Cheating Students Use Technology, Too

I was late getting an on-line assignment in, so I copied and pasted part of an article with the intention of going back to edit and give credit per MLA or APA. But when it got down to 15 minutes, I could not take the excerpt out because it would cause my answer to be disjunctive, so I left it in and hoped the professor wouldn't notice. I had no intention of cheating or plagiarizing, but we all know about good intentions. Well, she busted me and gave me a zero, with an admonishment that would turn to a fail and report to the Dean if it happened again. I was thinking my professor was a grade NAZI - but found out she was a highly unforgiving professional with the highest expectation of academic ethics... and she was Jewish. Oops. I never let that happen again. All the effort for nothing to gain but a big zero, disgraced, and a threat of excommunication. I think it was rather extreme for a couple of paragraphs out of a 5 page assignment, but it was what it was.

Tony Lee of CA 3:37PM March 10, 2009

"But professors say they can generally tell that students are plagiarizing when they use concepts and style too sophisticated for their education level.

This may be true but without evidence there is little they can do and administration does not support accusations without evidence. Increasingly students are aware of this.

of MN 7:14PM October 19, 2008