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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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
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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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Mynxie 26
Enjoy the possibility of being kicked out of that school.
ChristinePi 36
Wow. That's a special level of dumb. I'm sure your teacher would remember a paper from a year ago that your sister wrote. YDI
Moerighan 23
I really hope you weren't expecting sympathy posting this, because I doubt you'll get any. How ironic for you that your sister's paper was so good it was used as the example, yet you will probably get the worst grade.
Alexandria79 22
dumbass. enjoy your zero
gladlily 16
All these comments saying, just email the professor and say you uploaded the wrong one - If I were the teacher, I would buy that only if the student IMMEDIATELY uploaded their second "real" paper, then emailed and explained the mix-up, asking me to disregard their first submission. Any time lapse between the first and second submission, at BEST I'd think it was a ploy for more time.
rivenrock 14
Today, after failing to plan properly for my end of term projects, I decided to cheat. And like a dumbass, I did this by handing in a paper I knew the teacher has already seen just last year. YDI
naturegrl 9
This, dear children, is why you don't ******* cheat!
AzrielB 8
You would have been better off submitting some crap you polished off in a couple hours. Anything is better than a 0 and possible expulsion. Tell your teacher that you accidentally submitted your template and submit a unique paper in its place.
mariri9206 32
Or they could own up to their cheating, plagiarizing ways and take the zero they deserve instead of being given a chance to hand in a paper they should've done in the first place, instead of resorting to stealing their sister's paper.
rivaraven 35
Now why would you send the full thing, unedited? I constantly ask for previous works from my friends and work with them, but that is for ideas, everything gets edited, put in my own words. You deserved it.
Demon_of_Light 27
Technically, that could still be considered plagiarizing. If you take someone else's ideas (even if you rewrite them in your own words) and don't give credit where credit is due, you have put your name on work that isn't yours.
Scott Boulette 1
there is such a thing called plagiarism even if it is your sister's paper. YDI