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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titibug823 11

Monday 5 May 2014 6:53

Document it and report it. Also, talk to the person in the wrong and make them change it.

nina21194 12

Monday 5 May 2014 7:06

Same thing happened to me. I'm so sorry.

Bliepje 22

Monday 5 May 2014 8:14

We had the same problem once. When we told the teacher, we had to make clear who wrote what. We just got a normal grade, she got in big problems.

poopface82 18

Monday 5 May 2014 10:06

Quality-checking the guy as you go is asking an awful lot. That said, I would go as a group to the instructor and sell this asshat down the river. My brother had a similar situation in college where he did all the work and his partner dicked around all semester. The instructor was aware of the situation, my brother got an awesome grade, and the other guy is probably working at the Citgo now. Hopefully this works out similarly for you.

xebi 4

Monday 5 May 2014 12:12

I don't really understand what the issue is and why you didn't just have a quiet word with your teacher to explain the situation.

limabeans101029 20

Monday 5 May 2014 12:40

Some teachers just aren't very understanding about this kind of thing.

ZoroMiHawk 25

Monday 5 May 2014 12:51

I don't know about your school's rules, but today I submitted a group assignment too, and whilst we all did a good job even if someone plagiarised their work, only that individual will get punished for it the rest of us will be graded on our own work.