Re: Are you REALLY a stressed out student?

[ntagg@uoguelph.ca (Nathaniel Tagg)]

David Salvador Flores (dsf3g@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU) wrote:
: In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960403221602.8715D-100000@sunspot>,
: >> >THE EVIL HOUSE OF CHEAT!
: >> >
: >> >The www site to be, if you are a student, and want to freely download
: >> >essays written by other students. All essays are with descriptions and
: >> >the grade which was given. This new concept will expand. The database
: >> >of titles in all subjects is, every day. 
: >
: >You know, I've never been able to understand this.  ANY competent 
: >instructor/teaacher/professor will instantly recognize when a student 
: >hasn't written his/her own paper.  Styles don't change overnight.
: >Students using these pre-written essays, even as a guide, are risking 
: >academic misconduct which is grounds for expulsion.
: >
: >Anything for buck.

: Here's the best part: If I'm a prof. who suspects a student has
: turned in a piece of work that's not his own, it should be a 
: relatively painless process to determine whether or not he's
: gotten the essay off this archive.

: -Dave

	Essay-writing services and essay archives have been prolific for 
years all over North America.  Spotting plagurized essays is not 
trivial.. especially with hundreds of essays to mark.  Since this 
repository is only one of dozens, there is no way for a prof to stay on 
top of them all.
	This kind of service is not laughable; it is a severe problem, 
both in terms of equity and education.  Anyone who makes use of it 
ethically (and morally) reprehensible in my view.
---N


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