Plagiarism Roundup

In honor of Mike Arnzen’s unmasking of a plagiarist, here are a few recent blog entries on academic dishonesty:

Plagiarism RoundupJerz’s Literacy Weblog)

4 thoughts on “Plagiarism Roundup

  1. One of my favorite quiz questions in a lit class is something like “Which of the following did NOT happen in the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?”

    A) Huck sneaks ashore dressed up like a girl
    B) A dog kills a rat during a funeral
    C) Jim’s family refuses to help Huck

    I’ll also put in details that are ONLY in a movie version. These questions aren’t at all hard for those who’ve read the book, and the one that is wrong would be obvious — in the example above, of course, Jim’s family doesn’t even appear in the book; but if it did, it would most likely help Huck, so item C would seem plausible to someone who knows the gist of the story.

  2. The links to KairosNews weren’t reaching their destination…
    I love the article from the Chronicle by Vincent More (“Playing Dirty…”) which suggests that teachers start creating and posting bad essays online (and start circulating them in the paper mills. The idea is that the papers will be so horrifyingly off-kilter and illogical in their argument than any prof could spot the problem from a mile away. Like, say, I don’t know mentioning an episode with a prostitute in Pride and Prejudice or something. Subversive! Dastardly! I love it. — Mike Arnzen

  3. I would think that since you just posted this today, your links wouldn’t already be suffering from link rot? (Teacher admits helping students on FCAT )

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