As part of a final assignment each student had to write and "essay" about one decade in American History. Essay is in quotations because they only had to write 300 words. One student turned in the following as her essay about the 1940s:
"On December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of American was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan..."
Legal and ethical issues of plagiarism and academic dishonesty aside, I'm moderately offended that she didn't think I would recognize one of the most famous speeches ever made by a US president.
3 comments:
Don't put any grade on the paper. Instead, just print this out and attach it to your students paper and hand it back: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Day-of-infamy-draft1-page1.jpg
I like Jacob's idea. School is almost over for the year!
Ha Ha! That is so lame! Brilliant. Why didn't I ever try that?? ;)
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