CRAP! Senior Paper Crisis!

**zajac** · 03-16-2005, 02:35 PM

Let me start off with this... In English 12, we have to type up a 6 page long opinion essay... Me being the lazy person that I am held it off to the last minute, and thought maybe getting one off of the internet would be a good idea... WRONG...

Today the teacher approached me and told me he would need to talk to me after class... He showed me some sheets of paper (the original essay printed off the website) and asked if I knew what it was... I said No... Then he said that I will be seeing the vice principal tomorrow...

I have obviously been found out and am SCREWED... This essay is worth pretty much 80% of our semester grade, and I am majorly screwed... I know I am an idiot for doing this and an even bigger idiot for getting found out...

What I ask of you guys is to help me out with a good story to tell the V.P. I have to go to work now and will be thinking nonstop about this, but what should I tell the V.P. tomorrow? Please be serious because my graduation or night-school is on the line here...

Peace out everyone...

**Kilgamayan** · 03-16-2005, 02:36 PM

While I feel for you, I find it pretty amusing that you decided to come back to the internet to fix the new problem.

**lightdarkness** · 03-16-2005, 02:46 PM

Looking for examples.

Torlock · 03-16-2005, 02:50 PM

You could tell him that you were really busy up until the night before, and felt that was the only way you could get it done. Then, you could be really apologetic. Dude that's all I've got. Good luck.

**zajac** · 03-16-2005, 02:55 PM

Really busy for the past month? And too busy to use the appx. 6+ hours of classtime we got in the computer labs? That won't work... ~sigh~

Torlock · 03-16-2005, 02:58 PM

Oh. You lost it. How about that?

Varia · 03-16-2005, 02:59 PM

Why don't you live with your mistakes instead of trying to lie yourself into a bigger hole.

Your grad night is on the line? Who's fault is that?

Hey Q, it looks like zajac needs a lesson in opportunity costs.

stlunatic0124 · 03-16-2005, 02:59 PM

at least you're not in college and you're not going to get expelled/arrested, be happy high school is a joke.

staroceanfreakx · 03-16-2005, 03:08 PM

Man, one of the only bad things about Google is that the teacher can type in a line from the essay and find it immediately...our teachers told us that and I found out how easy it is to catch plagiarizers, so now if I hold stuff off till the last minute I just half-ass it rather than risk a 0. I have nothing you can say to the VP though...that was a pretty serious thing.

Kenzya · 03-16-2005, 03:11 PM

Whoops!

**Neonatrias** · 03-16-2005, 03:12 PM

Zajac, I hate to sound like a jerk, but you're pretty much dead in the water now. Something like that can't be lied out of without something to go on. If you've had anything rough happening the past month or so that would've made you unable to concentrate, that'd be your best bet to use as an alibi of sorts. Otherwise, there's nothing else I can think of...Best of luck.

**zajac** · 03-16-2005, 03:13 PM

Yeah... I tried out the whole google thing a few minutes ago by typing in a couple sources and it found 3 sites where the essay is from... I am so depressed and freaking out right now... Cypher is helping me through this though... Thanks a million bud

Linkisdoomed · 03-16-2005, 03:22 PM

I would just laugh and say that you were screwed, but that wouldnt be right. Here you go. Make up something like you had wanted an example to look off of, and printed one off of the internet. when you were done, you put the real one somewhere else (make up a location) and accidentally put the other one in your pack. if they buy it, good, if not, try this one on for size. "I remember putting the other pieces of paper (location location location) and I can bring it in tomorrow if you would like. If they say yes, buy a 6-pack and start going, if not, your so totally screwed. If someone can make up a happy ending to this one, post it.

*EDIT* now your in my shoes buddy.

ImEric12 · 03-16-2005, 03:35 PM

I think he pretty much spoiled that when he said he didn't know what the essay the teacher showed him was. If he had used that excuse then, it might have worked.

evilbutterfly · 03-16-2005, 04:51 PM

How about you tell him the truth? Telling the truth makes them go easier on you, as long as you act very sorry about it.

And next time you copy from the internet, at least change the sentences around and reword everything. That doesn't take much time, really.

Kefit · 03-16-2005, 05:31 PM

You are fucked. And you have no one to blame but yourself.

But the good news is that you are still in high school, so you might not be completely and utterly fucked. If you were in college you would be expelled pretty much instantly. Anyway, don't think you can fool your vice principal - it is incredibly obvious that you plagarized, and lying to your teacher about it just made you look like a complete idiot.

Don't try and make up stories to get away with this, because they won't work. Be honest about it with the vice principal, and try to start a discussion on what you might be able to do to "make up" for this. I assume you have already been accepted into a college, so your main goal here is to find a way to not have this situation screw up that acceptence.

Good luck. I hope you have a nice vice principal.

And if you ever do get the urge to plagarize at all while in college, don't. Even if you only copy a sentence, they will catch you - most schools have very sophisticated plagarism detection programs that automatically search the internet. among many other sources. And if they catch you in college, then NOTHING will be able to save you.

QreepyBORIS · 03-16-2005, 05:35 PM

Tell the truth.

It will screw ou less than anything else, though linkisdoomed's idea was good. But too late for that.

