Comments on: He plagiarized — but says dismissal was biased http://www.higheredmorning.com/he-plagiarized-but-says-dismissal-was-biased Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Associate in Ohio http://www.higheredmorning.com/he-plagiarized-but-says-dismissal-was-biased/comment-page-1#comment-7762 Associate in Ohio Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:10:23 +0000 http://www.higheredmorning.com/?p=4183#comment-7762 This is just another example of students saying, Yeah, I screwed up but it was someone else's fault. or there are extenuating circumstances. It seems that our students are honest about their mistakes, but, there is always a reason that should diminish the consequences of their missteps. It seems there is a perpetual "the dog ate my homework" syndrome. I'm not sure if this is generational, a reflection of today's society where it always seems to be someone else's fault or both . In the end, the problem is two fold: not recognizing that plagiarism is a serious offense and then blaming the "system" or someone else in an effort to have the consequences diminshed. Whatever happened to, "yes, I messed up and I will accept my punishment"? This is just another example of students saying, Yeah, I screwed up but it was someone else’s fault. or there are extenuating circumstances. It seems that our students are honest about their mistakes, but, there is always a reason that should diminish the consequences of their missteps. It seems there is a perpetual “the dog ate my homework” syndrome.

I’m not sure if this is generational, a reflection of today’s society where it always seems to be someone else’s fault or both . In the end, the problem is two fold: not recognizing that plagiarism is a serious offense and then blaming the “system” or someone else in an effort to have the consequences diminshed. Whatever happened to, “yes, I messed up and I will accept my punishment”?

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