Comments on: Helloooo ladies!

By: moonfairy

moonfairy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:22:54 +0000

wow. she copied word for word? didn’t she think someone would notice? what a dumba$$. for real.

By: laura705

laura705 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:15:31 +0000

How infuriating that your work was plagiarized. I’m totally clueless about online classes - your work is posted for everyone to see??

By: kotapaint

kotapaint — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:41:43 +0000

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.

By: kotapaint

kotapaint — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:31:34 +0000

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. !

By: lindat

lindat — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:19:59 +0000

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?

By: missmel17

missmel17 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:11:12 +0000

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!

By: kotapaint

kotapaint — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:55:08 +0000

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!

By: marbear24

marbear24 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:42:57 +0000

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!

By: kotapaint

kotapaint — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:41:50 +0000

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…