Was Loye Young wrong in seeking public exposure of plagiarists?

Janet D. Stemwedel at scienceblogs discussed the Loye Young/Texas A&M International University plagiarism matter.

She took an anti-plagiarism stance:

I do want to think just a little about the larger question, though: How can we better discourage plagiarism?

Clearly, warning students that plagiarism will earn them failing grades does not stop them from plagiarizing. Nor, sadly, does devoting lots of class time to explaining proper citation of sources, nor does requiring students to complete plagiarism tutorials.

If students have no shame when (privately) presenting work that is plagiarized to those teaching them as if it is their own work -- if they're just counting on us being too stupid or overworked to detect it -- what other options do we have?

To the extent that plagiarism is breaking trust not just with the professor but with the learning community, does that learning community have an interest in flagging the bad actors? If you know there are plagiarists but you don't know who they are, does this create a situation where you can't trust anyone?

The problem is that many people view plagiarism contextually. If it's long ago and the person is well-known, it does not matter, as we see with Joe Biden and Glenn Poshard and Laurence Tribe. If it's recent and involving a less known person, penalties can be extreme, as Allison Routman learned. The very mixed opinions on the Palo Alto High School graduation speech plagiarism incident illustrated the diversity of feelings. And then of course, there's Harvard Business Review inviting us to "plagiarize with pride!"

If society can't agree on whether it's bad behavior, one can't raise a deterrent argument.

Er Du drukner i Victim Samtaler ?

Og jeg Don ' t betyde fra andre mennesker, jeg mener din egen! Offer samtaler sive ind i vores hjerner og holde os fra at gøre vores bedste arbejde. Selv den mest tillid og vellykkede af os kan sidetracked fra et offer samtale.

Her er den nederste linje - når vi spiller offer, vi giver vores magt væk til nogle af en eller noget "derude". Hvis du ønsker at skabe et gennembrud, komme på ret og i spillet.

Her er en dejlig post fra Bryan over at gøre det Count kaldet Den Victim mentalitet . Tjek den ud. Her er et lille uddrag:

Jeg vil foreslå, at vi mister flere af
victimizing os selv end for vender situationen i sandhed og arbejdsvilkår
det igennem for en beslutning. Selv om det? S rigtigt, at tage den holdning,
af et offer giver os en falsk følelse af magt, kontrol og fritagelse, vi
ofrer vores omdømme i samme takt.

pressdog får Major Air på 1070 ventilator

Den ekstreme finansielle nedsmeltning har ramt 1070AM Den Fan radio i Indianapolis. Det er gjort dem så strapped for indhold, de åbnede telefoner til - dyb indånding - bloggere. Den pdog får større luft. Faktisk pressdog.com blev født med noter om Motegi race i april 2005 , ikke 2006, som jeg har sagt på luft. Jeg er ældre end jeg er klar. På et tidspunkt tænkte jeg Curt Cavin kaldte mig racist.

Dude. Ikke sandt! Jeg stemte for Barack! Jeg regnede han kalde mig en race-ist, som i nogen, der kan lide væddeløb, og det var en intern gag eller noget, da Curt er en kvalitet fyr og ville ikke gå alle Sharpton om mig ud af det blå. Viser sig, jeg misheard ham, som han forklarer om luft. Sjove ting.

The far-more-intelligent Jeff from MyNameIsIRL.com got air as did the bloggers from motorracingonline.blogspot.com, 16thandgeorgetown.com and speedgeek.blogspot.com along with the most excellent Sarah Fisher!

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