Lessons from a Plagiarist

It happens every semester. Some student, thinking themselves very clever indeed, Googles up a WIkipedia entry, some obscure facts page from some obscure website, an essay from one of the plagiarism sites, or, one time, even one of my own papers, and hands it in as his or her own.

The smarter ones cut out the links and references to the site their paper came… Continue reading

May 13 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: dignity, ethics, failure, honesty, life-lesson, personal growth, plagiarism | 30 comments»