Comments on: CW05: Copyright Anxiety http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/06/19/cw05-copyright-anxiety/ faults | sins | abuses Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:51:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Cara D. http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/06/19/cw05-copyright-anxiety/#comment-34890 Cara D. Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:46:42 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/archives/2005/06/19/cw05-copyright-anxiety/#comment-34890 I hate TurnItIn.com. Why? Well, I spent six weeks of my summer writing a 22 page paper with two partners for my graduate school course. Upon turning the paper in, I was told that I had been accused of plagiarism. I KNOW I did not cut paste anything...that was one of the three of us. I was and am still innocent of cut/pasting anything at all. I am a Northwestern University graduate who spent four years writing papers, and speeches and many other typed papers. I NEVER once plagiarized. I take pride in my writing ability and talent. But, the one third of my group who plagiarized and myself have to redo the whole paper. I am currently in another summer school course and again working really hard. I resent that my writing talents, my academic integrity and the pride I have always had in my writing was so incorrectly, and unfairly decided. I am inocent and forced to pay for a crime I did not commit. I am no longer proud of my graduate school accomplishments since no matter how hard I try, I get kicked in the face anyway. I also was not fairly represented and am shamed, angry and very hopeful that someone will ask themselves if I am one to not share my opinion. Why would a very hard working, opinionated, self-confident student be so stupid as to word for word copy anything, ever? I thought grad school was to learn to form your own ideas. I am entirely let down by this accusation. Especially since no definite accusation was ever given to me. I also want to know why I am the only innocent one who is redoing a paper that I spent a good deal of my summer completing weeks before. It is a Catholic Graduate School...I do not feel good about my very expensive academic decision or my future success. I truly believe that until Turn It In can PROVE the specific instances of my word for word plagiarism, it should never ever be allowed to be used again as a determinant for accusation and then punishment. I used to love and believe in my Graduate School...now I am angry, sad, and feeling physically unwell. Down with Turn It In and the lazy profesors who use a computer program to destroy an adult graduate student's work, pride and career. I hate TurnItIn.com. Why? Well, I spent six weeks of my summer writing a 22 page paper with two partners for my graduate school course. Upon turning the paper in, I was told that I had been accused of plagiarism. I KNOW I did not cut paste anything…that was one of the three of us. I was and am still innocent of cut/pasting anything at all. I am a Northwestern University graduate who spent four years writing papers, and speeches and many other typed papers. I NEVER once plagiarized. I take pride in my writing ability and talent. But, the one third of my group who plagiarized and myself have to redo the whole paper. I am currently in another summer school course and again working really hard. I resent that my writing talents, my academic integrity and the pride I have always had in my writing was so incorrectly, and unfairly decided. I am inocent and forced to pay for a crime I did not commit. I am no longer proud of my graduate school accomplishments since no matter how hard I try, I get kicked in the face anyway. I also was not fairly represented and am shamed, angry and very hopeful that someone will ask themselves if I am one to not share my opinion. Why would a very hard working, opinionated, self-confident student be so stupid as to word for word copy anything, ever? I thought grad school was to learn to form your own ideas. I am entirely let down by this accusation. Especially since no definite accusation was ever given to me. I also want to know why I am the only innocent one who is redoing a paper that I spent a good deal of my summer completing weeks before. It is a Catholic Graduate School…I do not feel good about my very expensive academic decision or my future success. I truly believe that until Turn It In can PROVE the specific instances of my word for word plagiarism, it should never ever be allowed to be used again as a determinant for accusation and then punishment. I used to love and believe in my Graduate School…now I am angry, sad, and feeling physically unwell.

Down with Turn It In and the lazy profesors who use a computer program to destroy an adult graduate student’s work, pride and career.

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