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Old 10-15-2007, 08:43 AM   #11
kermitology
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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan View Post
That's ballsy. I've had students plagiarize from Wikipedia, and my first thought is "do they really think I'm that much of an idiot? Like they're the only ones with access to the internet?"

I guess the answer is "Yes." Needless to say, the wikipedia types are the easiest to bust.
When I was living at home, my mom would occasionally show me a piece from one of her students and ask me.. Does this look odd to you? Then she'd show me something else they'd written. Like hell this English 20-2 student knows how to use a colon properly! So I go on google and type in the first sentence of a paragraph and what do I find? The whole paper!

It's shocking sometimes. My mom wonders the same thing.. Do these kids think I don't know what google is? Or that I don't have the internet?
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