February 11, 2004
Plagiarism is Good
I read an interesting essay (found and responded to at Jerz' Literacy Weblog) by Russell Hunt that articulates why the problems that plagiarism poses for writing teachers are all good for teaching. I agreed with much of what Hunt says, but I also felt it was too counter-intuitive to buy. Isn't saying plagiarism improves education analogous to saying crime improves society? Even if it does (by increasing security or whatever), it's still crime. Read it for yourself...it's part of a larger work in progress that makes for fascinating study.
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i have to do a conference about plagiarism
y am suposse to defend it, as it is a good thing, but i am against it and besides that i can't even find information saying that plagiarism is good
Forgive me if I sound indelicate, camil... but did you try clicking on the link mentioned in this blog entry?
I'm gonna build a essay database with online website to market to educational instituions. I'll charge beaucoup bucks and I'll get that federal money from the schools that I will need to pay back in months to come. Just Watch.