| We continue this series suggesting how to avoid many | | | | for years. And many of them carry the problem |
| pitfalls in building interpersonal relationships, whether | | | | forward to another generation. As if scarring others |
| with family, coworkers, friends, or that special | | | | evens the score. Sometimes I think we should pick |
| someone. Committed, loving relationships do not just | | | | such people off. |
| happen. You may know that there is no success | | | | P is for plagiarize. Plagiarizing is a real problem that |
| secret, no checklist of things to do, and just as | | | | starts quite young. I don't have to tell you that the |
| important things not to do to make such relationships | | | | Internet is a major source of such cheating. Luckily |
| happen. But we do have many suggestions that focus | | | | many schools use programs that examine student |
| on potential problems. We actually have a double | | | | "work" to determine whether or not there was any |
| series of articles for the letter P, sneaking in a Q as | | | | work beside cutting and pasting involved. In a related |
| well. The focus here is on pick on, plagiarize, and | | | | scam it is easy to find "articles" for sale on the Internet. |
| quarrel. | | | | "Authors" merely open their wallet, download the |
| P is for pick on. Don't pick on people. If you don't like | | | | material, make a few cosmetic changes, and then |
| them, leave them alone. Or better yet, find a way to | | | | claim this gunk to be their own. I'm not going to tell you |
| get along with them. Even after years there may be | | | | the relevant term but the word plagiarized isn't part of |
| room for a fresh start. An important question is what | | | | it. Frankly, isn't better to roll your own even if your |
| do you do if your kids are being picked on. When they | | | | similes make no one smile and your puns are |
| are little you can teach them snappy comebacks. | | | | punishing? |
| Does anybody remember, I am rubber, you are glue, | | | | Q is for quarrel. Don't quarrel. I am not going to accept |
| whatever you say bounces off of me, and sticks to | | | | any quarreling. It's my way or the highway. Unclear on |
| you? But at any age bullying can be a real problem. | | | | the concept. Don't quarrel, there must be an available |
| Am I naïve to think that school boards are finally | | | | compromise. Or else. |
| starting to take this subject seriously? There is really | | | | Are you tired of all this negativity? Take a look at our |
| nothing funny about this subject. People who have | | | | companion series that accentuates the positive. |
| suffered from being picked on often carry the scars | | | | |