Tertiary Education

Education had became the major issue for civilization ever since human able to keep and restore knowledge in certain ways. In this new era of information, knowledge and information is easily to gain through databases in Internet. That is why smart "Mr. Google" became popular because it provides almost 99% accuracy in retrieving the information needed.

This by mean, that once a person eager to learn (motivation to learn) the excuse of lack in material for resource is lame. Internet has it almost all. If no, why some student in university get caught for plagiarism? These people copy the exact information from Internet and paste it in their assignment. They hand it in to lecturer and the lecturer will do the checking for marks and somehow lecturer as the expert in giving marks able to identify whether the work done by student is genuine idea or "copy paste". Therefore, this is one of unethical use of knowledge by student.

So, plagiarism can be avoided by putting references into the citation.

As a student in tertiary level, i adore all works that had been done by scholars in their research. For example the journals, articles journal and of course books. Because the knowledge that they shared through these medium are very significant to development, useful philosophies, concepts and theories for better implementation of certain strategy in formulating decision.

So, we should know how to appreciate it. Appreciate their contribution by giving a recognition by using referencing. That's it! It is not that tough. Same goes to you, when your parents give pocket money for you, you absolutely will say "thank you". Why? Not because you appreciate only their concern on you for whatever you will use for the money. BUT..You are thanking them for their work in gaining such amount of money and give it to you. On the other hand, they work for you.

So how can i relate this with the tertiary level of education? Mostly students in tertiary level are among those people who will do lots of learning in depth to certain field. Like for example, i am taking M.Sc of Human Resource Development and my expertise is in HRD, for sure. The learning system is not as the same like students in secondary and high school. Self-learning is the most important. Discipline is necessary for better achievement which will finally contribute back to the country. That is why, plagiarism is something that we should take serious about. We don't want the students in tertiary level graduate with pride of result in flying colors but learn nothing in appreciating the nature of the education itself.

Education is not mean only for successful by scoring straight A's and 4.00 flat CGPA. It is an art of constructing knowledge and restore it in our special long-term-memory. But this sequence is full with hypocrisy if, the students know the fact but ignore who was the inventor. It seems not important at all is it? Maybe yes but most probably no.

What makes it important to do referencing?

Validity source of materials, to avoid plagiarism, give recognition to scholars and the most valuable reason is; to respect the knowledge by being honest in learning and sharing knowledge with humbleness which most people tried to skip it. Because they think they smartest in that way. But i see it in another way.

Unless someone came to me and dedicate Sonnet 18, a poem for me and mentioned who is the poet than i can say he got recognized William Shakespeare's art by telling it to me in a beautiful way as he did understand what he said.

This is the generation that we need. Respectful, appreciate things and honest for good civilization.

P/s Too all My M.Sc HRD's classmates I wish u guys all the best for our incoming Final Year Project. Hopefully all our hard-work to complete proposal will pay off get a good response from evaluator..2013 please be nice to me.Amen..