I didn’t get here yesterday, did I? No, between work I was doing a report (my first “official”) for my Global Climate Change course. A little frustrating at times, but manageable. I also ate well, EXERCISED! (Firm Kickboxing/Weights DVD), did laundry, prepped veggies for today’s crockpot dinner, watched the second hour of More to Love, and did an evening orientation via the phone for an employee who couldn’t make the day session. BUSY day! But a good one!
One not good thing that happened to me late Monday night that I didn’t get to write about: I was plagiarised! ALREADY! One of my assignments that was posted on a discussion board in our “classroom” was copied - WORD for WORD, the first half - then the second half (same format) she stole an example off the internet! (yes I googled and found it!) and substituted that - and even copied my TITLE and then - rocket scientist she was - posted it herself as her assignment. On the same discussion board of course. I was FLOORED. The instructor removed her assignment and told me she was going handle it, she will not tolerate assignments being copied. Personally, I wanted her kicked out of class. :-D Can you believe it?
And did she think no one would notice? Grrrr.
Still nothing from MBFF since Sunday - I texted her to see how the mutual friend (well her friend, my acquaintance) was doing who had been in an accident, she answered, but that was it. (She is doing better). I need a new acronym for MBFF … she is not even really a friend anymore. Or, no friend I would like to have.
From now on she is CFF: Crappy Former Friend.
Food today:
Other to do: Exercise DVD, finalize writing collage assignment, vacuum all floors, more laundry, reading assignment for GCC, discussion with just DS12 (already a bit overwhelmed with 8th grade) with tv off and no interruptions
Drink water! Water has been reallllllllllllly bad lately. I have a bottle sitting here. For 45 minutes. Unopened. Untouched.
Have a fabulous day!
kotapaint
September 16th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I like it. cFf.
Sounds like you are the one to set the curve in the class…having your work stolen already. That student must have been on mind altering substances to think that the same class, same board,…it wouldn’t be noticed…sheesh. she’ll get a zero. Hope you don’t ever draw her as a partner…
marbear24
September 16th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I’ve had that happen to me on a number of occasions in an online class I was taking. The girl changeed like every third sentence (and by change - I mean she deleted 1 word). She was in the class the entire semester. I’ve very interested in what grade she got. Keep us posted on that. I’d like to know what happens!
kotapaint
September 16th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Re your post on my post about your post…lol…
Takes one people pleaser to know another one. I am a recovering People Pleaser… Perhaps there should be an organization People Pleasers Anonymous…for recovery. I had a bad habit of over commiting myself not wanting to disappoint anyone and usually wound up making myself crazy and too busy…thibbttttttttttttttttttttt to that.
Wish our dear friend Miss Mel had a public blog so we could post. I’m trying to follow what’s up with her between your blog and LT’s blog. She’s getting disjointed conversation from me!
missmel17
September 16th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
I have to tell you that just as a former high school English teacher, the stuff that I received that had been plagiarized was unbelievable. After numerous infractions, every paper I assigned became an in-class, timed essay and any and every research assignment was structured to use class time in the library with specific goals and assignments to show how the time was being used. Many schools use software that detects plagiarism–costly. It’s dishonest, but I can also tell you that I had MANY honors students that did not know that cutting and pasting from sources such as Wikipedia was cheating. I blame it on the schools; teachers, beginning in the early grades, need to talk to their students about this subject, take the kids to the library, show them how to research on their own and write their own ideas and teach them how to cite any and all sources they use. It’s unfortunate, but with widening budget cuts and more attention to test scores, that is the kind of curriuculum that is dropped. Enough of my rant…
Excellent job on the exercise. If anyone can do it all, it’s you!
lindat
September 16th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
As sad as it may seem, some friendships aren’t meant to aslt forever, but that doesn’t make them any less valuable. Before things went weird with her, there must have been some benefit to you for hanging out with her. Try and remember those times and don’t be bitter. Even if this relationship never gets any better, it was worth soemthing at one time, wasn’t it?
Was this some idiot teeny bopper who stole stuff?
kotapaint
September 16th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Wonder if at some point a teacher was excited that a kid actually tried to look something up…found it…and accepted summarizing what it said…maybe even with a bibliography…and it was “ok” for that grade level to do something that wasn’t ok at the next level of researching and writing? I don’t know. I never taught the lower grades. I saw plenty of my middle school kids doing it. And my “honors” kids were masters at it. I have watched my son do it who is a senior, and I have read it and said, “You can’t do that.” ?!!! He seriously didn’t think he was cheating–he thought he was just “using” his research. !
kotapaint
September 16th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
And LT has a level approach. I had the kneejerk one; however, I have to have that one (at least in my head) before I can move to the saner, more reasonable acceptance.
Enough yakking for me. I’m going to get my fanny outside. I have had a long lunch in front of the computer.
laura705
September 16th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
How infuriating that your work was plagiarized. I’m totally clueless about online classes - your work is posted for everyone to see??
moonfairy
September 21st, 2009 at 11:22 am
wow. she copied word for word? didn’t she think someone would notice? what a dumba$$. for real.