Saturday, April 25, 2009
Nevermind
I guess I spoke too soon. I just read the plagiarizing student's most recent paper, and, yes, she plagiarized again. Not nearly as much as she did in the last paper but enough to show how incredibly stupid or lazy she is. I honestly think it's the former.
Bizarro part II
Maybe I'm handling situations better or maybe students are getting less entitled or maybe it's just coincidence...
Last week I busted a student for plagiarizing a short assignment. I had debated whether or not to officially turn her in to the Academic Standards committee, but decided that this was unlikely truly premeditated plagiarizing and more lazy, I-didn't-really-understand-the-assignment plagiarizing. There are different types of plagiarism. It's hard to explain what "true" plagiarism is. It's like pornography. You know it when you see it.
I brought this student to my office. Asked her to explain herself. Then gave her the ol' "I'm going to magnanimously not turn you in but you better not do this again" speech. She cried tears of relief and shame.
Two days later, I received an e-mail from her with an attachment. She said that she re-did the assignment, even knowing she wasn't going to get any points, just to show me that she could do it the right way.
Well, look at that.
Last week I busted a student for plagiarizing a short assignment. I had debated whether or not to officially turn her in to the Academic Standards committee, but decided that this was unlikely truly premeditated plagiarizing and more lazy, I-didn't-really-understand-the-assignment plagiarizing. There are different types of plagiarism. It's hard to explain what "true" plagiarism is. It's like pornography. You know it when you see it.
I brought this student to my office. Asked her to explain herself. Then gave her the ol' "I'm going to magnanimously not turn you in but you better not do this again" speech. She cried tears of relief and shame.
Two days later, I received an e-mail from her with an attachment. She said that she re-did the assignment, even knowing she wasn't going to get any points, just to show me that she could do it the right way.
Well, look at that.
Wait, what did she say?
A few weeks ago, I called out a student in class for being completely unprepared for leading a discussion on an article the class had been assigned. First time I did that in the senior seminar class. I knew it was going to be embarrassing and I hoped she didn't cry, but I had to do it. She was wasting everyone's time reading verbatim from the article as she "summarized" it for us. This is not the interesting part.
Last week, she was in my office meeting about her research paper that was due yesterday. During that meeting she referred to the incident a few weeks back. She said that she hadn't come talk to me about it because she was embarrassed by how unprepared she was. She went on to say that a few students approached her after class and asked her if she was mad about it. She said that she had no reason to be mad. She was unprepared and I was completely right to call her on it.
Wait, huh? Did a student just take responsibility for her work (or lack thereof)?
Last week, she was in my office meeting about her research paper that was due yesterday. During that meeting she referred to the incident a few weeks back. She said that she hadn't come talk to me about it because she was embarrassed by how unprepared she was. She went on to say that a few students approached her after class and asked her if she was mad about it. She said that she had no reason to be mad. She was unprepared and I was completely right to call her on it.
Wait, huh? Did a student just take responsibility for her work (or lack thereof)?
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