize by copying information from other sources without proper citation just to finish on time. While plagiarism may seem like an easy way to reduce stress and meet deadlines, it is an unethical act that can have negative long-term consequences. The document concludes that reducing procrastination could help minimize instances of plagiarism among students.

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    Why Procrastination mediates Academic Dishonesty

    Almost every student has procrastinated at least once in their school life. While it is always
    tempting, studies have shown that procrastination often leads to plagiarism. Plagiarism is an act of theft,
    by means of using information from a source with no permission or citation. The following text explains
    why procrastination is co-related and directly affects attempts of plagiarism.

    One, procrastination is defined as the habit of delaying an important task, and students would
    often do their task on the final hours before submission. By postponing such task, a student’s mind
    focuses on other unimportant things and stops them from bringing up their own creative way of
    answering. Because of so little time, the student’s mind goes into a haywire and enters whatever
    information he or she could come up with or search from other sources. Repeating this process over and
    over clouds the student’s mind and hinders them from thinking outside the box. Also, students have little
    time focusing and creating their own answers for they are set in a timed pace, and stress takes over
    judgment.

    Two, he or she would need to form problems and extricate facts. The student’s work heavily
    relies on such. One cannot just write what they see on the internet. It could be wrong, it could be obsolete
    and most of all, it is not theirs. They would also need to proofread their work. We make mistakes along
    the way, and there is plenty of it. Before submitting, you would need to check for errors and issues.

    Three, because procrastinating is done by focusing on less urgent, more enjoyable activities, all
    the stress pours into one single moment. All the stress that should’ve been divided in several days of
    working on one task becomes saved for that one day the student starts doing it. Additionally, by simply
    using sources improperly or not citing, plagiarizing removes the stress. It also removes one of any
    restriction from freely entering someone else’s input. The process becomes quick, but also unethical. One
    would say it’s wrong, but it’s definitely the route that takes you faster to your destination.

    Plagiarism is a crime punishable by law. While students may not be punished as how the law
    punishes adults, they develop dishonesty not only in their education. They will take this habit with them
    as they grow up, and thus one main solution, among other ones, is to eliminate the cause. Procrastination
    will almost always lead to such act, and therefore an action must be done to eradicate the habit. Not only
    does this hinder a student from doing a crime, but it also gives them the biggest potential to be the best
    version of themselves.

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