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Post #28,180 by static 2/12/02 10:02:06 PM Reply	Not necessarily. It depends on whether the students did copy-n-paste or read-n-write. If it was the former, then I would fully expect the teacher to fail the guilty. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #28,192 by nking 2/12/02 11:16:42 PM Reply	If it was copy and paste then that is about as bad as copying word for word from an encyclopedia or other book and presenting it as your own work. But copying the idea, and changing the words a bit, or rewording, is a totally different thing. It is idea stealing, but many corps do that anyway. They may have to change things around a bit to avoid "photocopying" the original project. "Will code Visual BASIC for cash."
Post #28,207 by static 2/13/02 5:13:49 AM Reply	Precisely. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"

Teacher resigns over plagiarism fight - (drewk) - (7) - Feb. 12, 2002, 05:57:45 PM EST

You go girl!______[words fail to express the suckiness felt] -NT - (Ashton) - Feb. 12, 2002, 06:37:42 PM EST

Cite your references - (nking) - (3) - Feb. 12, 2002, 09:16:13 PM EST

Not necessarily. - (static) - (2) - Feb. 12, 2002, 10:02:06 PM EST

If it was copy and paste - (nking) - (1) - Feb. 12, 2002, 11:16:42 PM EST

Precisely. -NT - (static) - Feb. 13, 2002, 05:13:49 AM EST

I've been there - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Feb. 13, 2002, 04:46:39 PM EST

I second that - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 13, 2002, 05:43:15 PM EST

Eat your failures.
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