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Latina Accused of Plagiarizing After Using ‘Hence’ in Essay
New York Post ^
| October 30, 2016
| Linda Massarella
Posted on 11/03/2016 7:45:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Bronx Latina wants to teach her professor a lesson.
Tiffany Martinez said in a blog posting last week that she was publicly humiliated when one of her professors at Suffolk University in Boston accused her of plagiarizing her sociology essay simply because she used the transition word hence.
She said the professor rudely tossed the paper back to her in front of the class, saying loudly, This is not your language.
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To: lee martell
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To: lee martell
To: Jonty30
He’s asking her to cite a source? If she didn’t attribute it, and still HAS a source, THAT is plagiarism.
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posted on
11/03/2016 10:16:22 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(November 8, America's Brexit!!!)
To: Jonty30
She should just cite Merriam-Webster.
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posted on
11/03/2016 10:22:13 PM PDT
by
kevao
(Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
To: nickcarraway
Should a used ‘therefore’
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posted on
11/03/2016 10:33:10 PM PDT
by
Hoosier-Daddy
("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
To: nickcarraway
I find it slightly disconcerting how a college senior doesn't know that hence, as a transition word, should be preceded by a semi-colon and followed by a comma. This rule also applies to therefore and however, as well. You should not use these words at the start of a sentence.
That being said, her professor is an idiot.
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posted on
11/03/2016 10:53:10 PM PDT
by
TheWriterTX
(Trust not in earthly princes....)
To: nickcarraway
In high school I had a list of words that I liked to use for essays that I would rarely use otherwise. I called it my BS list and used them to make my answers be more than just the facts I knew. Sometimes they were just fillers to make my essay meet the required amount of words needed. Never failed to get me a better grade.
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posted on
11/03/2016 11:04:34 PM PDT
by
CARDINALRULES
(Tough times never last -Tough people do. DK57 --RIP 6-22-02)
To: VideoPaul
So... YOU wrote it for her! (g)
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posted on
11/04/2016 12:15:29 AM PDT
by
Do_Tar
(To my NSA handler: Only kidding.)
To: nickcarraway
Whoops - did the prof screw the pooch?
To: nickcarraway
He marked "this is not your word". I'd wager he's familiar with the article/source she copied the phrase from w/o citing it.
Trying to teach her a valuable lesson and she wants to cry.
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11/04/2016 4:11:48 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
You could be an Australopithecan if you really wanted. But dirt is much older than the flood.
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posted on
11/04/2016 2:03:19 PM PDT
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zaxtres
To: zaxtres
The definition I was going for is the ridiculously old-fashioned one, but bravo.
To: nickcarraway
Few people talk the way they write and there is a world of deference between the way they write informally, for example on Facebook or a chat room, and the way they would write a school paper.
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11/04/2016 2:23:55 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
For example if this had been a school paper I would have caught that I should have used the word "difference" rather then "deference".
Never post between coming home from work and dinner.
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posted on
11/04/2016 2:29:41 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
To: Windflier
As a sophomore in college, I took a medical sociology course. A research paper was a major part of the grade. On the last day of class, the professor passed out all the graded papers, except for mine. He announced: "Mr. Schulin, please see me after class." When I came to him, he said "I don't know where you plagiarized your paper from, but this far exceeds what an undergraduate could produce. You get an F for the paper and for the class." I smiled and said "Dr. Tavani, I'm glad to hear you say this exceeds your expectations for any undergraduate, because I'm sure that after I show you my research file, you will have no doubt that I wrote this paper myself. I expect nothing less than a A." He agreed to wait for an hour while I drove home and retrieved my 4x6 card fileboxes. I ended up getting the only A in the class.
I didn't begrudge my professor's initial poor opinion of me. I was delighted to learn that I exceeded his expectation of what was possible.
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posted on
11/06/2016 9:09:43 PM PST
by
Steve Schulin
(Cheap electricity gives your average Joe a life better than kings used to enjoy)
To: Steve Schulin
Good for you, Steve. Great story!
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posted on
11/06/2016 9:12:38 PM PST
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: nickcarraway
A Bronx Latina is probably a Puerto Rican woman who is Americanized. Therefore, the word “hence” is not outside the realm of her vocabulary. Think of Jennifer Lopez using the word hence — totally believable.
I’m a Puerto Rican woman raised in Puerto Rico and I use “hence” all the time.
The funny part about this is that the professor is most likely a liberal jerk who just stereotyped this woman.
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06/11/2017 3:14:12 AM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
To: Paul R.
Even common words, ( for example the word, “squirrel”) are not used frequently.
When learning Spanish I often thought about how hard it is to learn common vocabulary that isn't used often when speaking, reading, or writing.
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posted on
06/11/2017 3:27:46 AM PDT
by
wintertime
(Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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