Idiots: part 2

Undergrad "infiltrates" new media reporting at NYU

Old Thinking Permeates Major Journalism School

I was immediately reminded of the section in Writing for the Web 3.0 where Kilian talked about 'job blogs.' A student's job is to attend classes.

One little slip can cost you your job. As Amanda said in her response blog, "if I were an employer, I would think twice before hiring her." This girl has now been in the news. One little blog entry could follow her for the rest of her career. think about it: people are stilling talking about Joe Biden's plagarism in law school, and that was 2 years ago.

Regardless of how she felt, Taylor should have gone to her professor and asked his permission to criticize (not that he would have said 'yeah, go right ahead'). A student does not have to like all of their professors, but they are obligated to show them respect.

Taylor reminds me of the person in high school who would sit around before play practice when we were taking acre of all the technical aspects and whined "Why do I have to learn this? I just want to perform."

You have to learn it for the same reason we have to study history: comprehension of the past and collaborative efforts can give a person better understanding of the final product/present day.

Taylor, you're a supposed to be a college student. Act like one. If the course is in the ciriculum, then it must serve a purpose.

I repeat, never say anything that could possibly be spun as negative about your employer on the web. It's a lot different than gossiping: words are more ephemeral.

Quite frankly, Alana Taylor screwed her credibility.