I suppose that the next step would be for someone to sue their graduate
program for not getting a more prestigious job.
Rip Pisacreta, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology,
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI 49307
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: "Paul C. Smith"
> This reminds me that there was a Newsweek cover story on student cheating,
>I believe in this week's edition. Steve Davis was among those quoted.
>
> I found the most interesting part to be the story of a law school student
>who was caught plagiarizing, went on to graduate, discovered that her
>"record" hindered her employability (who'd-a thought that would cause
>problems for a lawyer?), and sued the professor. Apparently the case is in
>the courts now, and the student's defense is the old "I accidentally turned
>in an early draft", which is cheating nonetheless in my book.
> My students got a real kick out of her trying that line, as I've told them
>repeatedly that they have to put the appropriate quote format and citations
>in their papers the moment they type the words into their word processors.
>The old "I'll add the quotation marks later" notion is unforgivably stupid.
>
>Paul Smith
>Alverno College
>Milwaukee
>
>
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