Cat Nap
I had a lot going on today, including an event I need to prepare for tomorrow. As I was settling down to read a lot of material, I felt a little cold, and put on my heavy robe. Then the Qatteri Cat heard me and came in and snuggled up close and went to sleep. His slow, regular breathing, and his little cat-sleeping noises had its effect on me, too, and the next thing I knew, I was also sound asleep.
AdventureMan said “I hate to wake you, but I’m hungry” and I was glad he did. We went out for a quick bite which turned out to be not so quick, and I am growing increasingly uncomfortable at how unprepared I am going to be when he says “don’t you remember college? Isn’t there someplace on the internet you can go and get some ideas to put this together quickly?” and it’s like a lightbulb going on – oh yeh! There is this wonderful new way to gather information in a hurry. I can get other people’s ideas . . .
We used to use something called Cliff Notes, you could buy them in any university bookstore to fill in if you didn’t have time to read the book, or to guide you if you read it and didn’t understand it.
Now I am off to find the current day equivalent, to crib some notes off the internet since I am now WAAAYYY behind the curve.
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Good luck with your project. We had Cole’s Notes in Canada … and I could never find one on the subject/topic I needed!
This and a previous post has caused me to think more about plagiarism. There is a huge focus on plagiarism in education right now (possibly because copy and paste is so prevalent) but I always feel somewhat hypocritical … aren’t we always learning and borrowing from each other? It is how we use it I guess … or the degree or the form. It can get so complicated. And yet, stealing/using another’s work is wrong (and I know you were shocked/dismayed to see your work on another’s blog)
I once had a student who handed in an essay that was immediately suspect. I found it in 30 seconds on the Internet. I called the student in to discuss the issue (teachable mement and so on) and he vehemently denied getting the essay from the Internet! When faced with the evidence and asked to explain the obvious, he said very impatiently … Pleeeeease believe me, Miss. I didn’t get it from the Internet. I got it from my roommate!
I was lucky, Sheila – I found my topic. I just needed some guidelines for leading a seminar, and I found exactly what I needed.
You are right about plagiarism. I think when you use someone else’s material, you have to give them credit, even for their ideas. Even with friends, if I have had a conversation with one, I will try to give them credit for an idea when talking with another, so as not to appear to be creative in a way that I am not.
One time, as a long term substitute teacher in a History class, a student turned in a paper with a photo CUT OUT OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA IN THE LIBRARY! I was stunned, and horrified. What was he thinking???? (Answ: he wasn’t thinking.)
yeah Copy-Paste makes homework and book reports much easier for the new generation, we weren’t so lucky 😦