Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Plagarism Blog
1. In the case of University of Virginia, they punishment that those students recieved was pretty harsh, considering that they just left them in Greece, and made them retake all the classes they took that semester. I think that they should have recieved another form of punishment, but I am not sure exactly what it should be. When I read that the honor code is 150 years old, it made me think that they should look at plagirism from a 21st century viewpoint. I think that if a person writes a particular thing and then a teacher finds that same line someone on the internet, people have to remeber that there is only so many ways that a person can say a particular line or pharse. Alison just told me about this website called turnitin.com which seems crazy that common sentences that a person writes, even if they wrote them on their own, can still be considered plagirism. So, plagirism is a sticky, weird, subject.
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I agree, the punishment was harsh but at the same time it was right. The students had to completely fail that semester due to one mistake, just seems they should've had a second chance. The truth is, the real world gives us second chances, schools should do the same.
Agreed, ditching them in another country is really harsh. Making them retake all the classes was fine, because it's making sure they realize how critical plagiarism to their education, and that they have to avoid it.
I think you're right, they should have received a different punishment, like maybe just failing that class. This situation right here is reason I always go to the writing center or to my instructor before I turn in a paper. Just to be safe. I've never plagiarized, so I'd rather be able to refute it right then and there; or if it's that big of an issue, just re-write it before turning it in.
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