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I was catching up with the Times Higher Education Supplement this morning and came across an article, I think by Gloria Monday on “Plagiarism: an inconvenient truth”. Sure Plagiarism is an issue, one that all of those involved with marking - be that university level or otherwise - have probably come across at some time or another. But in the lead up to the key discussion regarding this topic, the author wrote:

“There’s also the odd gleeful moment when you discover that you can fail someone outright for having understood nothing.”

which I was appauled at. Is this really what people think when they have to fail someone? I am aghast that a) someone should think this and b) they think it’s something that they would like to share with others. Surely the failure lies with us as facilitators of learning, educators or teachers if a learner has understood nothing by the time they come to ‘hand in’ work. It would be great to hear what others think about this … and/or the age old problem of plagiarism.

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