"I promise." "I swear to you it’ll
never happen again." "I give you my word." "Honestly. Believe me." Sure, I
trust. Why not I teach English composition at a private college. With a certain
excitement and intensity, I read my students’ essays, hoping to find the person
behind the pen. As each semester progresses, plagiarism (剽窃) appears. Not only
is my intelligence insulted as one assumes I won’t detect a polished piece of
prose from an otherwise-average writer, but I feel a sadness that a student has
resorted to buying a paper from a peer. Writers have styles like fingerprints
and after several assignments, I can match a student’s work with his or her name
even if it’s missing from the upper left-hand corner. Why is learning less important than a higher grade-point average (GPA) When we’re threatened or sick, we make conditional promises. "If you let me A. Human Nature B. Conditional Promises C. How to Detect Cheating D. The Sadness of Plagiarism 我来回答: 提交
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