Re: [LM_NET] New York Times article on plagiarism

[Betsy Ruffin <betsy.ruffin@CLEBURNE.K12.TX.US>]

Quote from article:

"In training, you are trying to find the right answer at any cost, not
trying to improve your mind.”

Is it just me or does this sound like an unintended consequence of the
emphasis on standardized testing as the main test of a school?



On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:06 AM, jlees <jlees9@comcast.net> wrote:

> An editorial in today's New York Times (7/12/2010) entitled Cutting and
> Pasting: A Senior Thesis by (Insert Name) <
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/opinion/13tue4.html?th&emc=th > on
> plagiarism is worth reading.
>
> John Lees, Librarian
> Mt. Baker Middle School Library
> Auburn School District #408
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