And the email convo has pretty much gone like this:
Him:
it is my fault becuase i did copy a few sentences from the internet, but it was an accident please let me redo the assignment because i wont graduate without this class. i promise to do better and it won;t happen again ever i promse.
Me: You are not being honest. You say you only copied a couple of sentences, but that is not true. You copied at minimum 3/4 of your paper. That is intentional.
Attached is a copy of the paper; everything highlighted in yellow has been copied from that website (www.pinkmonkey.com/xxx.asp )
Your second chance was re-enrolling in this class is quarter.
Can you even believe this crap? Couple of sentences! He clearly thinks I'm the dumbest banana in the bunch. Not to mention, try spell checking. If you can't articulate a paragraph where you beg to save your bare-baboon butt then why should you be allowed to graduate?
Me:
Wow! I sincerely can't believe you're surprised [that you failed your paper because you plagiarized it]. I went to the followng website: xxx . . . and there I saw the majority of your paper.
Blah blah blah.
You already failed my class once because of plagiarism, so it surprises me that you would try it again. I will no longer accept work from you and you will receive another failing grade for the course.
Him:
it is my fault becuase i did copy a few sentences from the internet, but it was an accident please let me redo the assignment because i wont graduate without this class. i promise to do better and it won;t happen again ever i promse.
Me: You are not being honest. You say you only copied a couple of sentences, but that is not true. You copied at minimum 3/4 of your paper. That is intentional.Attached is a copy of the paper; everything highlighted in yellow has been copied from that website (www.pinkmonkey.com/xxx.asp )
Your second chance was re-enrolling in this class is quarter.
Can you even believe this crap? Couple of sentences! He clearly thinks I'm the dumbest banana in the bunch. Not to mention, try spell checking. If you can't articulate a paragraph where you beg to save your bare-baboon butt then why should you be allowed to graduate?
* Please note, the text has been changed to avoid copyright issues. However, the below response has been re-created in the spirit of the conversation.
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I think it's time to report this guy for academic dishonesty. You probably shouldn't even have to be negotiating with him! It can be Student Affairs' problem.
Oh trust me, Genneaux, I reported this guy the second I caught him.
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Oooooh, the plot thickens.....just like banana pudding. He's so BUSTED.
Not to sound sympathetic to your frustration, but oh please, how I do wish he continues to plead his case so that we may continue to laugh at his attempts!
Love, love, love your response to this situation. As a high school English teacher, I could not stress enough to my students the importance of original work. And yet there;s always one or two that are still arrogant (or is it just stupid??) enough to think that we won't catch on when they copy Romeo and Juliet and hand it in.
That sounded to me like it was clearly a case of being too lazy to even try to do the work himself. And by trying to use some obscure website that no one has ever heard of he thought he would pull the wool over someone's eyes. What really get's me is the parenting in this scenario. I honestly wouldnt give up on him, as I would go through his parents and find out if they knew that he was cheating not only the first time but the second time as well, and find out what kind of reaction you get from them.
thanks for the comment tickerpop. although going through the parents is not an option at the college level, nor should it be. He knew what he was doing. It was explained to him the first time he failed the class.
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