scammed?

my student of the plagiarism begged, with small baby in hands, to have another chance at turning in the paper.

she also wanted more credit for the presentation and facilitation that didn't happen and the reflection that didn't find anything wrong with this.

and I, maybe because I too did my degrees in a language that was not my mother tongue, and had my babies while I was in school, said ok to the resubmission of the plagiarized paper and partial credit for the presentation since she had done much work (it just never made it out of the discussion board and into the class).

but this morning, which student was the only one with technical difficulties on the final exam? and I naively thought, for about an hour, that yes, that does happen that online exams freeze and all is lost. but about two hours later I started to think, or maybe she now has all the essay questions and two days to work on them. not like her to log in so early in the 48 hour window.

so I put together a bunch of new essay questions and we'll see what happens next.

but I'm feeling an exhaustion that I can't seem to sleep away and still have other students' papers to grade.

Comments

[Julie]

Aristotle says rhetoric is "finding the available means of persuasion." I don't think he thought of bringing a baby. This gal's good.

[Inside the Philosophy Factory]

The baby is a new one for me -- although, my more cynical side would wonder if it was her baby, or one she borrowed for the afternoon...

[Bardiac]

Wow, just wow...