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Subject: Re: Plagiarism discussed in the NCTE Newsletter
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 13:38:39 -0600
From: Jo-Anne Andre <[log in to unmask]>
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Just to be a devil's advocate, what if you had asked, "Why are we so 
obsessed with academic integrity?"

Jo-Anne Andre



Natasha Artemeva wrote:

> I was reading a modern Russian novel the other day, and in the 
> foreword the editor was saying that in this novel a reader would find 
> hidden
> quotes from various famous Russian authors whose names were then 
> listed. I am sure any of us can provide multiple examples
> of "borrowing" from other authors in literature, music, film, even in 
> academic papers. Why are we so obsessed with student plagiarism?
>
> Natasha
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