Community› Wedding Discussion Boards› Not Engaged Yet
Not Engaged Yet
New Discussion

I wrote a paper SO GOOD that my english prof refuses to grade it.

NarwhalNarwhal
First Comment
in Not Engaged Yet
I got a paper back today that my english professor wrote all over it:

"We have some problems with citations in this essay.  I am having a hard time believing that these ideas came out of your own head. Cite ALL your sources!  I will not grade this. Come speak to me."

I was really upset about it, but I've just decided to take it as a compliment. ;)
Anniversary
Report Reply to Post

Re: I wrote a paper SO GOOD that my english prof refuses to grade it.

  • loopy82loopy82 member
    First Comment First Anniversary
    edited December 2011
    Have you gone to speak with the professor yet?

    Don't they use software to see if you copied sentences/ phrases from the internet? In one of my classes I had to submit all of my papers to this website that analyzed them and showed all the information that showed up elsewhere on the internet.
    Image and video hosting by TinyPic
    Report Reply
  • sapphirebaby926sapphirebaby926
    Combo Breaker First Comment First Anniversary
    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_wrote-paper-good-english-prof-refuses-grade?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:e2634344-0acd-4a74-977f-e1444b0a79e6Post:b75bd658-904d-4a1b-8f11-c5cb03f2a257">Re: I wrote a paper SO GOOD that my english prof refuses to grade it.</a>:
    [QUOTE]Have you gone to speak with the professor yet? Don't they use software to see if you copied sentences/ phrases from the internet? In one of my classes I had to submit all of my papers to this website that analyzed them and showed all the information that showed up elsewhere on the internet.
    Posted by loopy82[/QUOTE]

    This! I know there is a site out there that does this but I can't remember what it is - a lot of my friends used it in college  but I never had a need for it.
    Lilypie Third Birthday tickers
    Report Reply
  • NarwhalNarwhal
    First Comment
    edited December 2011
    Yeah, I spoke with her. She said she would look over it again. I don't know if she completely believed me, but I did the best I could.  How do you prove that you just knew something?

    We do use that program in some of my classes. I didn't copy and paste anything, it is the ideas i came up with that she is concerned with.
    Anniversary
    Report Reply
  • loopy82loopy82 member
    First Comment First Anniversary
    edited December 2011
    I just tried doing a brief search to see if it would turn up anything. For the life of me I can't remember what it was called. Oh well. That was about 3 years ago, I would have thought that by now it was common place for profs to do have students do this to prevent plagarizing.
    Image and video hosting by TinyPic
    Report Reply
  • pinkpinotpinkpinot member
    First Comment First Anniversary
    edited December 2011
    I think you should take it as a compliment!  You didn't plagiarize anything so you shouldn't have anything to worry about it.  Sounds like you did an awesome job, congrats!
    image
    BabyFruit Ticker
    Report Reply
  • loopy82loopy82 member
    First Comment First Anniversary
    edited December 2011
    I think I would be really crabby if someone was telling me that I didn't come up with my own ideas. Over time people are exposed to so much information and media that yes in 2004 you may have seen/ read something that you remembered and have developed that idea but didn't recently read or find that information.

    Good luck!
    Image and video hosting by TinyPic
    Report Reply
  • ashleyjo09ashleyjo09 member
    First Comment
    edited December 2011
    I had a english professor do something similar to me when I was freshman....then she told me I was dis-respectful towards her. My jaw dropped as I am the most poliet person ever. Needless to say she didn't like me very much and the feeling was mutual.
    Report Reply
  • chipyponychipypony
    First Comment
    edited December 2011
    I have never used the plagarism thing but I had a professor tell me that my writing was too good that it must be plagarized. Seriously??? Its not like the rest of my work was poor and suddenly I had an outstanding paper...I am just a good student, writing is my strong point. You are very calm, I would be furious, but I am known to have a bit of a temper
    Image and video hosting by TinyPic Wedding Countdown Ticker
    Report Reply
  • StephB1185StephB1185 member
    First Comment
    edited December 2011
    not sure if this is the one you ladies are talking about, but we used turnitin.com at my university.
    Narwhal - she's just afraid that you ARE that smart and that you're going to take over her job I guess!
    "Diversity is the key to life, without it we would be a mindless drone of a single colored spectrum."
    Report Reply
  • loopy82loopy82 member
    First Comment First Anniversary
    edited December 2011
    turnitin.com is exactly what I was trying to think of! I knew it was something incredibly simple, but like I said it was like 3 years ago now and I only used it for one class.
    Image and video hosting by TinyPic
    Report Reply
  • chickadeedeedeechickadeedeedee
    First Comment
    edited December 2011
    Dude. Same thing happened to me my sophomore year of high school. I wrote a report on gender roles in the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and my teacher thought I plagiarized it because 15 year olds aren't supposed to understand that book, let alone analyze the gender roles, so she refused to grade it, gave me a 0 for the course, and called my parents and the school board about me. The school board and my parents came back and said, uh, this girl is a freakin' genius, and then the teacher got fired.

