By ninjakomodo - 13/11/2012 21:16 - United States

Today, my English professor accused me of plagiarizing a poem I submitted, because she'd read it online earlier that day. The poem was mine; I posted it after writing it for her class, and even after logging into the site to prove it, she reported me to the school. FML
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ninjakomodo 3

OP here, just for all of the people talking about self plagiarism, I checked. My university does not have that clause anywhere within the rules. I read through the entire thing and even checked with the legal department. I'm sure they will put it in after this. I have gone to the dean and they have forced the teacher to drop the case and give me the grade I deserved. They also decided, due to suggestion of the department head, that the department head himself will be grading everything that I submit to that teacher for the rest of the semester, and that I will not be able to take classes with that teacher anymore. I'm sure they will be evaluating their plagiarism rules more, and putting in a clause for self plagiarism, but we will see what happens. Luckily, I only have 2 more semesters there before I'm out of that school for good.

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Top comments

cat1230 4

Sometimes teachers are not as bright as you expect them to be.

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airforce987 20

What a bitch, I'm sure the head of your department will believe you

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Comments

Hazamachi 12

I'd just like to say, although this was a while ago that you completely deserved that. What happened to you sucked but as a general rule when writing something for a class or a competition don't post it online until after it has been returned to you by the teacher/judge/etc.

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Shade98 6

That's why I always wait to get my grade, before I post something online.

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Ralphfennieckie 7

Go report him/her

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bleedingglitter 24

Even if you wrote it, it can still be considered plagiarism unfortunately because you can plagiarize yourself. It's stupid and I didn't make up the rule but it exists. It's up to your school now.

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