When I taught writing at a college--before I left bc mandates--many of the students (majority hispanic) had never been taught anything substantive about paraphrasing. Many had never read a whole book in the precious two years. Even after weeks of lessons and practicing, I was stunned at the amount of intentional plagiarism and cheating Iā¦
When I taught writing at a college--before I left bc mandates--many of the students (majority hispanic) had never been taught anything substantive about paraphrasing. Many had never read a whole book in the precious two years. Even after weeks of lessons and practicing, I was stunned at the amount of intentional plagiarism and cheating I encountered, and the amount of times I had to report kids.
What I found out though, was that the University (CA State one) did nothing. The kids got a talking-to. The only other 'punishment' was that I could give them a zero on the assignment (which is 59 points less than an F!). Many teachers got demoralized by this and did NOT report; others were fully woke-indoctrinated and went with the "but they never even had the training, poor things" route. Even though we were all required to give them the training. The "And how bad is plagiarism, really? Look at what the internet has done, you can't fight is anymore.... Don't we have other, more important battles to fight?"
I would later see kids I had confronted and reported on the Honor Roll and think, hmmmm.
When I taught writing at a college--before I left bc mandates--many of the students (majority hispanic) had never been taught anything substantive about paraphrasing. Many had never read a whole book in the precious two years. Even after weeks of lessons and practicing, I was stunned at the amount of intentional plagiarism and cheating I encountered, and the amount of times I had to report kids.
What I found out though, was that the University (CA State one) did nothing. The kids got a talking-to. The only other 'punishment' was that I could give them a zero on the assignment (which is 59 points less than an F!). Many teachers got demoralized by this and did NOT report; others were fully woke-indoctrinated and went with the "but they never even had the training, poor things" route. Even though we were all required to give them the training. The "And how bad is plagiarism, really? Look at what the internet has done, you can't fight is anymore.... Don't we have other, more important battles to fight?"
I would later see kids I had confronted and reported on the Honor Roll and think, hmmmm.