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wordinistaBecause I'm a geek like that, I've been following this story for a while. This article makes me a happy Bunneh.
I mean, really. People bust their fucking asses to write something original, and a plagiarist gets a $500,000 two-novel book deal? I don't think so.
I think the thing that bugs me most about plagiarists is that they seem to think everyone around them is dumber than a box of rocks. They insult the intelligence of everyone around them. I mean, all the way from my students (kids who could barely string together a coherent sentence for in-class writings suddenly compose papers worthy of publication -- riiiiiiiiight) to fanfic plagiarists (copying off other ficcers AND published works -- and they think no one will notice), and now this.
How in the HELL did she think no one would pick up on this?!?!
For that matter -- why hadn't anyone noticed SOONER?
(And, dude, if I were one of her professors, I'd be going through her assignments with a fine-toothed comb. If you've got balls enough to plagiarize something like The Princess Diaries for a $500,000 book deal, you've got more than enough balls to plagiarize essays and research papers.)
I mean, really. People bust their fucking asses to write something original, and a plagiarist gets a $500,000 two-novel book deal? I don't think so.
I think the thing that bugs me most about plagiarists is that they seem to think everyone around them is dumber than a box of rocks. They insult the intelligence of everyone around them. I mean, all the way from my students (kids who could barely string together a coherent sentence for in-class writings suddenly compose papers worthy of publication -- riiiiiiiiight) to fanfic plagiarists (copying off other ficcers AND published works -- and they think no one will notice), and now this.
How in the HELL did she think no one would pick up on this?!?!
For that matter -- why hadn't anyone noticed SOONER?
(And, dude, if I were one of her professors, I'd be going through her assignments with a fine-toothed comb. If you've got balls enough to plagiarize something like The Princess Diaries for a $500,000 book deal, you've got more than enough balls to plagiarize essays and research papers.)
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Date: 2006-05-03 02:49 pm (UTC)*laughs* Oh, lord, you'll love this story.
My freshman-year roommate graduated from the most prestitious, most expensive private school in Oklahoma City. She'd been accepted to Columbia already, but her parents wanted her to stick around for a year so they could keep an eye on her (at 18 years old, she was already a recovering alcoholic.) Anyway, at the end of the year, she showed me this term paper she'd written for a class on poetry.
The thesis statement? "My favorite poem by X is Y." Used first person throughout. Didn't cite any sources; hell, she didn't even have a bibliography!
"Do you think I need a works cited page or something?"
I could only gape in horror. And yes, she did go on to graduate from Columbia.
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Date: 2006-05-03 02:59 pm (UTC).........
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That... I...
I do not even know what to say. I wish I could say I was surprised, but no... no, I'm really not. *sigh*
Stupidity burns.
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Date: 2006-05-03 06:10 pm (UTC)(sigh) I hope that girl gets a pen name and some good sense and goes on to write more stories.