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What do I do????

Published on August 3 2006

Got this in my email from class early this evening..... "Hi, If you are receiving this email, it is because if you take the B- option, you will receive an A in the class. I will be recording your final grade on the web site as an A. If you submit the...

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It's happening again!!

Published on July 28 2006

I have decided that I am no longer even mildly flattered by plagiarism. In fact, I am downright pissed, to the point of steam coming out my ears this morning when I signed into class!! My first paragraph in discussion in class, turned in last night: Malcolm...

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joke of the day

Published on July 8 2006

Hans Grapje was raised in a Catholic school in The Hague and, as a young man, aspired to become a priest, but was drafted into the Army during WWII and spent two years co-piloting B17s until his aircraft was shot down in 1943 and he lost his left arm....

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today's quote

Published on June 24 2006

Josiah Strong from "Our Country" in 1885, on the subject of American Expansionism and Imperialism... Then this race of unequaled energy, with all the majesty of numbers and the might of wealth behind it--the representative, let us hope, of the largest...

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hmmmmm.....

Published on June 23 2006

Is it a good thing to sign into my class email and read this? Please note important message: Just as a note: You already have 132 points on Examination One. This is sufficient for an A grade. I am exempting you from taking Examination One and I am giving...

I *think* I have just been plagiarized for the first time!!! I'm not sure whether to be flattered or pissed, lol. Compare my original 4th paragraph in a short essay for a question in American History class: "Another factor at play during this time was...

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First grade is in!!

Published on May 19 2006

And I'm still holding that FOUR POINT OH!!!!!!!!!!! Now, it's just waiting until Monday for the Lit grade......I'm never going to make it till Monday. [Update: Well, I survived till Monday. The 4.0 was nice while it lasted, though. :-)) Only managed an...

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best Mother's Day gift ever!

Published on May 14 2006

Help with Homework!!! I spent the afternoon cleaning up the last of this @#($)% essay (Toni Morrison, I'm hoping that one day I will again be able to read your work without screaming), and decided on a whim to send it off to kid#1 the English geek/ college...

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Back has been patted :D

Published on May 3 2006

Ya know, I'll take whatever little pats on the back I can get. This was the "final" posting in discussion in the Lit class I'm taking. There's lots of boring analysis of two works; one a short story, the other a poem. And this was the professor who scared...

On this day in history: Iran-IR Day Today, Farvardin 12 (April 1), the Islamic Republic of Iran marks another milestone. IRNA congratulates the entire nation on this auspicious day. On April 1, 1979 Iran became an Islamic Republic through a plebiscite...