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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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
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
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
Today, I got cited for "internet plagiarism" and called to the dean's office. I'd been sitting a closed-book written exam, and my teacher had been breathing down my neck the whole time. 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 failed an assignment because the person I paid to do it plagiarized the entire thing. FML
Today, I got a paper back that was given a zero for suspected plagiarism. Everything I wrote was my own thought and analysis. My instructor basically thinks my paper is smarter than I am. He won't listen, even when I explain my thought processes throughout the piece. FML
Today, my AP teacher once again accused me of plagiarism. Apparently the words "demise," "ultimately," and "rural," are too sophisticated for an 11th grade AP student to use and MUST have been copied from the Internet. 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
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Miss_Chevious 37
Jail, apparently.
Sizly 12
Maybe try talking to the teacher about how ridiculous it is to get accused of plagiarism when the topic is so limited anyways?
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Comments (49)
writerchic85 26
I can sympathize. One time in middle school I wrote a history paper and worded it so well the teacher wouldn't believe that I didn't plagiarize.
Goblin182 27
Do you have an older sibling who attended the same school and has the same aspirations as you?
slutfactory 17
Even if this is the case, they can't call it plagiarizing. There's very little you can do that has not already been done. Plagiarizing where you see yourself in the future is nearly impossible.
chinaski7628 32
Taking credit for someone else's words or ideas is the definition of plagiarism. I've had students plagiarize this topic. :)
Goblin182 27
Another student writing on the same topic my ring a bell with the teacher and "kneejerk reaction" call it plagiarizing.
ouchris 9
Do you happen to dream to one day live in a nation where your kids wont be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character?
orios105 18
I got in trouble for plaigirizing today. lol
worldclassrager 41
You must share a similar goal with someone...which isn't always a bad thing but this screwed you over
starwars7 3
My teacher uses a website that checks for plagiarism and one time this website said I plagiarized some stuff when I never even had heard of the website it came from... Those websites suck
iraisadumbass 14
I saw something where the persons teacher ran the paper through a plagiarism website. The website claimed he plagiarized his own name. Those things are bullshit.
buneter 3
it's still possible to plagiarize in that assignment
KryssLB 14
I had a teacher who avoided plagiarism in writing assignments by always saying we had to include random things in there that he just pulled out of his hat at the time. Like one writing assignment, I remember, we had to start with a descriptive paragraph; there had to be dialogue; there had to be a government building in there somewhere; and there had to be a beach involved. Pretty hard to find a paper online that includes stuff like that. But that's such a generic writing topic it's going to be hard to find something to say that no one has ever said before. Were they able to show you a copy of the paper you allegedly plagiarized? How similar was it?