    KHARMA, BEEYOTCH!
    Report Reply
  • PaigeMcCPaigeMcC member
    First Comment Combo Breaker
    edited December 2011

    I had that happen in my last semester of university.  Well sort of, he graded it but was like "Where the heck did this come from? Are you sure you wrote it?"  It kind of sucks they don't believe you but good for you! You're just THAT GOOD! ;)


    "Popular on the internetz..."
    image

    Canada is kind of like a whole other world with new things to discover that us americans only dream of. - Narwhal
    Paige I would like to profess my love for you and your brilliant mind. - breezerb
    Murried Bio
    Report Reply
  • zaneopalzaneopal member
    First Comment
    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_wrote-paper-good-english-prof-refuses-grade?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:e2634344-0acd-4a74-977f-e1444b0a79e6Post:114e0a14-95cb-4148-a311-259cd502bbd6">Re: I wrote a paper SO GOOD that my english prof refuses to grade it.</a>:
    [QUOTE]Dude. Same thing happened to me my sophomore year of high school. I wrote a report on gender roles in the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and my teacher thought I plagiarized it because 15 year olds aren't supposed to understand that book, let alone analyze the gender roles, so she refused to grade it, gave me a 0 for the course, and called my parents and the school board about me. The school board and my parents came back and said, uh, this girl is a freakin' genius, and then the teacher got fired. KHARMA, BEEYOTCH!
    Posted by chickadeedeedee[/QUOTE]

    That happened to me, too, with a paper on sexuality in Dracula. My teacher was cool with it, loved it actually, but when she shared it with other teachers in the English department, they all were like "oh my gosh there is no way a 16 year old wrote this!"

    It's like they expect us to all be horrible writers.
    Report Reply
  • Button5807Button5807
    Fourth Anniversary First Comment Combo Breaker
    edited December 2011
    Congrats, you're awesome!
    image image image image 
    "but you're SO FUNNY, button! you're so funny i kind of want to crawl into your skin and wear it as my own. " - NarwhalYou, my dear, are the Queen of the Beebees. Here's a tiara - Oceana 
    Wedding Countdown Ticker
    Report Reply
  • SonaliPopSonaliPop member
    First Comment
    edited December 2011
    When I did my degree, I wrote a paper in one of my courses and the professor said I did the same thing. She ran it through the program and was convinced even though nothing was found that I stole something.

    Too bad the rest of my professors from the department told her she needed to quit it and explained to her that any time you start or make changes on a Microsoft Word document, it can be tracked. Every draft and change I made was saved. She looked like an a-hole.

    Good luck to you and keep writing awesome papers. The title of your post cracked me up. Love it.
    Report Reply
  • babybchbumbabybchbum member
    First Comment Combo Breaker
    edited December 2011
    The website is called turn-it in.com
    ClickinMoms.com
    Planning Bio | Married Bio
    Family Blog
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Report Reply
  • StephB1185StephB1185 member
    First Comment
    edited December 2011
    What's really sad is that teachers/professors don't get enough truly smart, intellectual students anymore - and when they do, they're SHOCKED!  How depressing.
    "Diversity is the key to life, without it we would be a mindless drone of a single colored spectrum."
    Report Reply
  • MissOnnaleeseMissOnnaleese
    First Comment
    edited December 2011
    She's just jealous you're more intelligent than she is.
    Report Reply
  • 202987202987 member
    First Comment
    edited December 2011
    This happened my senior year of high school-the teacher decided (2nd paper of the class, written about a different book under different writing circumstances) that I had "used sources and didn't know to cite them-not plagarism". 
    She also said not to tell my mom, because she didn't want a note about it.
    Told mom, mom wrote a not-nice note, calmed mom down, mom wrote another nicer note, and turned that in.  Teacher got mad without even reading the note because I told.  Hilarity ensued, ending when teacher (mid 50s?) gave me (17) the hand.
    Then the vice principal got involved...
    I guess it is hard for them with all the plagarism, but really, they shouldn't assume good=ripped off.  Especially from good students with no prior history.
    Report Reply
  • NarwhalNarwhal
    First Comment
    edited December 2011
    That's basically exactly what she was trying to say.  That I used the other sources and didn't know how to cite them. Then when I tried to tell her I didn't use any other sources, she thought I was just stealing the other ideas.
    Anniversary
    Report Reply
  • SonaliPopSonaliPop member
    First Comment
    edited December 2011
    Maybe said jealous teacher needs an enema?
    Report Reply
  • PrettyMetalPrettyMetal
    First Comment
    edited December 2011

    Stinks when you get slamed for doing a great job...That's what your suppose to to right?!   I hate it when teachers treat great writing like stolen goods.

    Report Reply
  • notquiteblushingnotquiteblushing member
    Eighth Anniversary First Comment
    edited December 2011
    I would take this seriously and make an appointment with the prof and the dean ASAP.  You're being accused of plagiarism which was a huge deal at my college and I thought all of them.  Good luck!
    TTC since 07/11 Me: 32 AO PCOS/DH: 32 Lowish count/motility IUI#1-3 = BFN (Clomid, Clomid-->Femara, Injects) IVF#1 ER on 9/24 19 ER/19 M/9 F w/ICSI Transferred a 5AA and a 5BB on 9/29 Beta 10/9 = 139 Beta 10/11 = 287
    imageimageAlternaTickers - Cool, free Web tickers

    My Blog

    Report Reply
  • NarwhalNarwhal
    First Comment
    edited December 2011
    Yeah, I'm definitely going to make a big deal out of this if she refuses to grade it again.  She said she would "look over it and make her decision," so I'm going to wait till that happens.

    We've gotten along really well all semester, I don't really know why she flipped all of a sudden.
    Anniversary
    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards