Comments on: Teeth Gnashing: Some unpleasantness at work http://lawnchairnaturalist.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/teeth-gnashing-some-unpleasantness-at-work/ Sitting on my duff watching nature. (Random thoughts of an easily distracted...hey, what's that shiny thing?!) Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:43:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: phantommidge http://lawnchairnaturalist.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/teeth-gnashing-some-unpleasantness-at-work/#comment-275 phantommidge Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:24:37 +0000 http://lawnchairnaturalist.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/teeth-gnashing-some-unpleasantness-at-work/#comment-275 Hmmm, I suppose, with this topic, I do need to point out that I did pretty much take the gist (along with some words..but I DID paraphrase...really...I, uh...oh forget it...) of my copyright notice from my sister's blog. I was kind of hoping that the whole familial relations thing would make it OK with her, and I did mean to mention this to her before but forgot (that part, at least, I know she will understand!) ;-) Hmmm, I suppose, with this topic, I do need to point out that I did pretty much take the gist (along with some words..but I DID paraphrase…really…I, uh…oh forget it… ;) of my copyright notice from my sister’s blog.

I was kind of hoping that the whole familial relations thing would make it OK with her, and I did mean to mention this to her before but forgot (that part, at least, I know she will understand!) ;-)

]]> By: cheesetype57 http://lawnchairnaturalist.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/teeth-gnashing-some-unpleasantness-at-work/#comment-252 cheesetype57 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:01:08 +0000 http://lawnchairnaturalist.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/teeth-gnashing-some-unpleasantness-at-work/#comment-252 I can't defend the quote issues very well. But as for the reference page mistakes, that one is perfectly understandable. A lot of students don't know about places online that will do reference pages for them. When a fellow student tells them about one, people will use it. And if that site does it wrong, few people will go to check it. I can’t defend the quote issues very well. But as for the reference page mistakes, that one is perfectly understandable. A lot of students don’t know about places online that will do reference pages for them. When a fellow student tells them about one, people will use it. And if that site does it wrong, few people will go to check it.

]]> By: Redbeard http://lawnchairnaturalist.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/teeth-gnashing-some-unpleasantness-at-work/#comment-194 Redbeard Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:26:15 +0000 http://lawnchairnaturalist.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/teeth-gnashing-some-unpleasantness-at-work/#comment-194 I had a couple of plagiarizers when I was a grad student. They were even roommates. There was no electronic or net-related way to tell how close their papers were, but I kept finding the exact same quotes and other signs that they both wrote their papers together at the exact same time. But I was Mr. Nice Guy, and just told them to write new papers on two different topics, and I'd forget about hte plagiarizing, but I did warn them that other faculty members would likely fail them without giving them a second chance. And to their credit, they both wrote decent papers. The bummer was that I had a student I really wanted to fail ... she never showed up for class, she never did any of the activities, she only showed up for the tests, and she JUST passed. I even had the other teaching assistants and the supervising professor review her final after I graded it ... and they agreed that she just had enough to pass the class. I do kinda miss teaching ... but I don't miss the politics. My advisor just got caught up in a mess at Kent State and was stripped of his position as department chair because the school wanted to discpline one of his faculty members, and couldn't, so they made him a scapegoat. So when I see stuff like that, I'm glad I'm out of the academic world. I had a couple of plagiarizers when I was a grad student. They were even roommates. There was no electronic or net-related way to tell how close their papers were, but I kept finding the exact same quotes and other signs that they both wrote their papers together at the exact same time. But I was Mr. Nice Guy, and just told them to write new papers on two different topics, and I’d forget about hte plagiarizing, but I did warn them that other faculty members would likely fail them without giving them a second chance. And to their credit, they both wrote decent papers.

The bummer was that I had a student I really wanted to fail … she never showed up for class, she never did any of the activities, she only showed up for the tests, and she JUST passed. I even had the other teaching assistants and the supervising professor review her final after I graded it … and they agreed that she just had enough to pass the class.

I do kinda miss teaching … but I don’t miss the politics. My advisor just got caught up in a mess at Kent State and was stripped of his position as department chair because the school wanted to discpline one of his faculty members, and couldn’t, so they made him a scapegoat. So when I see stuff like that, I’m glad I’m out of the academic world.

]]> By: Bug Girl http://lawnchairnaturalist.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/teeth-gnashing-some-unpleasantness-at-work/#comment-187 Bug Girl Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:34:51 +0000 http://lawnchairnaturalist.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/teeth-gnashing-some-unpleasantness-at-work/#comment-187 in general, kids don't really understand citation at all, and nearly all of them cheat. :( And I really like the new copyright notice :) in general, kids don’t really understand citation at all, and nearly all of them cheat. :(

And I really like the new copyright notice :)

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