Timeline for What should I do about a tricky situation regarding a student who plagiarized twice?
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| Apr 26, 2023 at 12:29 | comment | added | Adam Přenosil | @Dan "I don't want to fail her for the course." Chances are you are not actually doing her a favor by adopting this attitude. Quite the contrary. | |
| Apr 23, 2023 at 23:00 | comment | added | Servaes | @Dan To make this explicit: The student is ignorant enough to believe they can get away with this, even after they've been caught once. The professor is ignorant enough to let them get away with this, even though they know the student cheated twice. | |
| Apr 23, 2023 at 22:16 | comment | added | DKNguyen | @Dan You are way too lenient. "My question is why she didn't tell me she'd plagiarized again during our meeting." Do you really not know why? | |
| Apr 23, 2023 at 19:18 | comment | added | Drake P | @Dan "was that she didn't know at that point that I'd let her rewrite the essay" this explanation doesn't make any sense. Whether you'd let her rewrite the first cheated essay shouldn't change her decision to cheat on the second essay. Unless she's saying she didn't come clean because she was scared she'd get a 0 on both essays? I suspect she might be lying to you. | |
| Apr 23, 2023 at 6:20 | comment | added | Kimball | Failing the course doesn't seem out of order, though it is a bit harsh - I'm not sure why this sounds harsh to you. Are you saying the OP's original policy was harsh? Or it's harsh in this scenario because the student thought they got away with cheating the first time before they cheated again? | |
| Apr 22, 2023 at 22:23 | comment | added | Dan | That would mean she has the chance to rewrite the plagiarized essay which counts 20% toward the final grade, but gets a zero on the journal assignment she submitted after she'd submitted the plagiarized essay. Her "explanation" for submitting the plagiarized journal was that she didn't know at that point that I'd let her rewrite the essay. My question is why she didn't tell me she'd plagiarized again during our meeting. I am tempted to offer her a withdrawal. I don't want to fail her for the course. | |
| Apr 22, 2023 at 20:44 | history | answered | Buffy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |