Dora's Corner: Plagiarism Story Continued: Literary Pirates Invade the College!

So, the story does continue.
Last week, before the morning lecture began in English class, the prof told us that some students had plagiarized, and that she was extremely disappointed at the fact that it had occurred.  Frankly, dear prof, this person was just as disappointed (perhaps not severely as you were) at those handful of lazy and aloof students.  Not only did their fragrant act of plagiarism hurt them, but it hurt the prof, and their fellow classmates [us] who arduously work at learning how to properly cite other people's work.  The basics of citing is not so difficult to learn.  IMO, it is another English-writing art-form that can and should be learned.  For those of us moving on to other courses that require a lot of writing, learning how to properly credit others for their work is extremely important.  For those not moving on to courses that will require them to learn how to properly cite, they need only think of plagiarism this way...if you wrote a song, painted a picture, created a tatoo, or anything which involved hard work, and was solely your property because you -- and you alone -- created it, you would be extremely pissed off (*) if someone took it as their own and proclaimed that he or she had created it.  And, might I add that I used the word "pissed" in the preceding sentence because, chances are, that the people who do not think twice of stealing other people's property (and a written work of art IS tangible, thus, property) are probably the type of people who understand things when it involves the usage of an expletive.  Pardon my blunt-force usage of this thing called physiognomy or the judging a book by it's cover, but if you steal someone else's work, I strongly disagree that much, if any, respect is due you.
Anyhow, the English prof appeared as if she had lost her best friend upon the announcement of the plagiarists in our class.  There were many of them, which further added to the disgust and disappointment!  I do not believe that the act of plagiarism should be noted as a reflection of the prof because she is an excellent instructor who takes time to teach each student in her classroom how to correctly write essays and how to cite other people's work.  She offers each student an opportunity to meet with her in her office or in the writing hub/lab.  Furthermore, the writing hub has plenty of other highly-qualified tutors and (convenient) hours of operation through-out the week for anyone interested in getting extra help.
Personally speaking, my writing skills have improved through my own hard work and sweat with the addition of working with the prof whenever I could, and by taking advantage of the hub.  Frankly, it is beyond me why students do not take advantage of any lab because our hard-earned tuition has already paid for the usage of several labs.  If sporting events were paid for via one's tuition on a community college level, such as it is on a university level, then students would take advantage of the opportunity.  So, why not take advantage of the labs when you (or your parents) have already paid for them [rhetorical].
I would no soon steal someone else's literary piece than I would steal something in a store, and I would no soon put up with someone else stealing anything from me either.  I would especially not put up with anyone stealing my own literary art.  I would seriously hurt someone for that.
I plan on speaking to my prof about this.  I mainly want to convey my own appreciation for everything that she has done for each of her students [includes moi], and that the lazy and careless students are not representative of who we are holistically as a class nor of who she is as an individual and a great instructor.  She did not fail any of her students, but rather, a few jerks in class failed her.