One of the things I disliked most about lecturing was cheating/plagiarism. It took up a lot of time that I could use to do marking/help students. There was no i

One of the things I disliked most about lecturing was cheating/plagiarism. It took up a lot of time that I could use to do marking/help students. There was no incentive, nor time given, on the part of the University to deal with plagiarism (everyone just kinda wanted it to not be there). Also, being wrong about it was really serious. I could seriously hurt students who had not plagiarised (it was especially difficult to figure out who plagiarised on team projects). I also gave a 10 minute lecture on cheating/plagiarism on the first day of class. It is good, though, to see lecturers who are serious about cheating/plagiarism like your professor. It takes a lot of work to stay on top of that stuff. He deserves cudos. In the end, plagiarism really hurts the student the most (and the university to some extent (but probably not Harvard)).