Saturday, November 15, 2008

What do you think should be the punishment for students who cheat in this class?
Answer: To minute his/her 10 scores at first.

It's possible that some students who have cheated in class may not have really thought about what they were doing and now regret it.
Answer: I think mere simple and honest Taiwanese will regret. Usually, if Taiwanese does cheating but doesn't be caught, they won't feel regretful. But I think they would feel guilty, indeed.

Should they be allowed a second chance to "fix" their mistakes? If so, what can they do to fix their earlier mistakes?
Answer: No, they should not be allowed. But if they still be caught, teacher should minute 10 scores again for the second time. They do it third time or more, you can fail them without thinking.

Response on jk2024.blogspot.com

Survey.

1. Copying a few pages from Wikipedia and turning it in as your assignment. - cheating (According to Wikipedia, it says the content can copy, but homework means just do it by yourself. Maybe it can be shorten or change the verb, not original copy.)
2. Asking someone else to write a few paragraphs of your paper for you—but you still do most of it. -Not cheating
3. Asking someone to proofread your assignment and fix the grammar mistakes for you. -Not cheating
4. Having someone read what you wrote and tell you if they can understand it or not. You take their ideas and fix what you wrote. -Not cheating
5. Using an article from an English language learning website by copying it and turning it in. -Cheating
6. Finding an article online that says exactly what you were thinking, so you just turn that in.
-Cheating
7. Reading an article that you found online, thinking about it, and then writing a response in your own words. -Not cheating
8. Doing a writing assignment for one class and then turning it in for two, three, or even more classes because you are too busy to do another writing assignment. -Cheating
9. Finding some writing online, but changing some of the verbs and nouns before you turn it in. -Cheating
10. Finding a paper online, but changing all of the verbs before you turn it in. -Cheating
11. Copying an article that you found, but you don't get caught so no one ever knows about it. -Absolute Cheating
~Finished

Thursday, November 13, 2008

New conception: Life's stages is shaped by society.(Issue)

The stages of life, from birth to death, may seem control by biology. However, the way I think about life's stages is shaped by society. During the Middle Ages, for example, children dressed and were expected to act just like little adults. Adolescence became a distinct stage of life only fairly recently, when a separate teenage subculture began to appear. But in the Middle Ages, young people were "children" until about age 16. Then they went to work, married, and had their own children. Today, "young adulthood" has become a new stage of life, stretching from about age 20 to 30. As life expectancy become longer and people spend years in active retirement, older adulthood has also become a distinct life stage.
http://www.aleutians.org/bd-FS.html

Assignment on 11/4

1. The penalty for plagiarism at Stanford University.
The penalty for student's first-time violation of plagiarism is a one-quarter suspension and 40 hours of community service. If the student is still caught but in final quarter of enrollment, the one-quarter suspension will be turned into two quarters.

2. The six possible punishments if you plagiarising at the University of Washington.
Correct answer:
Disciplinary Warning, Reprimand, Restitution, Disciplinary Probation, Suspension, Dismissal.


3. Fired for plagiariam(three articles):

FIRST: a reporter for the Explorer, weekly paper in Arizona, was fired after he/she was found to have taken a story written for a journalism class and, with a few minor updates, passed it off as new work. Aside from the dishonesty, one of the problems was that the piece was outdated and therefore contained inaccurate information.

SECOND: The Ward Churchill academic misconduct investigation concerned charges of plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification against him who Churchill was a professor at the time. On May 16, 2006, the investigative committee released its findings that he had engaged in academic misconduct and had been "disrespectful of Indian oral traditions."
The University's Standing Committee on Research Misconduct decided that Churchill should be dismissed.
Churchill has denied any wrongdoing, and has vowed to contest his firing in the court system.

THIRD: Papers submitted to Turnitin.com are checked against a database of more than one million manuscripts, which flags unoriginal phrases. Turnitin.com copies the student papers in their entirety to its database, which is a potential infringement of the students' copyrights. Such concerns lead officials at the University of California at Berkeley not to subscribe to Turnitin.com. This is ironic because John Barrie, the Turnitin.com founder, started developing the software upon which the service is based while a graduate student at Berkeley. Turnitin.com is growing rapidly; Mr. Barrie recently won a contract to serve more than 700 colleges and universities in Britain.

4. Opinion on plagiarism.

I have watched the website http://www.stanford.edu/dept/vpsa/judicialaffairs/students/plagiarism.cases.htm. In fact, some paragraphs I can't understand. Although each word is easy to explain, I just can't put them together.So, in my short opinion, there just a paragraph I want to talk about."A student turned in an essay that had substantial and extensive copying from a published source." and "He/She did not intend to plagiarize." This section, I think, which the student works so hard and denys that he/she doesn't copy, but the student really do it. If I were the student, I would have ordered the essay and written in my own words. It would look better

Response on jk2024.blogspot.com

Monday, November 10, 2008

This day.

I wrote blog journal all day long. I feel little sleepy now. But I can not go to sleep now, wonder why? Due to the journal and test tomorrow. I will crawl toward my bed. I love this floor, it just can go down stairs quickly. I lived in second floor, how lucky I am, right? But I little bit want to move to the other room lately, due to my good friend. she lived in third level, I can accept it. However the dorm rule say that if the change's time is over, can't do it anymore. What a pity.

Is this world too over?

Over exaggerated, over makeup, over cruel, over endurant, over indifferent, over selfish, over ideal. Why we doing these everyday. Can't we simplify our life? Maybe media make the world go crazy, People go crazy, too. For self or for what reason, the earth is cold. It's true that plenty of people can't feel real love in their hearts. So please cut off your TV and computer, save the planet, save us, save offspring.... Make it warmer, love it more. Let's go, LET'S GO!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Recommend.

I love to listen Tank's album recently. He is Taiwanese. His songs are lively and the voice is very attractive. Recommend it for you. Today I attended an excellent oration. The speaker is Lu ta-tan. He really came to our school, surprised? It's a pity that who had not participated in this speech. Although he is a disable, he does not blame anything. He changed his life all by himself. Owing to he was poor in his childhood, and he worked extremely hard and has a smart brain. Even cut a sausage that he could think of cutting different shapes. He creates various products, and the products sale all the world. I think he deserved to be a boss or a chairman. More about him
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!jhkt9NOTEke9AJmUGNE-/article?mid=4027&prev=4064&next=4000
http://blog.xuite.net/ifusol/baba/17458557

The day I went HGSH school.

The school is located in Hsinchu. Our First-aid Club participated a fun competition of the school. We had fun time, and we won many prizes. The activity is for volunteer commendation which gathered all the senior highs and universities in Hsinchu this place. After commendation is over, all delegations started performances. The live scene was so exciting that we could not stop dancing. Everybody watched and swung. It felt good! Last program is an extremely fun competition. It has nine different games, and we got four prizes. Finally, we had got a runner-up cup. Joined this activity making me think of my life time in my senior high school. I miss the younger me, it's lively. I am merry today, and I will treaure it.