I don't know if I'd put it on the university, but rather on the individual. It sounds like you just have someone interested in getting a degree rather than actually learning. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Over time, you'll find people with whom you can work.
meh...i dunno, obviously some universities are better than others. Everybody has been guilty of doing shallow research...but this obviously crosses the line
Although, honestly, how much more do you learn from paraphrasing wikipedia than you do from copying from wikipedia? A little, I guess, but both seem like a waste of time to me. barfo
At least if you paraphrase, you actually read the material. Copy and paste, you don't read anything. I assume... lol
lots of things(and specifically things related to group projects) you do in school are wastes of time. is there really that much to learn from writing a one page summary of a company?
Most teachers use these kind of research projects to find out a person/group's research and writing skills. Unless it's like middle of semester, then they're worthless unless they're gauging improvement. I would of booted this mofo already
This part of the project was very much the tip of the iceberg...I agree, a one page write up is very remedial 2 hours and still waiting for a one page paper
what does it mean when there is a light blue highlight around 2 paragraphs when I put it on Microsoft word and printed it out (came out light gray on paper)? You could see it on the comp screen and when I printed it.. Did this moron just cheat again but from a slightly deeper source?!?
he's using some old as fuck numbers too, 2002? 2004? even their linkedin page is more updated... looks like he's just re-ordered/badly paraphrased the same shit he gave you before. pretty sad for a person of that age.
ha, you could write something better than that in 10 minutes. just print out the wiki page and a few other sources reference them and wing it
I think the fact that the guy is 40 he assumed things were like when he was in high school, teachers didn't have a copy of all the Encyclopedias. That excuse is the one thing that really gets on my nerves about parents in school. If your kid is getting in the way of your school, then you clearly need to focus on your kid. I'm against people making excuses for someone because of their choice to have kids early, or their choice not to go to college at a young age. (uh oh, I don't sound like a lefty nut job) I remember at OSU there was some money that the students had a vote on how to use. All of the club sports came out and asked it to be used on turf fields (which half of the money ended up going to). But like four, 30 year old moms came and said they wanted it all to be used for a day care center. Here's a tip, you wouldn't need to pay for day care if you paid for that condom ;]
You should tell him that wikipedia is not* an accepted source for college papers. Then suggest he could look at the sources linked at the bottom of the page.
DaRizzle, you need to protect yourself and drop this guy like a hot potato. Plagiarism is a serious offense.
update: so I have the final in this class in 3 hours.. This group project was a nightmare. I had the dumbass already mentioned not do any more work after his plagiarism, had another guy do absolutely NOTHING, and the two other guys who were supposed to crunch the numbers for the 2007 and 2008 financial reports only do half of it because of miscommunication between them and our Chinese teacher who can barley speak English. So the power-point presentation was last Monday and we had to go up there with only half the work...FUCK! I really needed a good grade on this and now we are screwed since the oral presentation is half the grade. Other groups didnt understand what she wanted either so she allowed our final powerpoint to be emailed by Friday. So I write 12 paragraphs of analysis (since I was sick of trying to get other people to do shit) and give it to my member to email within our complete power point presentation file. He email a jacked up version that wont load on the professors computer and I dont see an email until last night from her saying that she couldnt open the file. I troubleshoot the problem and resend it. So we almost had plagiarism Had 1/2 an oral presentation PP that worked finally delivered 2 days after extended due date She gave us 90/100, above the class average by 5 points!!!!! holy shit! Im making deans list for the first time in my life bitches (also happens to be the first year I actually put decent effort into school)
Good job! (get ready for the back handed compliment). Not bad for a Laker fan. You're the exception to the rule, that all Laker fans are idiots.
