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Oct 1

A friend’s student plagiarized the entirety of a two-paragraph assignment asking them how they would change the world, and I can’t decide if that’s a genius meta-commentary on the impossibility of meaningful change in a world dominated by power-bloated entrenched systems swelled far beyond any reasonable utility and the impotence of these monads we laughably call “citizens” in the face of such monumental forces, or if it’s just kinda depressing.

Posted at 4:12pm 52 notes

  1. sweiss87 reblogged this from barthel
  2. o-song said: Plagiarism in my experience is panicking, disorganised students with low opinions of their writing. To the extent that the same students later go on to become part of the power structure, maybe there’s irony there too.
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  4. annagetsthefabulousbabes reblogged this from barthel and added:
    See, I do not get stories like this. EDIT: (It occurred to me now that I’m more awake that what I meant to say was “I...
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    “Hey I was wondering if you had Toads of War in stock? Can you check and make sure please? Thanks.”
  6. nervousacid said: I battle with plagiarism every semester and I cannot figure out why kids do it. I’d chalk it up under depressing, but more relevantly, file under: sadly unnecessary.
  7. bg5000 said: New favorite tag.
  8. anycoloriwant reblogged this from katherinestasaph
  9. cureforbedbugs said: Those two things are the opposite of mutually exclusive.
  10. openapplev said: Suddenly given power over the entire world, they’d panic and turn to the first authoritative-sounding plan they found. Sounds accurate.
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