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.
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