11:44 a.m. - 2005-11-23
Plagiarism 2
Last week I made a discovery that left me feeling a little drained. I found a document, about 32 pages long, that had short essays written by famous people. In Chinese the instructions informed the students that if they memorized the essays and wrote them 100 times they would be their words. After I have spent almost 4 months telling the students that they should only give me their words, this has been sitting on half of their computers telling them to do it wrong.
In America, I had to battle briefly with plagiarism. It is there and it does happen. However, in China it is a constant battle to tell the students that plagiarism is not an acceptable form of writing. That original ideas are the preferred method.
Sometimes, especially last week when I found this document in the possession of one of my favorite students, I just feel drained.
It is an uphill battle.
But I keep trying.
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