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By WritesTooWell - 05/09/2013 23:27 - United States - Miami

Today, I got a message from my teacher about my homework. We were supposed to write an original myth explaining a natural event. My teacher bumped my grade for it down to a C for copying a myth that already exists. My myth was based on an original story I've been writing for two years. FML

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By R - 05/09/2016 10:27 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, my teacher called a friend and me out of class and told us we had been reported for plagiarism because our answers to a problem were nearly identical, and he said that I shouldn't have shared my work. This for an assignment where significant marks were awarded for collaborating with peers. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/11/2020 13:58

Today, I was copying an assignment from my friend and was feeling confident that I was gonna pass. I later found out I copied his name too, so the teacher failed us both. He won't talk to me now. FML

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By Tejanoswhy - 18/12/2015 18:16

Today, I found out why my history grade is so low: the kid in front of me takes my homework, writes his name on it, and passes it off as his own. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/10/2011 10:09 - United Kingdom

Today, I turned in an overdue English assignment at college. My instructor accused me of plagiarism, writing that my sentence structure was "TO" good. Seriously? FML

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By Anonymous - 06/02/2012 21:10 - United States

Today, I asked my professor what happened to the assignment I gave him several weeks ago. Turns out he lost it, and graded me zero as a result. Now if I want a mark, he says I'll have to hand-write it all over again, but that I "probably shouldn't bother," because it was "a bit shit, really." FML

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By ScreweD- - 16/11/2015 21:39 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I got a writing assignment back. After meeting with my professor specially after class and meticulously combing through every word of that paper, I got a low D. Turns out, he graded me down on every suggestion of his that I took. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/03/2013 11:29 - United States - Charlottesville

Today, my teacher read my story about a haunted house for a class assignment. She liked it very much and turned it in to the office to be sent into a state writing competition. An hour later, I was called to the office where the guidance counselor called my work "disturbing" and said I "need help". FML

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Occam's razor

By cheatingapparently - 20/06/2020 23:06

Today, I got an A+ on a writing assignment. My teacher asked me three times if I really did write this article myself, and didn't memorise an article from the Internet. FML

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By oh dang /: - 25/05/2011 11:34

Today, I turned in an essay after staying up late to work on it. I was away when the teacher assigned it, so I'd asked my friend what the subject was. It transpires that she'd given me the wrong one, all because she was mad at me for not returning her pencil. FML

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There's always someone with a big nose who knows

By Anonymous - 15/08/2021 22:01

Today, I failed an assignment because the person I paid to do it plagiarized the entire thing. FML

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Friday 6 September 2013 9:00

Could you show him your story?

samdab 11

Friday 6 September 2013 9:01

well on the bright side you must be an amazing writer if you're teacher thinks you copied, and good luck with your book!

Comments

perdix 29

Friday 6 September 2013 15:03

Myth: Busted!

RedPillSucks 31

Friday 6 September 2013 15:48

Don't frett it too much OP. I had the same thing happen to me. While writing a book, I discovered another book in the library with the very same topic of my story, then a week later, the same damn thing came up on a Star Trek episode.

worldclassrager 39

Friday 6 September 2013 16:04

At least he didn't fail you..,hope you can clear that up...

Llamanator9913 16

Friday 6 September 2013 16:30

Maybe other people have gone through the same thing? Sorry that sucks. FYL

strangeite 4

Friday 6 September 2013 17:36

Well, I think you can definitely explain to your teacher to get your grade up. Don't feel bad about the originality, either - completely original ideas are virtually extinct, it's how you tell the story that's gonna matter.

BriCx 8

Friday 6 September 2013 19:55

That sucks. As a writer myself, I can understand how frustrating it would be to find out that my story wasn't as original as I thought. Though every idea has been done, so there really is no avoiding some similarities to other stories. You could always tweak it until it's at least slightly more original.

Axel5238 29

Friday 6 September 2013 20:04

Depending on the OP's story if it borrowed too much from others and it didn't change it enough yeah it is possible and justified. Eragon which is somehow got a movie is basically a mash up of star wars and lord of the rings. It doesn't even really try to be different.

narkill 13

Friday 6 September 2013 20:15

You don't happen to go to Edmond North High school do you? My mythology teacher had us write the same thing....?!

narkill 13

Friday 6 September 2013 20:16

What's it about? Sounds very interesting if its that good!

Levvy 22

Friday 6 September 2013 21:20

Was the teacher actually able to point to the specific myth you copied? I'm trying to figure out whether this is a case of accidental plagiarism vs. bad assumptions.