Plagerism

From the plagiarism articles I learned that the offense of plagiarism in college is a far more serious than it was in high school. Even if you accidentally plagiarize something it can cost you everything. I was surprised at how  many things are considered plagiarism. I remember that my English teacher two years ago told us a good rule of thumb is unless you thought it up you need to site it. If you put too many citations in a paper then they can't do anything but ask why there are citations, apposed to taking you to court for academic dishonesty.