Elizabeth Gao, Staff Writer
Elizabeth Gao is a staff writer for her first year on the Portola Pilot. This is her last year at Portola, but she’s honored to be writing for the Pilot. When she’s not stuck on a multiple choice question, she either lets her nine birds pull at her hair or she listens to Taylor Swift and tries to find as many lines from songs that help her understand her feelings.
![Plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty can be addictive, fueling the practice of corner-cutting and creating other bad habits, according to the City University of New York. “Getting away with [academic dishonesty] is probably the biggest ego-booster and motivator that someone can get,” former AP Psychology student and senior Vedant Tiwari said.](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Plagiarism-1200x838.png)
