the Greater Nomadic Council

A Story of Plagiarism

This story is great. I hope the girl gets kicked out of school or, at the very least, gets put on academic probation. Like the author of the post, I got my degree by doing all the work myself. Amazingly, I even learned a few things that way. Not only does plagiarism hurt those who do it by depriving them of the skills necessary to do the work (how hard is a five page paper, after all? I'm about to write one in the next hour for tomorrow), but if widespread enough, it cheapens the degree for those who don't cheat. I wonder what circle of Hell Dante would put plagiarists in.

(via Pharyngula)

UPDATE: That was fast. I suspect I'm going to be unhappy with the outcome of this.