Does a teacher have the right not to accept an assignment?

Question

The teacher decided not to accept my essay because a few parts in the story weren't true. She told me I had to redo it. For the origional paper we had 2 weeks to write it. For my rewrite, I had four days to write it.

I neglected to redo this assignment -- and the day I had to turn it in, I asked a buddy of mine if I could borrow his paper with my name on it [not knowing that it was considered plaguerism at the time] and turned it in.

The teacher asked my buddy about his paper and he told her that I borrowed his paper. Then, she came to me and I said "yeah, I borrowed his paper because I didn't get my redo done."

My question goes as follows

-- Did she have the right to not accept my paper in the first place? Even if on her grading rubric it says nowhere that it has to be a 100% true story?

-- And, should I fight the case that I didn't know I plaguerized? And that if she had accepted the paper in the first place, it wouldn't have been an issue?

Turns out -- I took it to the administration and won the case.

She failed to put that it had to be a real story in the Rubric and did NOT have the right, according to the administration, to decline my paper. So, the plagairism charge was removed, and I was given a 100% on the paper.

But, thanks for your help guys :]

Answer 1

She had the right not to accept your paper and to request you redo it.

Ignorance is no defense. Anyone able to write should know the definition (and spelling) of plagiarism. Borrowing your friend's paper. puh-lease.

Answer 2

well my friend, i feel u dont have much right on ur side in this matter. the teacher has every right to reject ur assignment if part of what u have written is untrue. it may not have been said in the manual that assignemnts should be 100% true. but i dont think any manual might tell a teacher to accept an assingment which is wrongly written. as for the plagiarsm, that is an even greater mistake. u didnt know then that it was plagiarism. but u did know that u were too lazy to make ur own effort and that it was really a mistake to copy from ur freinds assignment. and plz dont think ur teacher to be a fool. she really would have found it out that u had not written that paper with ur own effort. believe me, i am a teacher myself. i recently gave my class one such assignment and it didnt take me much time to find who had copied from whose paper. remember one thing, she was just trying to correct your mistake and she certainly didnt have any intention of insulting you. had the same thing happened in an exam, would u say that no where in the exam manual is written that an anwer must be 100% true? thats the same case. i completly belive that she has the right to accept or reject ur assingment. and i dont think u can fight the case that u didnt know u plagiarized. step into ur teachers shoe and tell us how would u have dealt with the same situation.

Answer 3

In the classroom, it is the teacher who sets the rules...

But there are cases were things seem unfair...

So before you take another step, try talking to your teacher about it. It maybe that she has a (really) valid reason for doing that.

However, you have a right to call upon the help of the school's office should she refuse...

But going back to the part of redoing the work...

Well, at that time, it is your fault... A homework is a homework, however difficult and limited your time is... This is the quality of the student to pass these things on time, and perhaps if you managed to do it, she would have been pleased...

I hope you manage to get through this tough ordeal...

Have a nice day!

Answer 4

While I'm sure you weren't smart enough to know you plagiarized in the first place, learning a new word doesn't excuse the behavior.

You knew it was wrong to turn in someone elses work. It always has been.

It is her class so she can do what she wishes with the assignments. If you want to pass you have to fulfill her requirements.

And lastly, you aren't an honest person. There isn't truth to your work, it appears you are lazy and that you are looking for shortcuts. I think she should fail you and make you take the class again.



g-day!

Answer 5

A teacher does have her right to reject ur assignment on a single or multiple grounds. Plagiarism is considered to be a mistake even if done unwillingly or out of ignorance. There is nothing you could put a fight against ur teacher other than to request her to provide another chance to submit the assignment.

Answer 6

what she was doing was not accepting it giving you 4 more days to hand in a legitimate assignment that had facts to it.
So that it doesnt appear like you just wrote anything at the last minute.

If you argue, they will probably side with her, because you had plenty of time to do your own assignment.
She was doing you a favor.

You could have just not turned anything it.
And recieved the consequences for such--"F" detention, whatever

BUT in you CHEATING like you did, shows you tried to scam the system by not doing your assignment.

Try fighting it..se what happens.

Best would be do like every other student, research your paper, and complete the assignment instead of spending time trying to squirm your way out of doing the assignment.

Take this as a lesson.
Learn to do the work.
It will help you in the future.

Answer 7

If the teacher used any terms like, "non-fiction", "research", "facts", "factual", etc., she did say she wanted it to be 100% true. The teacher has every right to turn down a paper which does not meet the criteria of the assignment.

As for your claim that you didn't know you plagerized, you DID KNOW, even if you didn't know the term, because you knew that you DID NOT WRITE your friend's paper.

Answer 8

in my view, I easily have in no way grew to become in an task in something different than black or blue ink. i think of your instructor wouldn't have a concern with purple, purple, eco-friendly or orange ink as long as your writing is legible. having stated that, some instructors use purple ink to jot down comments on scholars papers, those instructors could no longer want scholars to apply purple ink so there's no longer any confusion between the lecturers writing and the scholars writing. i think of it can be a good option to ask your instructor in the event that they have a concern with colored ink.

Answer 9

The teacher can set any criteria they wish. There is nothing for you to "fight"; you lose. In fact, you should fail the class for the paper substitution stunt.

Answer 10

Lessee.......
you apparently failed to follow the original directions.
you failed to correct the original essay.
you 'borrowed' someone else's work and used it as your own.

it would appear that you are not ready to leave the sandbox.
better luck next time.