tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post6188889653887533472..comments2024-03-28T19:45:26.612-04:00Comments on Paco Enterprises: Confessions of an academic mercenaryPacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-77003903781834151132010-11-18T23:21:40.440-05:002010-11-18T23:21:40.440-05:00I'm a little suspicious. I typically have 4 u...I'm a little suspicious. I typically have 4 undergrad classes with a total of 90 or so students and 2 grad classes with 45 or so students every semester.<br /><br />Trust me, it's generally not that hard to catch the writing cheaters. I have them write on unusual topics, and I can spot bullshit at 50 paces. Those papers get the supposed writer called in for a 'discussion' of their topic. And I've been known to make them write a page or so by hand in my presence on what they've already written.<br /><br />If this guy is really getting major work past professors either: a) the profs are incompetent; b) the profs are don't care and are mailing it in; c) the profs aren't really reading the papers, or; d) some combination of the above.<br /><br />One of my students over the past five years is a grad assistant in the Student Judicial Office. He says I have as many students referred for cheating as any other dozen profs. That's mostly because I push it.<br /><br />Anyway, I assume a bit gets by me, but not entire works of more than 5 pages. It's not that hard.JorgXMcKiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509568525555189690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-55260170654276061222010-11-16T22:39:00.829-05:002010-11-16T22:39:00.829-05:00Before I went to college I couldn't even spell...Before I went to college I couldn't even spell engineer, now I are one.Yojimbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-11682108932026439172010-11-16T22:14:13.054-05:002010-11-16T22:14:13.054-05:00Cheating was pretty rampant when I was in college;...Cheating was pretty rampant when I was in college; sounds like it is much, MUCH worse now. I always figured that someday somebody somewhere would expect me to actually demonstrate that I could perform in my chosen major and that I could spell it correctly, too.SwampWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395051552137680646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-9678854895788049782010-11-16T22:03:11.926-05:002010-11-16T22:03:11.926-05:00He says Dickens is a personal model for him, which...He says Dickens is a personal model for him, which indicates he perhaps has a capacity for self-delusion as well as a capacity for deluding others. That's a fascinating article, even if the guy comes out of it looking very dodgy. <br /><br />But hey, maybe now he can concentrate on more socially acceptable forms of lying-through-writing: he could become a speechwriter for a politician, or a gossip columnist, etc...TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-72163214829187390862010-11-16T10:57:08.788-05:002010-11-16T10:57:08.788-05:00That is just depressing. Our educational system i...That is just depressing. Our educational system is bolluxed to the point of collapse.JeffSnoreply@blogger.com