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May 5th, 2021
rae 9:49am
Somewhere, Grete's ears prick. "A rock?!"
earldebuke 9:50am
Is there a BETTER gift? I think not!
earldebuke 9:54am
personae
rae 9:54am
BTW, I really enjoyed that may concert vignette. Lest you think it went ignored!
Slackbot 9:54am
earldebuke 9:54am
Oh tha was just Zane ggetting his groove back 🙂
rae 10:17am
☎️
earldebuke 10:18am
No worries
rae 11:31am
Gotta run! In person meeting with work... gone a few hours
earldebuke 11:32am
Later!
shadylady 11:34am
Lunch
earldebuke 12:59pm
And I am off for a few hours
catnik 2:07pm
mmm
catnik 2:07pm
a taco as my spirit animal
catnik 2:08pm
tacocat
earldebuke 3:18pm
Ha
robinrahne 4:00pm
waves!
earldebuke 4:04pm
Hi you. How are you?
robinrahne 4:06pm
I...have ascended the stairs, showered, dressed, and descended the stairs once more, all without significant incident. This is progress.
earldebuke 4:09pm
Why, it's almost mythical! To the heavens from the mortal realms, then down into the underworld!
robinrahne 4:09pm
Indeed! Can you boast such grand adventures in this day?
catnik 4:10pm
so
catnik 4:10pm
My plagiarist from last semester went from fall's 100% result on SafeAssign to 54%
catnik 4:11pm
And I honestly don't know if this means he tried, or just tried harder to disguise his copy & paste
catnik 4:11pm
and it's killing me, because if he had turned in a half-decent not plagiarized paper, he probably could have earned a B
catnik 4:11pm
A 0 on this paper will knock him to a D. Need a C for the class to count.
robinrahne 4:13pm
Ugh.
earldebuke 4:13pm
I fear I cannot, Rahne.
robinrahne 4:13pm
Oh, does a 100% on SafeAssign mean that he just reused an existing paper without changes?
catnik 4:14pm
well, 100% of the words matched to existing sources
rae 4:14pm
What's the percentage of SafeAssign that they can squeak by under as a potential coincidence?
catnik 4:14pm
he did move paragraphs around on his fall paper
earldebuke 4:14pm
And... well, Catnik, don't beat yourself up. I mean, yes it sucks he's having trouble but some seem quite self inflicted even now
robinrahne 4:14pm
Gotcha. Sounds like he needs to be reported for academic advisement.
rae 4:14pm
Yeah, that shows not just laziness but intent to cheat
catnik 4:15pm
I CHECK all the reports, but usually don't fuss anything under 20%
catnik 4:15pm
Thing is, I did submit him for academic honesty last fall
catnik 4:15pm
he failed the class
robinrahne 4:15pm
Well, it also shows a lack of confidence with the material. If he doesn't understand the work well enough to write about it, he hasn't earned the passing grade.
catnik 4:15pm
He has been doing much better this semester
robinrahne 4:15pm
Could it be a second-language issue?
catnik 4:16pm
Nope
catnik 4:16pm
And this time, the flagged sections have him adding on/reworking
catnik 4:16pm
idk
catnik 4:17pm
I hate this
robinrahne 4:19pm
It's frustrating and disappointing...but he clearly is not ready to succeed at college-level work.
robinrahne 4:21pm
It's not your failing, Catnik. It's his.
catnik 4:21pm
I really wanted him to pass
robinrahne 4:21pm
Yup. Apparently, he wanted you to pass him. But he didn't want to do the work it took to pass himself.
catnik 4:21pm
Some of the papers I got were bad but they were theirs.