2007-12-11 07:43:44 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The truth. Get your parents and the principal involved if necessary. She has no proof and thus should not be allowed to convict you and punish you. Good luck.
2007-12-11 07:47:35 · answer #1 · answered by lcmcpa 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
If you really didn't plagiarize (or even borrow).... I'd look the teacher square in the face and tell them "This is my writing and all mine. And I don't appreciate the suggestion that it's not." There is no need to attack your teacher by calling him/her a liar.
But there is a need to defend yourself and your writing skills. The suggestion that your essay wasn't written by you can be taken as a compliment to your actual skills or could be taken as an insult to your character. How you respond is up to you.
If it were me and I knew I put the work into an essay and I didn't get credit for it, I'd be ticked off. And I'd most certainly let that instructor know how I felt and that I'd tell them that I most certainly did do my own work and didn't appreciate the implication that I had not.
On the other hand, IF you didn't write it.... Well, do you think it's fair to take credit for someone Else's work? And do you think you're going to learn anything by not doing the work yourself? To me, that's a waste of time and money. And it's tantamount to robbing ones self.
2007-12-11 15:58:00 · answer #2 · answered by Brenda 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can think of two reasons that a teacher might think that you plagarized. One, there is a very similar or even identical esay floating around. If so, you're up the proverbial creek without the proverbial paddle. The other is that the language you used in the essay is so different from everything else you've written that it looks as if the words are not yours. Perhaps you used the same language that your sources did. That's fine, provided that you used quotation marks and cited the source. If it's just a sentence here and a word there, you may get off with a warning. If it's more than that ....
2007-12-11 16:33:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should (1) tell him that you did not do it, and (2) ask him, which parts of your essay make him think so. Then (3) try to explain him, how did you come up with the text which is similar to somebody's else. That's the only thing you can do. If he is not convinced, then (4) ask if you can do another essay and make sure it will not look as if you plagiarized.
2007-12-11 15:50:25 · answer #4 · answered by Tusia 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
List your sources (footnotes) as well as your inspiration and how you came to your conclusions. This may help.
A teacher once did this to me in 5th grade. She also confiscated my report (which was about the Civil War). It was very embarassing at the time. The following year she used my report as an example of what a good report shoud look like. Exasperating! My mother had many choice words for her the next time she saw her.
Realize that if you go that extra mile, you may be accused of cheating. It's not fair but the world is full of idiotic boobs. Your footnotes are your best protection. This is how published authors avoid being sued when using someone else's work.
2007-12-11 15:52:01 · answer #5 · answered by eftlover 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
presuming you didn't plagiarize demand you teacher proves what you had done and then the criteria for plagiarism (there is a percentage of similar words to non similar in essay writing that constitutes an essay.
Offer to discuss the subject without books in front of the class to prove you know your stuff and humiliate them if they cannot show you what page of what article of what academic literature by publically demanding an apology.
ood luck
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2007-12-11 15:48:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you didn't plagiarize your essay.....and that's the truth then I'd ask your teacher to tell you were you "stole" it from and to prove it to you. Because if she thinks you did and can prove it..........how embarrassing for you........hmmm.
But if she's calling you a liar.........tell her to prove it. Now if she doesn't then tell your parents what she said. If your parents don't want to step in then you talk to the principal.
But don't do any of that if you did plagiarize.
2007-12-11 15:49:30 · answer #7 · answered by MLJ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I heard that there's a website that teachers can use; they type in a portion of your paper, and if it's plagiarized, the article(s) the student copied from will pop up. Maybe you should ask your teacher if he's heard of such website. Tell him to find that website, and type in a portion of your paper in it.
Then again, maybe that's just a lie my professors tell to keep students from plagiarizing. It's worth a try though!
2007-12-11 15:53:14 · answer #8 · answered by ~Cremy~ 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
if you ARE very very honest that you DID NOT plagiarize, show him proof (like if you got your sources form an article, and you write about it.. print that page off the internet) so he can compare it. If you truly didn't plagiarize, you don't deserve a 0.
Best of luck
2007-12-11 15:47:29 · answer #9 · answered by .Music. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If your teacher is doubting where you got your works cited from, show him exactly where you did. Simple enough right? Especially if this accusation puts your grade or integrity on the line, its worth it to have the truth be told, then to be the butt of many jokes in the teachers lounge. Because trust me, teachers talk about students as much as they don't like to admit it, just as much students talk about teachers.
2007-12-11 15:48:22 · answer #10 · answered by FineAsWine 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
be honest, tell him you didn't. If that doesn't work, have your parents write a note to the teacher saying that you didn't plagiarize.
2007-12-11 15:47:00 · answer #11 · answered by Padambi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