Wednesday, November 19, 2008
UV's Expulsions
I think that the students at University of Virgina got a bit too harsh of a punishment, for the plagiarism of their work. I would completely understand a F on the essay or even being dropped from the class. But as the students said the teacher made it unclear if some simple phrases needed to be cited. But I'm sure the students are making it sound as if they didn't do anything wrong, which is wrong because they obviously did. The expulsion is I think an effort by the university to make an example out of these kids for others to come. But still is unfair to be kicked out of the university, but it is still the students fault, if they didn't plagiarize then they wouldn't have been expelled.
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That is a good point that you make about "simple phrases" needing citation. I believe that if the students were smart enough to get into a university like that one, then they are smart enough to know not to plagiarize. Or, who is to say they haven't done it before and didn't get caught.
I agree with pretty much everything that you stated. It was too harsh of a punishment for something that could have been handled differently.
I agree that the students should have been failed in that class and given a warning. I supose that an example was made that will without a doubt discourage their peirs from doing the same.
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