Unknowing plagerism

After the discussion in class Wednesday, I have been thinking about all of the different ways you can plagerize. It is certainly not as black and white as I used to think. When the guest speakers were telling stories about students they had who plagerized without really understanding why the tings they did were wrong, I started thinking of the times that perhaps I have been in the same position. It isn't always easy to determine what constitues plagerism. I thought that reading UW's plagerism policy may clear this up for me, but I think it just complicates the issues further. Plagerism exists on a very large spectrum and the university deals with each case slightly differently it appears. I think that the past few days have made me aware of the importance of submitting drafts of my papers to TA's and the writting center before they are due in class in hopes of catching any accidental plagerism that I may unknowingly incorporate in my writting. It will be interesting to see what other people think about this during our discussion in class today.