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High school principal and valedictorian punished after BOTH of their graduation speeches were found to be plagiarised
High school principal and valedictorian punished after BOTH of their graduation speeches were found to be plagiarised
After doing all the hard work to reach their respective positions, apparently they couldn't resist the temptation to take the easy way out on this last day.

Themepic is not the offending parties picked by tigertony 6 months ago
tags temptation graduation plagiarism speech
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 Boomshan...
6 months ago
What makes you think they worked hard to get to their respective positions?
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 DoggySpe...
6 months ago
You know, I have a very Dutch/European view on the matter.

We don't have prom nights, we thus don't have a prom queen and king, we don't do those elections in schools to pick the class president, heck we don't do graduation speeches.

Why the damn focus in everything on popularity in the US. School should be about education, not who is the most popular and most beloved in school.

Granted, it is not very nice to plagiarise a speech, but I don't give a hoot about something that could easily be said in one word: "Thanks"

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 Boomshan...
6 months ago
« DoggySpew : You know, I have a very Dutch/European view on the matter.

We don't have prom nights, we thus don't have a prom queen and king, we don't do those elections in schools to pick the class president, heck we don't do graduation speeches.

Why the damn focus in everything on popularity in the US. School should be about education, not who is the most popular and most beloved in school.

Granted, it is not very nice to plagiarise a speech, but I don't give a hoot about something that could easily be said in one word: "Thanks"

[/rant]
Having an English education - I'm right there with you.

No prom, no stress.
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 Kametamo...
6 months ago
Hmph. I agree - it's such a fuss over a speech that can be essentially boiled down to "so long, and thanks for all the fish".
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 2manyuse...
6 months ago
Superintendent Alan Leis

“Again, we sees these events as serious breaches of our standards and an aberhation from the norm,”
We sees? What sort of an education did school superintendent Leis receive?

Sees can be used in "he sees" "she sees" "The school sees", but not "we sees"

Or am I mistaken and "we sees" is acceptable grammar?

In any case, way too big a fuss over a meaningless valedictorian speech.
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 pfortner...
6 months ago
« 2manyusernames : Superintendent Alan Leis

We sees? What sort of an education did school superintendent Leis receive?

Sees can be used in "he sees" "she sees" "The school sees", but not "we sees"

Or am I mistaken and "we sees" is acceptable grammar?

In any case, way too big a fuss over a meaningless valedictorian speech.
Excellent catch 2many. That has GOT to be a typo. Please tell me it is! LMAO
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 T1000
6 months ago
« 2manyusernames : Superintendent Alan Leis

We sees? What sort of an education did school superintendent Leis receive?

Sees can be used in "he sees" "she sees" "The school sees", but not "we sees"

Or am I mistaken and "we sees" is acceptable grammar?

In any case, way too big a fuss over a meaningless valedictorian speech.
I doubt it's an aberration from the norm, I'm pretty sure that most students cheat
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 T1000
6 months ago
« DoggySpew : You know, I have a very Dutch/European view on the matter.

We don't have prom nights, we thus don't have a prom queen and king, we don't do those elections in schools to pick the class president, heck we don't do graduation speeches.

Why the damn focus in everything on popularity in the US. School should be about education, not who is the most popular and most beloved in school.

Granted, it is not very nice to plagiarise a speech, but I don't give a hoot about something that could easily be said in one word: "Thanks"

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The valedictorian position isn't a popularity contest or a vote, it's whoever has the highest GPA in the graduating class.
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