>> I doubt it was unintentional at all (the teaching her to do it this way, I
>mean). I suspect more strongly that this is
>> exactly what she may have been taught (assuming we are assuming it wasn't
>intentional copying). This is precisely what many > of my students do on
>first drafts but they add the "appropriate" quotation marks to muddle the
>crime (so to speak). I think > this type of writing is taught (not always
>but often) by teachers who themselves have been taught and used this type of
>> writing.
>
> That's a distinct possibility, and a damned shame if it's true. Maybe we
>should start sitting in on high school English classes to see what's really
>going on there (he writes in frustration...).
>
I wouldn't blame just high school English classes - this practice is very
common in other areas. Our M.Ed. students must take a research class with
one of the ed. depts. (this is a graduate level course, mind you). I have
read a number of the thesis projects from students who have taken this
course and the quoting that occurs in their proposals is outrageous (we are
talking at least 1 per page and they are not statements that need to be
quoted). They are TAUGHT to do that in this class. That is considered to be
appropriate writing behavior (I have no idea why). The psych dept. has
fought to get students going through our program to take our grad research
course to no avail. Maybe this is common practice in other areas?
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