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Dozens of Reported Plagiarism Incidents On Coursera's Free Online Courses
An anonymous reader writes "The discussion forums in Coursera's Massive Open Online Courses are full of talk of plagiarism these days. 'Plagiarized essay — so disheartening,' said one post. 'Continued Plagiarism in the Assignments,' says another. Students are cheating even though the courses carry no credit. Plagiarism-detection software may be in the future, the company's leaders say."
The problem is societal, not simply restricted to 'copy and paste'.
The values society places on education, excellence, self-sufficiency, morality have been replaced with a standardized MTV polluted liberal version of education. Single mother families, drugs, you name it, there is no single root cause.
We are teaching our children not to be smart and to do well, but to learn the party line and be good little socialists; and this is what you get.
Ask any jr high schooler today - what party was Abraham Lincoln a part of when he freed the slaves. Nine times out of ten you will hear 'Democrat'.
We have a systematic problem here, plagiarism is just a small part of the whole. Surprising? Not at all.
No, we're not talking about "ends justifying the means". We are talking about the society that has a whole bunch of different rules for different classes of people, which IS a liberal point of view. We are talking about equal results, not equal opportunity, which is a liberal point of view. We are talking about "you didn't do that" mentality from the President, who thinks that people working their asses off to get ahead in the world should be punished for working harder than others. We're talking about the OWSers who are going after the "1%" in a despicable show of envy and jealousy.
Don't get me wrong, the right side has its issues as well, but THIS is a liberal point of view. You are correct, the point of education is to learn, and people who don't value that shouldn't be rewarded. However, the punishment comes when they get their asses fired for being stupid and not knowing what they ought to know. The punishment to employers are for those that accept that a piece of parchment means anything.
It means that in the future, you're going to have to work harder to find qualified people, and qualified people are going to have to work harder at being noticed. But the rewards for that hard work will far exceed those that accept that a piece of parchment and a certification means anything useful.
When I interview people I always ask a question or two about future educational goals, but never directly. I want to know that people want to continue to learn. Corporations that don't help educate their people who want to improve themselves will always suffer compared to those that do.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
I once met an engineer who couldn't spell. True story.
Therefore, engineers clearly are useless to society and we should mock them.
Honestly, people who argue the way you do (providing anecdotal evidence to reinforce uneducated opinions) are wastes of time to discuss anything with. From your comment I will assume you are a neck bearded IT Sys Admin who everyone in your company avoids because you couldn't figure out how to work the shower this morning.
See, I can make general bullshit up too.
You mean like the Black Pather's standing outside voting places and declaring that they are going to get violent at the RNC convention? You mean that kind of "voter intimidation" ?
You mean like not wanting out men and women in the armed services to have extended voting periods when they are deployed overseas as voting suppression?
Or that Blacks vote almost 80-90% for Democrats even though it has been historical fact that the (D) are the people who opposed Civil Rights and were members of the KKK? Black people keep voting for the same people expecting different results, I pity the (D) party when they finally realize that it is the (D) party keeping them enslaved on the plantation.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.