Today, my English professor accused me of plagiarizing a poem I submitted, because she'd read it online earlier that day. The poem was mine; I posted it after writing it for her class, and even after logging into the site to prove it, she reported me to the school. FML
ninjakomodo tells us more.
OP here, just for all of the people talking about self plagiarism, I checked. My university does not have that clause anywhere within the rules. I read through the entire thing and even checked with the legal department. I'm sure they will put it in after this. I have gone to the dean and they have forced the teacher to drop the case and give me the grade I deserved. They also decided, due to suggestion of the department head, that the department head himself will be grading everything that I submit to that teacher for the rest of the semester, and that I will not be able to take classes with that teacher anymore. I'm sure they will be evaluating their plagiarism rules more, and putting in a clause for self plagiarism, but we will see what happens. Luckily, I only have 2 more semesters there before I'm out of that school for good.
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cat1230 4
Sometimes teachers are not as bright as you expect them to be.
airforce987 20
What a bitch, I'm sure the head of your department will believe you
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Hazamachi 12
I'd just like to say, although this was a while ago that you completely deserved that. What happened to you sucked but as a general rule when writing something for a class or a competition don't post it online until after it has been returned to you by the teacher/judge/etc.
Shade98 6
That's why I always wait to get my grade, before I post something online.
Ralphfennieckie 7
Go report him/her
bleedingglitter 24
Even if you wrote it, it can still be considered plagiarism unfortunately because you can plagiarize yourself. It's stupid and I didn't make up the rule but it exists. It's up to your school now.
dharmaint 15
How'd she get the job