tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post7543674717673450368..comments2024-03-28T15:17:18.477-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Meet Ben WhitehouseMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-45095237315758879842008-05-05T23:15:00.000-05:002008-05-05T23:15:00.000-05:00I'll tell you what, if my student used the word br...I'll tell you what, if my student used the word bricolage in a paper, I'd certainly be suspicious.Geo-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09228768953715204493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-84846422508391077202008-05-05T22:09:00.001-05:002008-05-05T22:09:00.001-05:00Yes, easier to commit and to discover. In pre-Inte...Yes, easier to commit and to discover. In pre-Internet days, I often discovered plagiarism through sheer chance — by suspecting that something was not right and just happening to find the right book or journal. Those episodes convinced me that the gods really, really dislike plagiarism.<BR/><BR/>I'm not persuaded that students who plagiarize in these Internet days are engaging in bricolage, experiments with voice, et cetera — explanations (or justifications?) I've heard advanced in all seriousness. I see plagiarism as the work of opportunists who have so little understanding of the abilities of their professors that they think they can pass off the most ridiculously improbable material as their own. Sometimes a single word or phrase signals that a plagiarist is at work. Have you had that experience too, George?Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-66022113255874451592008-05-04T14:06:00.000-05:002008-05-04T14:06:00.000-05:00Of course, there's an irony in that article about ...Of course, there's an irony in that article about James Twitchell by Jack Stripling that you link:<BR/>"The initial allegations made against Twitchell illustrate how, in an Internet age, plagiarism is more easily identified. Roy Rivenburg, a freelance writer and former Los Angeles Times reporter, performed a Web search to find a story he'd written 10 years earlier. When he plugged in key words from the story, Twitchell's work started popping up."<BR/>The first step is, in an Internet age, plagiarism is more easier to commit.Geo-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09228768953715204493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-63850723256306410192008-05-04T09:53:00.000-05:002008-05-04T09:53:00.000-05:00The Glenn Poshard scandal reveals the pathetic sta...The Glenn Poshard scandal reveals the pathetic standards of scholarship in the department in which Poshard did his grad work. (For anyone not familiar with this bit of recent academic history, <A HREF="http://mleddy.blogspot.com/2007/10/local-norms-and-organic-attribution.html" REL="nofollow">this post</A> is a start. Poshard seems to have been working in an academic environment that didn't care about quotation marks.)<BR/><BR/>I'm glad that BW took down "his" post. That I found out about it by pure chance is a good reminder — search engines don't lie. <A HREF="http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080426/NEWS/757517854/1002/NEWS" REL="nofollow">James Twitchell</A> just learned this lesson in a big way.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-33881482434264813912008-05-03T22:35:00.000-05:002008-05-03T22:35:00.000-05:00Hmm, that post has been taken down now. "interest...Hmm, that post has been taken down now. "interesting" - not.JuliaRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10795348297295716491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-75232254614883087352008-05-03T22:33:00.000-05:002008-05-03T22:33:00.000-05:00I think you are right and they do know the differe...I think you are right and they do know the difference between right and wrong. Therefore, it IS a matter of getting caught. Have you outed him in any way yet? Made a comment on HIS blog?JuliaRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10795348297295716491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-87580073438981718982008-05-03T22:13:00.000-05:002008-05-03T22:13:00.000-05:00Well, when the president of Southern Illinois Univ...Well, when the president of Southern Illinois University, a man who ran for the governorship of Illinois, claims that as a graduate student he didn't understand proper referencing, I'm discouraged.Geo-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09228768953715204493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-91094091433140898092008-05-03T21:48:00.000-05:002008-05-03T21:48:00.000-05:00Thanks, everyone, for the comments. It bewilders m...Thanks, everyone, for the comments. It bewilders me that someone would do this kind of thing to make a blog post.<BR/><BR/>George, I think that most students can be taught academic integrity. (Am I too optimistic?) That so few students will simply acknowledge lifting words (resorting instead to absurd defenses) suggests to me that they know what's right and what's wrong. They just don't expect to be caught.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-67218058168699450952008-05-02T21:36:00.000-05:002008-05-02T21:36:00.000-05:00I am also a university English teacher and I had e...I am also a university English teacher and I had exactly this conversation this morning with a fellow teacher; at the end of the semester we all despair that we didn't teach our students sufficiently that they shouldn't just blatantly take things word for word off the internet. The truth is that there is no way to get the message across because it is so pervasive now in all levels. The battle seems lost.Geo-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09228768953715204493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-40687501489772630742008-05-02T19:50:00.000-05:002008-05-02T19:50:00.000-05:00You've been plagiarized! Wouldn't it have just bee...You've been plagiarized! Wouldn't it have just been easier for *Ben Whitehouse* to link to your original posting?Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00097601091277735618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-50093059140916249312008-05-02T15:48:00.000-05:002008-05-02T15:48:00.000-05:00Wow...that's pretty blatant. Of course, you should...Wow...that's pretty blatant. Of course, you should check out my latest post..."How to e-mail a professor" :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-9630252153444079782008-05-02T13:12:00.000-05:002008-05-02T13:12:00.000-05:00shame.shame.Eustace Brighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11203832619757992533noreply@blogger.com