Posts by Drd0little

Drd0little

Aug 03, 2008

General Talk / Do students really hand in essays written by others (and not get caught)? [62]

ahhh, gotcha. Thanks EW-Writer. I hope I don't offend anyone by saying that some people here who claim to write have pretty nasty English qualifications in the writing dept.!!!!

Well, in some ways school was always a "business", you have the sports guy's who get breaks because they got the school to the championship's or whatever, the rich people, family tradition of attending the school. I'm sure if some rich family had a kid who cheated, s/he would get a slap on the wrist, as opposed to someone who works their butt off to support a family and didn't find the time to write a small paper.

Sounds about right: that's life!!!

Drd0little

Jul 31, 2008

General Talk / Do students really hand in essays written by others (and not get caught)? [62]

Funny EW-writer! So, you guys trust a writer from company? Do student's have access to check if it's an original somehow? As I read through the board, it looks like a lot of people have trouble speaking English, yet say they are writers... what am I missing?

Personally, I don't see anything wrong with this. There's an argument to be made that yes, you should do your own work and earn your degree, but then a lot of people just can't find the time, maybe due to family and work and need something very fast. But I don't see how that a site could offer you the copyright to a paper, while on the site in small print, it says you cannot use it unless you quote it (I forgot which site I checked out). So for example, let's say one get's caught by some super-scanning software, however since it's paid for, it's copyrighted - how does that stand up against them taking away (I'd assume) your degree?

Drd0little

Jul 30, 2008

General Talk / Do students really hand in essays written by others (and not get caught)? [62]

Wow, that blows my mind!!! OK, not judging anyone, just thought they'd scan it in and search for the words, kinda like a google search??

P.S. The topic? That's NOT what I put, my original topic was "Hello new guy with a question" or very close to that. Is there a reason someone changed my topic? I find that to be a bit infringing on my right's. It's just a question, and I wanted some small details on how it works! Jeez next time I'll go to wikipedia, nice admin board

Drd0little

Jul 28, 2008

General Talk / Do students really hand in essays written by others (and not get caught)? [62]

Hi there,

I'm Kendrick, hello all!

New member, but a reader of the forum for a good year and a half.

I'm no longer a student ( a good 20+ years), but reading from you guys/girls, I just gotta ask - do people REALLY hand in stuff that's written by another person and not get caught? I'd think with today's technology that they'd find it pretty quick - unless it really is an original service. If you got caught, don't they kick you out of school and your career is kaput?

Please don't take this question the wrong way - just wanted to know if anyone is willing to share there experiences or how it works - do teachers have special programs to check the work online, or say for a Dissertation, does the library have some huge database they check against? How's it work? I'm convinced it does happen (people hand it stuff not there's, and hey, not judgin' anyone!) but I'd think that's a big risk to take - depends on the School?

Well, thanks if anyone wants to enlighten a mid-life crisis-er. (Joke.) Don't do the LOL thing, or whatever it is. Lucky I can read e-mails now!