March 31st, 2006
The Top 6 Signs the Paper
You’re Grading Is Plagiarized
You’re Grading Is Plagiarized
6> You recognize it as one you bought in 1997.
5> The fool kept the 1988 copyright notice intact.
4> “Four score and seven years ago….”
3> You’ve never experienced pop-up ads from a printed page before.
2> The student you’ve been sleeping with told you.
and the Number 1 Sign the Paper You’re Grading Is Plagiarized…
1> The paper’s titled, “Civil Rights: The Trouble Ahead.”
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Credits:
Selected from 24 submissions from 6 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:
Gary Reynolds, Indiana University — 1 (6th #1!)
Erik Deckers, Ball State University — 2
Kevin van Houten, Texas, University of Texas — 3, 6
Joseph Terranova, Wayne State University — 4, 6
Guy Payne, Auburn University — 5, 6
Brandon Eldridge, St. Louis College of Pharmacy — RA on Duty
RUNNERS UP list — Chicago Style
It’s fit for an Ivy League school and you’re in a podunk, west
Iowa A&M.
(Guy Payne, Auburn University)
Just a few too many uses of “thou’st.”
(Joseph Terranova, Wayne State University)
Vinny and Eddy come by to repossess it.
(Kevin van Houten, Texas, University of Texas)
Runners Up list name
(Laurie Northrup, Syracuse University)
(Guy Payne, Auburn University)
Just a few too many uses of “thou’st.”
(Joseph Terranova, Wayne State University)
Vinny and Eddy come by to repossess it.
(Kevin van Houten, Texas, University of Texas)
Runners Up list name
(Laurie Northrup, Syracuse University)
HONORABLE MENTIONS list — 1.25″ Margin of Error
It’s a paperback copy of “War and Peace” with Tolstoy’s name
crossed out.
(Erik Deckers, Ball State University)
Honorable Mentions list name
(Laurie Northrup, Syracuse University)
(Erik Deckers, Ball State University)
Honorable Mentions list name
(Laurie Northrup, Syracuse University)