I had seen the GTech speech earlier and sent it to a couple of my colleagues with the hope that one of our students could be inspired to give a similar speech during one of our open houses. I admit to have been somewhat disappointed to learn (thanks, Chris!) that the speech had been, in part, inspired by the one given by the speech coach. But, I fully agree with Paul's position. I suppose that, toward the beginning or the end of his address, the GTech student could have given a shout-out to the speech coach (e.g., "I thank so and so whose speech in such and such a date inspired this address" or something to that effect). With some creativity, such acknowledgment can be done in a way that does not in any way detract from the impact of the presentation.
Miguel Watching his high school speech coach's presentation, it is clear that it inspired the Georgia Tech student, but plagiarized is too strong a description, particularly given that he appears to have gotten permission. The only part he lifted more or less directly was the 'if you want to play music while giving a speech like a badass, you can do that, I AM doing that!' portion. I'm a a vigorous pursuer of plagiarism in my classes. Nearly every semester I have between 1 and 3 students suffer significant grade reductions, sometimes direct course failures, in my classes due to it, many more suffer minor grade reductions for minor fouls. If this were given in my class and I knew the student had gotten permission from the original presenter, I would not give a penalty at all. Paul On Aug 23, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Christopher Green wrote: However, it turns out to have been stolen. Oops. http://gawker.com/georgia-tech-students-epic-welcome-speech-was-epical-1184716361 Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo On 2013-08-23, at 8:46 AM, Paul C Bernhardt < [email protected] > wrote: <blockquote> Here is something that I think is a ton of fun, some of you have probably seen it… That I am a proud alumni of Georgia Tech has absolutely nothing (that is, everything) to do with my sharing it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0tN58EC6LE Paul --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=27268 or send a blank email to leave-27268-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=27269 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-27269-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu </blockquote> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce629&n=T&l=tips&o=27271 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-27271-466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=27273 or send a blank email to leave-27273-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
