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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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 cited for "internet plagiarism" and called to the dean's office. I'd been sitting a closed-book written exam, and my teacher had been breathing down my neck the whole time. 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, 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, 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 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 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 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, 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, I failed an assignment because the person I paid to do it plagiarized the entire thing. FML
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ZTD09 2
Ultimately, your rural demise is imminent.
Expertfail 0
Jokes on them; if you're telling the truth then you're clearly more intelligent than they think you could be, good for you!
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rattusrattus 19
Wow... 'rural', 'demise' and 'ultimately' aren't genius words (I can't think of an example of a genius word, probably because I would consider those to be words outside my vocabulary, and thus its not in my vocabulary...) I think most of those words are on spelling lists for 11-year-olds.
Sesh54 7
I learned those words in 4th grade ur teachers probably a dumbass
Zombieslayer1 0
Your teacher is an ass. First off, those words are very common and I used them when I was like 7 or 8 (course I read a lot as a child so you can't go by me). Second, it's not against any rules to use the Internet and is even encouraged by some teachers, so long as you don't just copy what the article says. I will admit OP that now in this wonderful country, schooling isn't what it used to be. There are still 19 year olds who have problems with stuff covered in Algebra 1. Either way, if your teacher gives you a hard time you are within your rights to take the matter to higher authority.
tinypurplegiant 0
AP means advanced placement. I took AP history and it was shitty. Sorry, OP I honestly think your teacher has something up their ass today.
RainbowHeadache 2
My English teachers were like this because I liked reading & learning new words. I would try really hard to write sophisticated sounding papers with as many big words as I could put without it sounding overdone, but they always accused me of plagiarism.
Zombieslayer1 0
I used to go through the dictionary and find really long words, then I'd write them down on a piece of paper and use a week to commit them to memory. I only read classic literature when I was 7 and would look up any words I didn't know. You gotta lobe us word nerds.
RainbowHeadache 2
Could be because we never had AP classes though. And under 500 kids from pre-k to sr. lol OP, it sounds a little like your teacher could have a vendetta against you... I've known a bunch of teachers who single out one kid because they don't like them & scrutinize everything they do. They'll pick at anything they can to make them miserable. You should talk to your principal since this isn't a first time thing for your teacher.
RainbowHeadache 2
I would do the same. I did hard cross word puzzles, read the biggest books I could find, used bigger words in conversations n such. Lobe? Hope that was intentional cuz I see what you did tharrr. haha
Zombieslayer1 0
Reading about you I find were quite alike. Have you ever read World War Z? Great book.
startrekker 3
BS. You are taking AP English, she is used to all those words. You just got caught plagiarizing, I love it when HS students think they are smarter than everyone else and then get all pissed when they realize they aren't.
Eaglestrike117 29
You're making quite the assumption there. Obviously, the teacher is not intelligent enough to be teaching an AP class. The point of the FML was that the student has a larger vocabulary than the teacher, and that these false accusations of plagiarism are a common occurrence.
fthku 13
#77, could you be more bitter? Funny about that little statement of yours about HS students thinking they are smarter (which is dumb, it's the type of person you are, has nothing to do with being in HS), when your own comment is reeking of condescension.
Zombieslayer1 0
Haters gotta hate.
rattusrattus 19
I've had some really shitty teachers who obviously didn't know what they were doing. One cookery teacher told us to store rice dishes near a hot radiator; this could have given us food poisoning. She also believed that she was better and knew more than her students. Either she was excessively arrogant, or she secretly hated children and wished to make them very very ill.
Zombieslayer1 0
Don't all teachers end up hating their pupils at some point? That is kinda ****** though.
startrekker 3
yes, yes all HS students are smarter than their teachers. I TOTALLY forgot about that, I profusely apologize. Actually look up how difficult it is to become a HS teacher, let alone an AP teacher, you'd be surprised.
Zombieslayer1 0
Wow, you seem very bitter....it's because all your students are smarter then you isn't it?
Eaglestrike117 29
No one said that all students are smarter than their teachers. You're the one who brought that up. And just because most schools follow the guidelines and actually have strict requirements for becoming an AP teacher, the sad truth is that many schools let teachers have AP classes when they are clearly not capable of teaching the course. You actually do seem pretty bitter, so I'm gonna guess either you had a bad experience as a student who plagiarized or as a teacher whose colleagues were incompetent. Or maybe you're just a pissed off parent.
pumpkinstupid 0
what school do you go to?
AAOONN 0
No offence bur that could have been a result of you being off your "pattern". When you try your best unknown ability your AP teacher thought " plagarism"
1himfan666 0
ur teacher is a dumbass
anniekins 6
your teacher isnt too bright