I used the info from the site to write my paper but forgot to cite it. The teacher did not mind or notice. I have never turned in work that was written by someone else. I work for my failing grades. She sees two or three plagiarism cases a year, which has been pretty constant, but most now involve the Internet.
Attitude is part of the larger problem.
She handles five or six plagiarism cases each semester, compared to one or two in pre-Internet days. Of the current cases, she estimates that 75 percent involve the Internet. When she encountered a recent paper that seemed too good, Dr. Bechtel entered a key phrase into an Internet search site. Up popped the original in a research journal. Unrepentant, the student flunked the course.