A student culture of plagiarism

Some sobering statistics that sadly jive with what I hear from teachers:

Cheating in school is rampant and getting worse. Sixty-four percent of students cheated on a test in the past year and 38 percent did so two or more times, up from 60 percent and 35 percent in a 2006 survey. Thirty-six percent said they used the Internet to plagiarize an assignment, up from 33 percent in 2004. (AP)

Plagiarism is also encouraged by teachers who aren't as vigilant as they should be. After all, students are far less likely to try cheating if they don't think they'll be able to get away with it in the first place.

Not like that's any excuse....