What the Student Was Educated
to Do
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The student’s words are shaded.
Traits |
Distance learning student Adult—worked really hard all the time |
Initial Submission of a term in an exam |
Underlining shows what she did: The Dawes Severalyt Act was passed in 1887. This law
was to authoriz the president to survy Native American reservations and
divid them into 160 acre farms.This act stripped Native Americans
of their rights. After
recieving this land, Native Americans could not sell or lease the land
for 25 years. For reformers this law pushed Indians towaerd white
civilazation, but for for the western settlers it made Indian land
more available.The Dawes Act undermined the trible structure and
culture of the Native americans. |
Compared To the Source |
Congress passed
the Dawes Severalty Act in 1887. Named after Senator Henry L. Dawes of
The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 completed the process of stripping Indians of their rights. (p. 525) |
Our Initial Call And Resolution |
We talked through a prevention of closing the book before
she started to write (Before Compose,
Close). Things seemed OK. |
Transcript Of The Call—Very Typical Of These Students |
…I am having so much trouble. I have not taken the Exam 2
Writing simply because I’m afraid I’ll fail again because I’m afraid I will
plagiarize. I don’t know how not to plagiarize. I just don’t know what I’m doing. I read what’s in the book and I uh…that’s just the way that I learn it. I tried to put that in my own words and for some reason it comes out just like in the book. I got a 1 last time. I’m just trying not to get a 1 this time. You can call me
back at… |
Our Second Talk |
She was taught to copy words exactly into her notebook—and
copying her own notes wasn’t plagiarism to her. She then typed those words
exactly into Blackboard textbox. Finally got through to her by asking if anyone would pay
for the skill of typing stuff from one place to another. Then we tried again
on prevention. |
What She Wrote In An Email About Her School Before And
Where She Works |
in high school, maybe even jr hi, we were to find an
answer in the book and write just what the book said. I now work at a private
school and that is pretty much the same thing. Even on papers the students
have to write what the encyclopedia, or wiki says. I didn’t learn about how
easy and harsh plagerism is until 2007 when I seriously took my first english
1301 class. |
FYI: Although she had learned something about plagiarism
in that class, she still did not
realize that what she was doing was plagiarism. What seemed to get through to her was my asking if any business would pay her for what she was doing? Could a business make money from this kind of skill to be able to pay her enough that she could have food and shelter? Then we talked about whether what she was doing was really
learning or just busy work. Doing this used up all of her time—and made sure
she was acting in ways that meant she’d never learn. |
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Final Email |
She broke some of the old habits and she recognized it: |
This class has taught me more than just history and I just
feel that My entire college career will be better because of you and this
class. Thanks A million. |
WCJC Department: |
History – Dr. Bibus |
Contact Information: |
281.239.1577 or cjb_classes@yahoo.com |
Last Updated: |
2010 |
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