Work: Today, I met up with my group for class. We were doing some final...

By Anonymous - 04/05/2014 18:57 - United States

Today, I met up with my group for class. We were doing some final checks on the project we've been working on all semester, when I realized something about one guy's work seemed off. I googled it and found out it's almost completely plagiarized. It's all due in the morning. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/08/2021 22:01

Today, I failed an assignment because the person I paid to do it plagiarized the entire thing. FML

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By KateHGW - 09/06/2021 00:01

Today, I handed in an internship assignment that I have been working on for months. Once submitted, a pop-up showed, stating the assignment was 100% plagiarized. What was it plagiarized from? A student paper. My own, to be more specific - the exact same paper I had uploaded seconds before. FML

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By R - 05/09/2016 10:27 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, my teacher called a friend and me out of class and told us we had been reported for plagiarism because our answers to a problem were nearly identical, and he said that I shouldn't have shared my work. This for an assignment where significant marks were awarded for collaborating with peers. FML

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By kickout - 11/07/2021 19:59

Today, after I'd being sick all day, my boyfriend volunteered to do my very long sociology paper. I was later notified by my professor that the paper I'd submitted was completely plagiarized. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/10/2011 10:09 - United Kingdom

Today, I turned in an overdue English assignment at college. My instructor accused me of plagiarism, writing that my sentence structure was "TO" good. Seriously? FML

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By Anonymous - 10/04/2021 13:01 - Australia - Sydney

Today, I got yelled at for 10 minutes by my head of department for failing one of my students for plagiarism, because, "we can't be sure." It was my work he plagiarised, but because it's not in our system, it doesn't count. FML

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By jzidar24 - 22/10/2015 02:37 - United States - Bloomfield Hills

Today, at school, I got in trouble for plagiarizing on a paper. The subject of said paper was where I see myself in ten years. FML

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By aloneagainnaturally - 28/11/2015 11:35 - Denmark - Søborg

Today, we were all put in groups to make a presentation together. And by "together" I mean I pulled an all nighter to finish it by myself. My group criticized my work. FML

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By Gottalovepeople - 31/12/2017 01:34

Today, I found out that my ten-page paper, which has taken me two months to construct perfectly and is worth 30% of my grade, was on the wrong book. It’s due tomorrow. FML

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By ProjectDude - 20/10/2021 17:00 - United States

Today, a group project for work was due. I honestly forgot about it and edited some words to make it seem like I worked on it. Did you know that Google Docs spreadsheet can track not only the changes made, but who made the changes? My colleagues were pissed. FML

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Monday 5 May 2014 1:50

That's the horrible thing about group work, call the guy out and demand he do his work! Next time you can request not to have the same group with him... FYL!

Pancakes017 19

Monday 5 May 2014 1:50

Probably should've made sure he was doing a decent job just a tiny bit sooner, OP.

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Bekll 31

Monday 5 May 2014 4:09

Whew... That's awful. I don't trust group members' work entirely. Actually, I hate group work at all. I'm an independent student. That's why on my last project I volunteered to be the person to finish it up (combine our works) and submit it to the professor. In the process I checked online for plagiarism. Thankfully it was all good and we got a 100, but it NEVER hurts to self check for plagiarism the entire group's work in enough time before it's due to allow for any revisions if necessary.

kevzkar 4

Monday 5 May 2014 4:19

Must suck but face it, if you would do it to someone you would laugh your butt off

Llama_Face89 33

Monday 5 May 2014 4:24

If this is in high school I'd say explain it to the teacher and ask for an extension, if it's college you might be better off NOT turning it in at all but still explain what happened to your professor.

ashjo 12

Monday 5 May 2014 4:45

explain to your teacher privately

Z3R0G5 23

Monday 5 May 2014 5:10

Plot twist: OP is that one guy trying to cover it up! ;)

an3ph 20

Monday 5 May 2014 5:23

Document your findings immediately and take them to your teacher and dean of students. Like, now.

foxwasalamb 24

Monday 5 May 2014 5:35

reason #1 i hate group projects

pensacolalady 10

Monday 5 May 2014 5:57

Why wait until the last minute to check? I always hated group projects cause you always had 1 lazy person & 1 know it all! Glad those days are way behind me!

HaiEthan 5

Monday 5 May 2014 6:03

Group projects seem to always screw you over. Either someone ends up doing 99% of the work, or someone does none, etc.

skittyskatbrat 19

Monday 5 May 2014 6:28

And THIS is why a project's grade is determined by the participants. When I assign a group project, they pick their groups. And at the end, they rate the other members of the group and their level of participation. If the base grade is an 80% but the other members claim that a person did very little of what they should have done? That person gets a 25% or so, sometimes less. I generally end up with at least one person getting full credit, another person or two getting nearly full, one with about half...and then the lazy idiot :P That one gets a grade so I have something to put in the book, but it's not much :D This has turned out to be a very effective way for a group to turn in a cheater or non-participant.