Today, I got a message from my teacher about my homework. We were supposed to write an original myth explaining a natural event. My teacher bumped my grade for it down to a C for copying a myth that already exists. My myth was based on an original story I've been writing for two years. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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 was copying an assignment from my friend and was feeling confident that I was gonna pass. I later found out I copied his name too, so the teacher failed us both. He won't talk to me now. FML
Today, I found out why my history grade is so low: the kid in front of me takes my homework, writes his name on it, and passes it off as his own. 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 asked my professor what happened to the assignment I gave him several weeks ago. Turns out he lost it, and graded me zero as a result. Now if I want a mark, he says I'll have to hand-write it all over again, but that I "probably shouldn't bother," because it was "a bit shit, really." FML
Today, I got a writing assignment back. After meeting with my professor specially after class and meticulously combing through every word of that paper, I got a low D. Turns out, he graded me down on every suggestion of his that I took. FML
Today, my teacher read my story about a haunted house for a class assignment. She liked it very much and turned it in to the office to be sent into a state writing competition. An hour later, I was called to the office where the guidance counselor called my work "disturbing" and said I "need help". 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 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, I failed an assignment because the person I paid to do it plagiarized the entire thing. FML
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Neesalun 20
Could you show him your story?
samdab 11
well on the bright side you must be an amazing writer if you're teacher thinks you copied, and good luck with your book!
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SweetasCandy0609 28
ask him to show you the one he thinks you "plagiarized" and then when it doesn't look like your's take it to the school board.
B00K_L0V3R93 31
FYL I would love to know what myth you did OP. The teacher is probs just being an ass-hat. Plus its really difficult to invent a myth for a natural disaster because they have all been done before. Just study the religions of Greece and Rome and you'll find that. I think your teacher is asking a little too much.
JBrownie123 24
To be fair, I can't remember what the phenomenon is called, but you could have read it somewhere originally and while it is your own story, it could have elements of the original one that you've subconsciously written in.
alliegraywords 13
It happened to me a decade ago. I had what I thought was an original idea for a fantasy-dystopian novel, and I've started to write it, without ever talking about it with anyone. Some months later a guy of a fantasy forum wrote a short story wich ambientation and plot were basically identical to mine. The worst part? Half of the comments said it was a rip off of a famous novel I never heard before. The other half just said that the idea sucked. Ouch.
BriCx 8
That sucks. :(
Lopakanitis 10
damn that sucks
Ebola_fml 20
Simpsons did it
anniemeece 23
Maybe you should have researched your own story more to make sure it was truly original.
mekoveya 10
"There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt." - Audre Lorde "There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely; but they are the same old pieces of colored glass that have been in use through all the ages." - Mark Twain, a Biography "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." -Ecclesiastes 1:9
LegolasPrincess 10
Show him the original story. It's a little more believable when you have proof.
perdix 31
Reusing your old work and presenting it as new is even more intellectually dishonest than plagiarism. I'm guessing your "original" story is based on a classic myth that you read and forgot about.