tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post9036408182875974523..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Things I loveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13228786318766520572010-07-27T23:31:50.918-04:002010-07-27T23:31:50.918-04:00My mom once stole an ethics textbook. Trufax.My mom once stole an ethics textbook. Trufax.rohinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615207234127156722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79493714162391857332010-07-26T12:27:53.574-04:002010-07-26T12:27:53.574-04:00"But I put it in my own words." I get t..."But I put it in my own words." I get that one at least once a term despite the fact we go over structural plagiarism and the art of the paraphrase. Maybe that's a lesson I need to rework for this fall.<br /><br />My most recent offender actually plagiarized one of her classmates' posts by taking the entire first half of the post word for word and then rephrasing the rest of EnglishDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046114978214062491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22300786249927777622010-07-25T23:32:44.794-04:002010-07-25T23:32:44.794-04:00LOL@BitchyProffie.
Oddly enough, *my* first assig...LOL@BitchyProffie.<br /><br />Oddly enough, *my* first assignment on testing their understanding of plagiarism is also worth 10 points! Then, when they invariably plagiarize later (as your students seem to as well), they claim ignorance of the rules.<br /><br />So, they didn't learn from me, the university policy, or either of the 2 required course books (one a $20 style manual, the other a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89353947743644788422010-07-25T22:10:00.740-04:002010-07-25T22:10:00.740-04:00@Meanest-And then when I fail their asses on that ...@Meanest-And then when I fail their asses on that little 10pt assignment, they have the NERVE to bitch. I try to explain that they did EXACTLY what the statement said NOT to do. As time goes on, the number of students plagiarizing the definitions is slowly creeping up. To add insult to injury, they then plagiarize on their papers from the text and then claim they didn't know that it "BitchyProffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11055478360011842597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60707133970750498832010-07-25T21:36:21.742-04:002010-07-25T21:36:21.742-04:00BitchyProffie, I have seen the same thing!
Althou...BitchyProffie, I have seen the same thing!<br /><br />Although it's usually up to 1/3 of the class, in my experience, who will plagiarize the university statement on plagiarism in an assignment to get them to learn NOT to plagiarize.<br /><br />It's maddeningly ironic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34250857795280298172010-07-25T19:11:55.028-04:002010-07-25T19:11:55.028-04:00Life loves its ironies, doesn't it? When I wa...Life loves its ironies, doesn't it? When I was an undergraduate in the '70s, my education was marred by professors who were abusing their tenure, by coasting to retirement. They hadn't done any research in 20 years, and wouldn't you know, they taught us a whole bunch that was out of date. <br /><br />I have tenure now, but I think I do a pretty good job of staying active and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59752403860416699312010-07-25T13:24:06.729-04:002010-07-25T13:24:06.729-04:00I have at least 2-3 students per class plagiarize ...I have at least 2-3 students per class plagiarize the definition of plagiarism on an assignment I give to get them to read the syllabus and read the academic dishonesty documents I provide. Now that is irony! :)BitchyProffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11055478360011842597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79322716207292669452010-07-25T12:13:31.935-04:002010-07-25T12:13:31.935-04:00+ sarcastic comments about irony.+ sarcastic comments about irony.W.T. Pfefferlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522687306482305195noreply@blogger.com