Telling the truth will probably get you less screwed in the long run. :P

VegetaRobGT · 03-16-2005, 06:02 PM

my paper was 10 pages and i got a c

B3NJ1 · 03-16-2005, 06:04 PM

That was a stupid idea. I always wait til the last second, type some of it up before i go to bed and then wake up at about 5 to finish it. Everyone is probably right, telling the truth is probably the best answer. good luck

emccky · 03-16-2005, 06:05 PM

I just wrote a 4 page paper relating Kamikaze's and suicide bombers.. I had one line that was copied from a book and I forgot to cite it.. and I got a B just for that.. it was a 100 quality paper.. wahtever.

03-16-2005, 02:36 PM	#2
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03-16-2005, 02:50 PM	#4
Torlock FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Age: 33 Posts: 475	RE: CRAP! Senior Paper Crisis! You could tell him that you were really busy up until the night before, and felt that was the only way you could get it done. Then, you could be really apologetic. Dude that's all I've got. Good luck. __________________

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03-16-2005, 02:59 PM	#7
Varia FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: San Diego, bitches Age: 37 Posts: 1,713	RE: CRAP! Senior Paper Crisis! Why don't you live with your mistakes instead of trying to lie yourself into a bigger hole. Your grad night is on the line? Who's fault is that? Hey Q, it looks like zajac needs a lesson in opportunity costs. __________________ GB CHALLENGE IS HOMOSEXUAL ARE YOU HOMOSEXUAL? I THINK SO

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03-16-2005, 03:12 PM	#11
Neonatrias MAЯISA Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Urbana, IL Age: 36 Posts: 919	Zajac, I hate to sound like a jerk, but you're pretty much dead in the water now. Something like that can't be lied out of without something to go on. If you've had anything rough happening the past month or so that would've made you unable to concentrate, that'd be your best bet to use as an alibi of sorts. Otherwise, there's nothing else I can think of...Best of luck. __________________

03-16-2005, 03:22 PM	#13
Linkisdoomed FFR Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Where empty thoughts die. Age: 34 Posts: 594	I would just laugh and say that you were screwed, but that wouldnt be right. Here you go. Make up something like you had wanted an example to look off of, and printed one off of the internet. when you were done, you put the real one somewhere else (make up a location) and accidentally put the other one in your pack. if they buy it, good, if not, try this one on for size. "I remember putting the other pieces of paper (location location location) and I can bring it in tomorrow if you would like. If they say yes, buy a 6-pack and start going, if not, your so totally screwed. If someone can make up a happy ending to this one, post it. EDIT now your in my shoes buddy. __________________ R^3 Skin God R^3 Engine Skin Curator

03-16-2005, 03:35 PM	#14
ImEric12 FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Next to Hooker Land. :o Posts: 1,952	I think he pretty much spoiled that when he said he didn't know what the essay the teacher showed him was. If he had used that excuse then, it might have worked. __________________

03-16-2005, 04:51 PM	#15
evilbutterfly FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Small town, TN Age: 37 Posts: 5,784	How about you tell him the truth? Telling the truth makes them go easier on you, as long as you act very sorry about it. And next time you copy from the internet, at least change the sentences around and reword everything. That doesn't take much time, really. __________________ So I've gone completely slack-ass and haven't done any work on creating games. =( In less-depressing news, I got a job for an online business (which sells non-electronic games, of all things!) which has taught me a lot about marketing online and all that jazz. So now I'm on Twitter @NoahWright. And I write the blog for their website. Plus I do cool programming in-house that you'll never see. =O

03-16-2005, 05:31 PM	#16
Kefit FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,517	You are fucked. And you have no one to blame but yourself. But the good news is that you are still in high school, so you might not be completely and utterly fucked. If you were in college you would be expelled pretty much instantly. Anyway, don't think you can fool your vice principal - it is incredibly obvious that you plagarized, and lying to your teacher about it just made you look like a complete idiot. Don't try and make up stories to get away with this, because they won't work. Be honest about it with the vice principal, and try to start a discussion on what you might be able to do to "make up" for this. I assume you have already been accepted into a college, so your main goal here is to find a way to not have this situation screw up that acceptence. Good luck. I hope you have a nice vice principal. And if you ever do get the urge to plagarize at all while in college, don't. Even if you only copy a sentence, they will catch you - most schools have very sophisticated plagarism detection programs that automatically search the internet. among many other sources. And if they catch you in college, then NOTHING will be able to save you.

03-16-2005, 05:35 PM	#17
QreepyBORIS FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: It is a mystery. Age: 33 Posts: 7,454	Tell the truth. It will screw ou less than anything else, though linkisdoomed's idea was good. But too late for that. Telling the truth will probably get you less screwed in the long run. :P __________________ Signature subject to change. THE ZERRRRRG.

03-16-2005, 06:02 PM	#18
VegetaRobGT FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 201	my paper was 10 pages and i got a c

03-16-2005, 06:04 PM	#19
B3NJ1 FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: chair Age: 32 Posts: 266	That was a stupid idea. I always wait til the last second, type some of it up before i go to bed and then wake up at about 5 to finish it. Everyone is probably right, telling the truth is probably the best answer. good luck __________________

03-16-2005, 06:05 PM	#20
emccky Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: word Posts: 4,811	I just wrote a 4 page paper relating Kamikaze's and suicide bombers.. I had one line that was copied from a book and I forgot to cite it.. and I got a B just for that.. it was a 100 quality paper.. wahtever.

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