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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JessBassett 24

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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Zeishah 26

Monday 5 May 2014 20:03

Thank god you realized that it was copied before the submission. This way atleast you have some time left to salvage the situation. Good luck op.

siggy_mcsigx 22

Monday 5 May 2014 20:18

Good instinct!

Serenti 19

Monday 5 May 2014 20:41

That really sucks. The only positive thing is that you did find out and might have a chance to fix it, either by telling the teacher or leave out his part, or even try to rewrite it. It would be a lot worse if you turned it in witouth knowing and the teacher found out and took actions towards the entire group.

bjg1009 3

Monday 5 May 2014 21:42

Talk to your teacher and explain you want no part of his contributions. It might be able to get graded on everyone else's portions and have his part dropped.

The_Hula_Monster 10

Monday 5 May 2014 22:17

Explain exactly this to your teacher

Shade1982 20

Wednesday 7 May 2014 9:53

Depending on the class, the teacher may understand it, but will not take this into account when grading. Part of these projects is learning the ability to plan and work together. If you didn't check each others work until a day before the deadline, you also failed as a team.