Beat: I caught one of my students plagiarizing
 

So...I'm teaching a Spanish class this summer, and I assigned a project to my students that they had to write, in either English or Spanish, about a day that bears historical significance in a Spanish-speaking country.

Most of them Dia de los Muertos, one did the day that Hidalgo called for revolution in Mexico(September 16), and a few did Cinco de Mayo.

My best student did a paper on Cinco de Mayo that was verbatim from the Wiki entry on Cinco de Mayo, both the English and Spanish versions. She is far and away the best student in class, with something like a 97 average prior to this little stunt. Now, she has to rewrite it all tonight for a maximum of an 80...and it counts 20% of her final grade.

Brag: All my kids are achievers with few discipline problems.
Beat: Caught my best student plagiarizing her major project
Beat: Now I have to go back and make sure no one else was cheating
Variance: The papers that were worse actually draw less suspicion, because no reliable resource would commit some of the atrocities of grammar I've seen.

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Wait, so you let them write it in either english or spanish, and some kids still chose to write it in spanish? What the hell?

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You should give all your students a pre-test - make it tough - but if they pass give them the damn A regardless of what they do. College diplomas prove you know something not that you did X amount of busy work. Assignments should be to facilitate learning not to keep your students busy. If your best student already knows the material - don't waste their time reproving it over and over again just so they can get you to sign off on having learned it.

That said - I don't condone cheating, but there's an economics to it - just as is with speeding tickets. Is the time saved worth the amount of trouble for getting caught * times the probability of getting caught?

Oh yeah and this thread is worthless w/o pics ldo.

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I wonder how she got that 97

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lol how [censored] stupid can someone be to copy verbatim from wikipedia? this is high school, right?

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Pics of student??

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pretty standard if this is high school

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Pics of best student? Preferably in her underwear while plagiarizing Wikipedia.

Edit- Damn spellcheck cost me!

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I wonder how she got that 97

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lol academicdishonestyaments

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what HS has classes now

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summer school ldo

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Pics of student = fired/arrested Coffee...no thanks.

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Beat: Caught my best student plagiarizing her major project
Beat: Now I have to go back and make sure she wasn't cheating the entire term


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where i went to school plagerism was automatic expulsion

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Pics of student = fired/arrested Coffee...no thanks.

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wtf let her get away with it donk

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wow you went really easy on her

ive never known a teacher that would allow a student who outright cheated to get a B... most give automatic Fs on the assignment and sometimes an automatic F for the entire course

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wow you went really easy on her

ive never known a teacher that would allow a student who outright cheated to get a B... most give automatic Fs on the assignment and sometimes an automatic F for the entire course

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I know I did, but it was first offense, and this is summer school in a private summer academy. If it was my normal class, I would have been much harsher.

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That said - I don't condone cheating, but there's an economics to it - just as is with speeding tickets. Is the time saved worth the amount of trouble for getting caught * times the probability of getting caught?

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The amount of work it takes to not get caught cheating is pretty much always going to be more than the amount of work to get a B, especially at colllege.

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has anybody pointed out that she obviously wrote the entire wikipedia entry, so obvious.

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wow you should probably look back and see what else she "wrote"

are you kidding?? a max of 80% now? she should auto-fail the class

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has anybody pointed out that she obviously wrote the entire wikipedia entry, so obvious.

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VALID POINT SIR

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rofl i used to steal tests in middle school and highschool and sell the answers

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but it was first offense

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They didn't have any sort of written papers as homework up to this point?

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and this is summer school in a private summer academy.

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That kinda makes it worse to me. She's in summer school either because she couldn't pass the first time or because she wanted to give up some of her summer to learn something she - presumably - could learn doing during the school year. Cheating in either circumstance is as bad or worse than cheating in a "regular" class.

Just curious, how did you bust her on the wiki thing? Did you google a sentence from her paper? Were you checking on some fact, or looking for more info on something interesting? Were you checking for plagiarism, or just stumble across it?

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man, if she was smart she would use the "I wrote the wiki" excuse. Genius.

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wow you should probably look back and see what else she "wrote"

are you kidding?? a max of 80% now? she should auto-fail the class

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Yeah seriously.. definitely auto-fail the assignment, and probably the class. Go back and look through her papers and see if it's a habit or just a one time deal. If it's a one time thing (and maybe she has some sort of explanation?), just fail the assignment (maaaybe offer a high F if she re-does the assignment and has a good explanation since this is worth so much of her final grade). If it's happened before, auto-fail the class.

In college this kinda thing could get you kicked out of the entire University.

What kinda message does that send to the other kids? Don't 100% plagiarize your papers, 'cause if you get caught you'll only get a B (on that assignment, and still ace the class).

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wtf let her get away with it donk

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seriously

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I wish some of my teachers in high school read 2p2

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all you people saying get her in more trouble are nits

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Wait, what if she wrote the wikipedia entry?

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rofl i used to steal tests in middle school and highschool and sell the answers

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Haha, I did this for AP Physics. Somehow I did not get caught. <font color="#666666"> </font>

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Pics of student = fired/arrested Coffee...no thanks.

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gimmick account ftw

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lol teachers suck

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ban all teachers from 2p2

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lol teachers suck

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Ah, I see mommy let you back on the computer.

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That said - I don't condone cheating, but there's an economics to it - just as is with speeding tickets. Is the time saved worth the amount of trouble for getting caught * times the probability of getting caught?

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The amount of work it takes to not get caught cheating is pretty much always going to be more than the amount of work to get a B, especially at colllege.

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uh, cheating to get a B on things that arent in class tests is ridiculously easy unless you are stupid like said girl. my friends did something this stupid in like 10th grade, one friend copied anothers homework except he accidently skipped one problem so all of his problems were the exact right answer, just for the question below. if you don't know how to cheat then don't do it, otherwise its easy

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in HS, all the social science classes always made you write your answers on foolscap. I realized i could just write out all the definitions and the people parts on foolscap that i took from student services prior to the test, then just bring them in with me, pick up some blank foolscap at the front of the room, mix it all in, bingo bango, half the test is done.

The rest was always multiple choice or essays (neither you need to study for much), so ship 90's in high school social sciences.

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also,
you should fail this child, just because she's a terrible cheater and deserves it.