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    Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 11:04AM / Standard Entry / Members only
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    It's midterms week right now so I'm at work grading writing assignments.


    Just upset at some of the kids plagiarizing passages from the internet...

    If you can't spell 'introduce' properly and then write about the 'hierarchy of the patriarch system' then I get suspicious.  The assignment was to write a letter to a pen pal introducing themselves and Korea.   I don't mind if the student doesn't use perfect grammar or spelling, I'm really happy when I see that they are at least trying.  Sigh...

    I even found that one of the students copied her passage from ANOTHER Korean middle school's essay contest website.  Then I found the ACTUAL passage on a tourism site.   

    The worst part is I can't even give them a 0....the lowest grade I can give out of 5 is a 2.  And the class average must be a 4 (I mentioned this before in another blog I think...)  So now I'm boosting up other kid's grades to give these kids a 2.    

    Only thing keeping me sane right now is the fact that I'm going to Japan soon!  Can't wait!  


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  • janechu
     janechu
    posted on Friday, Oct 2, 2009 2:59AM [Report]
    yea, i remember the plagiarize warnings from english classes... hahaa...
  • Pollyanna517
    Pollyanna517
    posted on Thursday, Oct 1, 2009 4:05AM [Report]
    Send the essays back to your students and ask them to write it in front of you.
  • peachey
    peachey
    posted on Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 1:44AM [Report]
    What a compromise! Tough position to have to bite your tongue and seem to "approve" of this type of "work." :( Nobody gets an F / 0 for anything? I was going to say that that was my kind of class but I think I'd be one of those pissed off types bc I'd actually be trying to earn a good grade (and learning) while others do it in a different and dishonest way.
  • Dreamy
    Dreamy
    posted on Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 10:37PM [Report]
    kids these days.. everything is on the internet.. it's making school very easy
  • seantierney
    Official artist Sean Tierney
    posted on Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 12:06PM [Report]
    I know how you feel... in more ways than one.

    Especially about the restorative powers of Japan!

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