Re: Plagiarism

["Dr. Dana McDougald" <dmcdouga@COE.UGA.EDU>]

Oh, thank you for saying that. I feel the same way. When I was young and
the art teacher wanted us to draw pictures, I felt awful. I just can't do
it. I still cannot get beyond the crudest stick figures. The same goes for
writing creatively -- not everyone has IT! And I don't think it can or
should be forced. No wonder kids cheat.

On Wed, 6 May 1998, SARAH PECKHAM wrote:

> Just a thought on these frequent requests we get to track down poems that
> look like they have obviously not been written by the students. Maybe
> teachers need to rethink the assignment and give students an opportunity to
> copy or recite poems that they  like so much that they would want to pass
> off as their own. Maybe the creative writing part of the poems needs to be
> done in a classroom atmosphere where students feel stimulated to write
> something and share it with others (the teachers will obviously know what
> each student wrote.) Frankly, I would feel blank too, if a teacher told me
> to go home and write a poem for tomorrow. We can get awfully self-righteous
> about plagerism, but I think we honestly have to look at ourselves as
> teachers first. There was a good strain on the subject of plagerism on the
> list a few weeks ago. s
>
>
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>                 Sarah Peckham, Library Media Specialist
>                 Marian High School
>                 7400 Military Ave
>                 Omaha, NE 68134
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Dgillila [SMTP:Dgillila@AOL.COM]
> Sent:   Tuesday, May 05, 1998 6:55 PM
> To:     LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject:        Plagiarism query answer
>
> Thank you to everyone who replied to my request. Margaret in KS responded
> with
> a URL shortly after I posted the question.
>
> It was a blatant copying job, and the student had changed the title.  If
> anyone is curious and wants to read the whole poem, it can be found at:
> Http://serco.net/asia/~102.htm.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Donna Gilliland
> South Dakota State Library
> Pierre, SD
> dgillila@aol.com or donnag@stlib.state.sd.us
>
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Dana McDougald, Librarian
CSHS Library, A National Award-Winnning Library
Cedar Shoals H. S., A National Blue Ribbon School
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