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Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu.

This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things.


Wednesday, May 21, 2003

"I'll catch you."1

H.D. Miller discusses plagiarism:
I am especially angered by Goggle [sic] Plagiarism, because the act implies that the professor (me in this case) is too stupid to figure out what's going on. That's why my syllabus now contains the following very direct warning on academic honesty:
If you cheat, I’ll catch you. Guaranteed. Resist at all costs the temptation to download or copy entire papers or large sections of research. Not only have I read extensively in the usual sources, but I also have an excellent idea of your writing abilities and styles, and can tell when students are not using their own words. If you’re caught cheating, you’ll fail the class.
Pretty direct, no?

So perfectly direct and perfectly clear that none of those I caught cheating (including an officer of the History Club, a junior who should have known better) could deny the meaning of my policy. Nor could they reasonably appeal the "F" they earned by their behavior. [...]
When did reason get mixed in here!?


1H.D. Miller. "Cheater" Travelling Shoes 20 May, 2003, 6:13 p.m. Available from http://travellingshoes.blogspot.com/#94662628. Internet. Accessed 21 May 2003.


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