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Reusing old essay, will it show as plagiarism?

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RockNRollNghtClb
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ok so in highschool i wrote an essay and submitted it via canvas, now in college i want to reuse it with some minor tweaks and i will be submitting it to canvas again. I know canvas has a built it plagiarize-checker so do any of you know if it will show up way too plagiarized since it has already been submitted before?
Aug 5 2015 7:42PM
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theBearJew
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Pretty sure thats how the system works. If it matches something thats been submitted, it flags it for plagiarism. Even if you wrote it. I know someone who got screwed over for the same situation at college.
Aug 5 2015 7:46PM
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spliff.Life
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canvas? is that like blackboard?
where do you go to school?
Aug 5 2015 7:50PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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i just submitted it through a plagiarism checker smallseotools, but not turnitin which is what canvas uses and it said it was 89% original so idk, maybe ill have to try turnitin
Aug 5 2015 7:50PM
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.lencon
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Plagiarism or not, why would you use high school work in college?
Aug 5 2015 7:53PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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.lenconPlagiarism or not, why would you use high school work in college?


it was the last paper i wrote senior year (finishing up freshman summer class rn) that we spent about a month peer reviewing and rewriting and i dont feel like rewriting a 7 page paper
Aug 5 2015 7:56PM
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.lencon
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RockNRollNghtClbit was the last paper i wrote senior year (finishing up freshman summer class rn) that we spent about a month peer reviewing and rewriting and i dont feel like rewriting a 7 page paper


I guess that's not that bad
Aug 5 2015 7:58PM
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DirtYStylE
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You will be fine if you edit the paper with all the new "techniques" your teacher showed you. Add everything you learned in class. If you want to get an A or anything close to it... you have to do a little ass kissing and play to your teachers fancy. After all they are the one grading it.
Aug 5 2015 8:07PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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DirtYStylEYou will be fine if you edit the paper with all the new "techniques" your teacher showed you. Add everything you learned in class. If you want to get an A or anything close to it... you have to do a little ass kissing and play to your teachers fancy. After all they are the one grading it.


ok im going to do it


theres no way i can write 7 pages by midnight anyways
Aug 5 2015 8:13PM
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PoLaRpEaK
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Oh how I don't miss University.
Aug 5 2015 9:27PM
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VinnieF
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If it's your own work it's not plagiarism. They might give you zero based on it being recycled work, but it's 100% not plagiarism.
Aug 5 2015 9:45PM
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.HERO
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VinnieFIf it's your own work it's not plagiarism. They might give you zero based on it being recycled work, but it's 100% not plagiarism.


That's actually a very good point. I haven't thought about that before.
Aug 5 2015 10:24PM
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GORILLAWALLACE
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VinnieFIf it's your own work it's not plagiarism. They might give you zero based on it being recycled work, but it's 100% not plagiarism.


not sure why this is downvoted.

pla•gia•rism /ˈpleɪdʒəˌrɪzəm/n.
[uncountable] the act of stealing another's ideas, written passages, concepts, etc., as one's own:

but I wouldn't re use your essay they probably won't like that. you could always ask your professor if its cool.
Aug 5 2015 10:53PM
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ianrich511
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I think I reused about 5 papers from highschool in college. If you got an A in HS, a B is pretty achievable in college.
Aug 6 2015 9:06AM
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