Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Yackidy yack, here's the smack.

bling beaker
Copying Cody: You are being graded to analyze your data. The quality of the data doesn’t matter. You just need to give reasons for why it’s good or why it’s bad. You and your lab partner could work together. You might ask your lab instructor for help. You can seek advice from me. You CANNOT COPY SOMEBODY ELSE”S DATA.

Sneaky Sam: After catching one person plagiarizing the introduction to the first lab report, I sent your entire class an email stating that, from now on, you must submit your reports at TurnItIn. I specifically said that this was required so that I could check for plagiarism. Did you think that information from HowStuffWorks.com would slip through, unnoticed?

Paranoid Pam: Yes, the graduate student who teaches your lab hates you. Despite his efforts to present himself as a kind (almost to a fault) and thoughtful instructor, he has revealed his demonic soul to you, by way of a 72% on your lab report. Your best argument is to ask, “Is it me, or is it him?” Well, dear, the class average is 89%. I usually don’t like to feed students’ narcissism but I’ll make an exception. It’s you. It’s all you.

3 comments:

  1. I'd take a look at lab safety, they appear to be showing symptoms of toxic reactions.

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  2. You know what? I really do hate the students in my upper-level class. We meet for the first time today and I already hate them. Maybe I should be locked up! I might...MAKE THEM LEARN...or...you know...show up to class drunk or high or something.

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