Today, after having too many projects for end of term, I asked to borrow my sister's paper that she used for the same class last year. After submitting it online, I found the example paper that the teacher handed out. My teacher used my sister's paper from last year as an example for us. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my classmate told me she can copy an article from the internet and hand that in, as long as she cites it at the end. FML
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
Today, I turned in my homework. Too bad I accidentally handed in the printed answer sheet I found online to copy from. FML
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
Today, I turned in an essay after staying up late to work on it. I was away when the teacher assigned it, so I'd asked my friend what the subject was. It transpires that she'd given me the wrong one, all because she was mad at me for not returning her pencil. FML
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
Today, I finished my position paper for my social studies class and read it to my mom to get her opinion on it. After I'm done reading it, she asks me if I copied it from somewhere because it sounded very professional and smart, and it didn't sound like me. FML
Today, my friend told me she'd lost her notebook filled with crucial notes for our finals. She asked if she could borrow mine and copy my notes. She then lost my notebook too. FML
Today, after searching frantically for my economics notes for a week, I asked my friend to send me pictures of hers. I recognised my handwriting on the pictures she sent me and she admitted she'd "borrowed" them. The exam is in three days and she refuses to meet me and give my notes back. FML
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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eyepuppy 31
Enjoy that failing grade. There is absolutely no reason to cheat. YDI, big time.
INDYSTRUCTABLE 43
that was stupid. they usually run papers through that plagiarizing app anyways. ydi
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Britt125 16
I don't know what the hell would possess you to use your sister's paper from the year before anyway, in the same class, with what sounds like the same teacher. Like you were 100% asking for that. Even if the teacher hadn't used it as an example they might have thought it sounded familiar. It also usually helps to read the whole assignment, including the examples, obviously.
DBShinigami_fml 6
I think you don't understand the term "borrow". I think you meant "use" and "plagiarism". And the fact you send it to FML means you were kinda expecting us to be sorry for your lazy behavior ? Guess you were wrong with this too :) (And as other have already mentionned, submitting the same files to the same teacher was a bad idea anyway...)
crojan_horse 1
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Technically the teacher also plagiarized since she cant use a previous student work without first getting permission.
MikuandKaito 24
That is not at all plagiarism.
crojan_horse 1
it is because she used someones else work without permission and did not credit them. in ever class I've been a teacher either writes the examples or ask for permission to use someone elses
mariri9206 32
How do you know the teacher didn't have permission? And it's not plagiarism because the teacher isn't claiming the paper as their own work. Also, once you hand something in, the teacher does have the right to use it as an example.
tj4234 36
Because it was written for school, the school owns it, not the pupil. Provided it's for academic purposes, the teacher can do what they like with it.
TeacherTeacher 11
Plagiarism is when you take someone else's work and pass it off as your own, so unless the teacher took his sister's name off the paper and wrote their own on it, it is not plagiarism.
MikuandKaito 24
I have no idea why my comment was duplicated, but it is a funny coincidence.
crojan_horse 1
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Technically the teacher also plagiarized since she cant use a previous student work without first getting permission.
mariri9206 32
Plagiarism: noun. "the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own." The teacher isn't claiming the work as their own, so, no, it's not plagiarism. Also, I researched it and there are no actual laws on whether or not a teacher can use a former student's work as an educational tool or example. Generally, most teachers will ask as a courtesy but you can't actually stop them as they are not claiming it as their own - they usually mention that it's by a former student - but take out/hide the name for anonymity because they can use good examples for like "hey, this is what you should do." and bad examples for like "hey, this is what you shouldn't do." Also, if a teacher has you a sign a syllabus or the like, they could put a caveat about them being able to use your work for classroom learning/examples. Don't try and wax poetic about plagiarism when you clearly don't understand what it actually means.
Reyesevan 3
Never plaigiarize. In my county the school board can expel anyone above 5th grade for it. I'm smart and if I have multiple papers due I try to link topics. I had an English paper on psychiatry through history and so my final history paper was on the first American iq test. Sorry but you deserved it. Idiot
KilljoyForTMRW 12
Just tell the professor you accidentally sent in the example instead of yours and actually write yours like you should've in the first place.
mariri9206 32
Uh, no, they plagiarized so they deserve the zero and any other repercussions, not excuses and being able to do and hand in the paper like they actually should have. There's a reason that colleges make the punishment for plagiarism expulsion and going in your permanent record. If OP has this many projects, they're in high school, at least, and definitely know better. They so deserve it.
praahe 10
Good, you deserve it. Hopefully you'll learn not to cheat.
certifiedcta 1
1) YDI. Totally. 2) If the paper was available online through the course website, email the prof and tell him/her that you accidentally sent in the wrong paper. You downloaded the example and were using it to help focus your thoughts and that you sent in the draft you were working off of, not the completed one. 3) Pray it works. 4) You might have also sunk your sister, especially if s/he knows that you're related or puts it together. Profs can and will change posted grades in the case of plagiarism like this. They can even revoke diplomas. So start digging yourself out as best you can.
Zebediabolical 45
Don't worry. With that level of attention to detail, you'd probably have failed the course even if you tried.
thatsmeandmylife 10
ydi for cheating but i hope you at least said that you just turned in the wrong paper or something amd wrote a new one.
mariri9206 32
They deserve a zero, not a chance to write and hand in the paper they should've done on their own in the first place.