Today, my older brother thinks typing out a Wikipedia article for an essay is not plagiarism, because he didn't "copy and paste" it. He's in college. FML
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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 got an A+ on a writing assignment. My teacher asked me three times if I really did write this article myself, and didn't memorise an article from the Internet. 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 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, I collected my students' final essays. One of them submitted a printout of a screenshot he took with his phone. Too bad a browser address bar was still in the shot, along with a "click to read more" link at the bottom. My students are too dumb and lazy to even plagiarize properly. FML
Today, while drunk, my brother got on my computer onto my already logged in Wikipedia account and made a few bad edits. He got me reported for vandalism, sending abusive messages to other editors, and banned from editing, pending appeal. 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, 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 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 brother decided to help me artificially age some of my artwork by singeing the edges slightly. Apparently "my brother set fire to my homework" isn't a valid excuse. FML
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Top comments
devildog562 33
Considering Wikipedia is often wrong and teachers can easily tell when sites are plagiarized, let him do it and learn his lesson.
Kiki242 19
He is in for some trouble. Plagiarism is not taken lightly. Also, how does he NOT know what plagiarism is? My language arts teachers and English teachers have been hammering that in since elementary school.
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Comments (70)
Classy_Sassy_15 15
He's going places not far but places I believe you should explain plagiarism
DenverTyrrell 13
Wow he is on another level of stupid, don't worry most competent teachers can tell if something is copied
stargirl_95 24
You seriously need to tell him how serious plagiarism is. At best he'll get a zero and at worst he could get expelled from college and have a hard time getting into another one.
sailorarctic 22
hand him a dictionary with the word highlighted so he can read the definition.
djstiv3 15
how do we vote on this though? it doesnt apply to you at all... other than you have a retarded sibling. hmm they need a third section to vote on
EthanSecondServe 10
He's about to leave college
Draugen 16
I had a dumb **** like that in my class at high school. He thought he could get away with it if he made spelling errors.
PrinPrinLife 16
He got in colege, didn't he? Point proven.
LibertyLife20 20
Plagiarism is like the biggest sin in college!
Willyroach1 7
I understand how serious this is and how he can easily get kicked out. But seriously. To call him an idiot and tell him to fail and be kicked out and all that isn't the nicest thing to put up. And to call OP's brother and idiot and hope he gets kicked out isn't that nice. What if you were in that situation? IM OUT -Nice guy Nelson