Miscellaneous: Today, my AP teacher once again accused me of plagiarism. Apparently...

By dumbteacher - 23/05/2011 14:35

Today, my AP teacher once again accused me of plagiarism. Apparently the words "demise," "ultimately," and "rural," are too sophisticated for an 11th grade AP student to use and MUST have been copied from the Internet. 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 - 10/06/2014 15:05 - Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Today, I got cited for "internet plagiarism" and called to the dean's office. I'd been sitting a closed-book written exam, and my teacher had been breathing down my neck the whole time. FML

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By jzidar24 - 22/10/2015 02:37 - United States - Bloomfield Hills

Today, at school, I got in trouble for plagiarizing on a paper. The subject of said paper was where I see myself in ten 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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Not how it works...

By Anonymous - 28/02/2017 00:00 - Canada

Today, my classmate told me she can copy an article from the internet and hand that in, as long as she cites it at the end. FML

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Do your own research

By Anonymous - 10/04/2021 13:01 - Australia - Sydney

Today, I got yelled at for 10 minutes by my head of department for failing one of my students for plagiarism, because, "we can't be sure." It was my work he plagiarised, but because it's not in our system, it doesn't count. 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 Anonymous - 10/11/2009 06:43 - United States

Today, I got a paper back that was given a zero for suspected plagiarism. Everything I wrote was my own thought and analysis. My instructor basically thinks my paper is smarter than I am. He won't listen, even when I explain my thought processes throughout the piece. FML

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Notebooks out, plagiarists!

By What am I doing with my life? - 22/05/2014 16:47 - United States - Aurora

Today, I collected my students' final essays. One of them submitted a printout of a screenshot he took with his phone. Too bad a browser address bar was still in the shot, along with a "click to read more" link at the bottom. My students are too dumb and lazy to even plagiarize properly. 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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ZTD09 2

Monday 23 May 2011 19:07

Ultimately, your rural demise is imminent.

Expertfail 0

Monday 23 May 2011 19:09

Jokes on them; if you're telling the truth then you're clearly more intelligent than they think you could be, good for you!

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jadejazmyn 5

Wednesday 8 June 2011 19:11

Ur teachers a flamming idiot.

yang_cloud 2

Thursday 16 June 2011 2:31

Okay seriously? What kind of teacher is this? I hate to say this but f*** this teacher. As an AP student, you are expected to know words like that! Especially in 11th grade. I use words like scintillating and agathokakological all the time....that is absolutely ridiculous. I hate teachers like that.

irockcupcakes 0

Wednesday 22 June 2011 10:46

teachers have such low standards for students now in days and it's sad. in 7th grade my best friend was accused of plagiarism for using the word semen. it was a paper on the male reproductive system. this is why Americans are portrayed as stupid because of teachers like this who do not teach but somehow stall the learning process

NickiD93 3

Friday 19 August 2011 6:29

You must go to Dundalk....

at0micmin3r 23

Friday 19 August 2011 8:28

Well you ARE bitching about your life on the internet, so clearly your teacher is correct.

Epikouros 31

Thursday 29 September 2011 18:02

Your teacher is an asshat, but I would deduct one point for using 'demise', a newspaper cliché that can usually be replaced by a simpler, more specific word such as 'end' or 'downfall'.

tpike1296 11

Tuesday 8 November 2011 12:30

I have been using these words since 5th grade. A dictionary is available at all ages isn't it?

newburton13 26

Saturday 17 March 2012 12:54

You've got a dumbass for a teacher. But I can kind of understand his point of view. In my 11th grade history class, a girl asked how to spell museum and said "wait what?" right after the teacher changed a slide on a PowerPoint.