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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Comments (59)
perdix 31
Myth: Busted!
RedPillSucks 33
Don't frett it too much OP. I had the same thing happen to me. While writing a book, I discovered another book in the library with the very same topic of my story, then a week later, the same damn thing came up on a Star Trek episode.
worldclassrager 41
At least he didn't fail you..,hope you can clear that up...
Llamanator9913 16
Maybe other people have gone through the same thing? Sorry that sucks. FYL
strangeite 4
Well, I think you can definitely explain to your teacher to get your grade up. Don't feel bad about the originality, either - completely original ideas are virtually extinct, it's how you tell the story that's gonna matter.
BriCx 8
That sucks. As a writer myself, I can understand how frustrating it would be to find out that my story wasn't as original as I thought. Though every idea has been done, so there really is no avoiding some similarities to other stories. You could always tweak it until it's at least slightly more original.
Axel5238 29
Depending on the OP's story if it borrowed too much from others and it didn't change it enough yeah it is possible and justified. Eragon which is somehow got a movie is basically a mash up of star wars and lord of the rings. It doesn't even really try to be different.
narkill 13
You don't happen to go to Edmond North High school do you? My mythology teacher had us write the same thing....?!
narkill 13
What's it about? Sounds very interesting if its that good!
Levvy 22
Was the teacher actually able to point to the specific myth you copied? I'm trying to figure out whether this is a case of accidental plagiarism vs. bad assumptions.