Students who use sites such as this to cheat in their assignments

What a boon the Internet is! How it opens the world to students at all levels of education. Unfortunately, the Internet also offers an opportunity for students to cheat.And whilst such sites as these can offer potential benefits, nevertheless, ultimately the dangers outweigh the benefits.

One might argue that the educational benefits of such a site as this are great. Students and pupils can peruse at their leisure the work of others on similar topics and perhaps take note of different writing strategies. This would enable them to learn how to overcome certain problems they might have with their own writing, or the work of others might inspire the...