Comments | jcello: Well, this was bound to happen...

jcello

Well, this was bound to happen...

May 31, 2004 17:12

From BBC.UK:
'Plagiarist' to sue university
The student claims the university was negligent
A student who admits down-loading material from the internet for his degree plans to sue his university for negligence.

( OMFingG )

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Comments 7

breyer May 31 2004, 15:25:07 UTC

Michael Gunn, a 21-year-old English student, told the Times Higher: "I hold my hands up. I did plagiarise. I never dreamt it was a problem.

This statement alone says it all. What a complete and total asshat.

thestickywicket May 31 2004, 16:19:55 UTC

WORD. That's exactly what I was going to say. What a complete and total wanker.

loosehorses May 31 2004, 16:14:25 UTC

LOL! Parents have tried to use that at my school before and it never gets very far. I had a parent in September accuse me of not teaching his daughter about plagiarism when I failed her on her first paper, but when I informed him that I'd also failed her for plagiarism on a paper last year (which she'd neglected to tell him), he was quite chagrined and left in a hurry ( ... )

shadownobafu May 31 2004, 17:52:07 UTC

head, meet desk.

WHAT A FUGGING IDIOT. Hell, I'm a sophomore in high school and I'm not that blatantly stupid. God.

ter369 May 31 2004, 20:02:47 UTC

"I won't get the degree I need," said Greedy Lazy Student, "But I shall have downpayment on a condo and a new car with the settlement from the lawsuit of my dreams."

marakara May 31 2004, 22:09:51 UTC

but they have taken all my money for three years

Why didn't I think of this in High School - "My father paid for that diploma, just give it to me already." Ah, junior year would have been so much easier. And they probably would have had to give him some sort of rebate for summer school - not make him pay more.

Kids today, so smart.

/tongue in cheek

Take Care
Mara