Judy Judy Judy ...
I have been in the role of that nasty name-calling bitch at a local uni -
and we certainly didn't accuse anyone of plagiarising without substantial
proof. (Students have legal redress on false accusations.) When I did - I
caught four people at it in one semester (entire drama essays, not poems) -
we had very formal ways of presenting our evidence to the culprits and then
deciding on the punishment. Two were given a grade of 0 for that unit; two,
who had stolen ideas and not the text, were warned and sent back to do their
essays again - plus write a 2 000 essay on paraphrasing, plagiaring and
referencing in essays. I thought those last two got off lightly, but it was
their attitude that saved them from 'the chop'. I really thought the first
two should have been drummed out of the uni. (I caught them all by Googling
their trickiest statements and there the evidence was.)
Your appearance sounds perfect for a uni student of creative leaning. We had
an academy of creative arts attached to uni - jazz studies, dance, theatre -
and I used to play a singularly entertaining game of 'spot which discipline'
various clumps of students were from at the cafe. Endless hours of fun. Of
course my age and faux hip clothing gave me away to them - a 'creative'
lecturer of some ilk.
I taught my children to experiment with their physical appearance during
their school years becuase once they got into the workforce, they probably
couldn't do it. I'm glad the baked beans and frozen peas enjoy your company
at the superdupermart.
So, tell the Witch to loosen up, get a life, and teach creatively if she's
teaching creative units. & ask her to please see us in our 'office': get her
to put her case to p'etc - We shouldn't judge her without hearing her side,
methinks. But that's _not_ how I FEEL!
Stand up for your rights, as some hairy pot-smoking band once sang.
Andrew
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