Melania Trump plagiarism?
One of the more difficult aspects of being a professor is dealing with plagiarism issues. I ask you to compare Michelle Obama's and Melania Trump's speeches, and decide for yourself. Be objective.
For your information, many professors require students to submit their work electronically so that it can be checked for plagiarism via turnitin.com. While such software checks do check for similarities in words and phrases, the analysis that the software performs does not give proper credit to the student when the student does give proper attribution.
If Mrs. Trump were taking a class from you, would she pass or fail, after last night?
For your information, many professors require students to submit their work electronically so that it can be checked for plagiarism via turnitin.com. While such software checks do check for similarities in words and phrases, the analysis that the software performs does not give proper credit to the student when the student does give proper attribution.
If Mrs. Trump were taking a class from you, would she pass or fail, after last night?
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This isn't about get out of jail or blame, this is about what's smart. Apologizing and attributing and thanking would be the smartest thing to do. If Melania doesn't then, she's not as smart as I hoped she was.
And, that's enough. Banging the same old nail over and over again isn't productive. If you don't and can't understand the best way for her to respond to the controversy, then my time is wasted.
Goodbye.
I think you should drop it. Melania's speech writer admitted the offending paragraphs came from Michelle. I'd say that's as close to definitive as you can get - the author said she plagiarized someone else.
The smart and decorous thing for Melania to do is apologize and credit Michelle, or Michelle's speech writer. That's always the best thing to do in public matters, be smart and decorous. I know it's not Donald Trump's way but, that doesn't mean Melania and his kids can't be smarter and more decorous than him. In fact, I'd say his kids are.
B.S = Bull Shit
Masters = Master of Bull shit.
Ph.D = Master of Bull shit piled higher and deeper.
Edited to add thought and fix spelling.
In College, my daughter was told she copied a research paper, but professor could not produce from where. Another professor came in and told him to set her down, give her any topic and tell her to write in in front of him. He did, she did, and he was blown away, and told the other professor he had never seen a student in his class with such a vocabulary and grasp of how to use it. Sometimes professors get goofy.
Also, I find it interesting how academic elitists, like to apply their academic elitist application of plagiarism rules to NON-ACADEMICS then treat paraphrasing though be it closely as though they were serial killers who ate children.
Here is ONE Academic definition of paraphrasing.
"Quoting: To quote is to include the identical wording from the original source in your paper. Quoted material in your paper is distinguished from your own words by the use of " " or by indenting the quoted text (if quoting a longer passage). In addition to quotation marks or indenting, all quoted material should also be cited, using either footnotes, endnotes, or in-text citation.
Paraphrasing: To paraphrase is to include the ideas or information from an original source in your paper by rephrasing those ideas or information in your own words. The key to successful paraphrasing is to use as few words as possible from the original text--be mindful not to change the meaning that you are trying to convey as you rephrase--and to cite your paraphrase. Without proper citation, your paraphrase could be construed as plagiarism." (http://www.plagiarism.org/citing-sour...)
Now if you compare word for word, and use academic acceptable standards, this was BORDERLINE, but not done for profit.
Next, I suppose using the phrases"Your word is your bond", "Work hard for what you get", "My parents passed on their values to me", Values need passed from generation to generation" in my opinion are phrases that fall into the PUBLIC DOMAIN.
So you can nit-pick all you want. the long and short is that Milania, speaks 5 languages fluently, and English is her 5th language not first or second. Milan is IS a first generation LEGAL immigrant to this country and is a naturalized citizen and has NEVER degraded out country by claiming this is a mean country like Michelle has.
Next, I took Milania's speech and ran it through 2 plagiarism checkers one being Grammarly and her speech came up with a 29% similarity with both averaged.
Next and to your last point, SHE IS NOT TAKING AN ACADEMIC CLASS FROM YOU for some academic grade!! Or ANY professor so this is really irrelevant and does not in any way subtract from the FACTS of her life.
That's why I roar sometimes.
Watter's World is supposed to be funny; but after some cringing over people's ignorance, I usually snap, voice some profanity and go channel surfing.
Oh, new thought inspired by you~
Bet a lot of those idiots have degrees.
The problem is really with the colleges. Not everyone should go to college, and if they do it should be to LEARN, not just get a paper degree.
And how come Michelle Obama gets away with it, when the same language was used by someone else earlier?
Besides, a speech full of that kind of empty generalities doesn't have much in the way of real content to steal.
I flunk the so-called journalist who "caught" this, and everyone else who thinks it's even important.
Funny thing is that very often the people who copy really dont get anywhere. They tend to NOT understand the important design elements incorporated in the things they copy, and therefore make an inferior product.
By the way, (it could have used more seasoning).
I believe her speech writer has already confessed (well, what passes for a confession these days) and apologized.
That was the original question; not whether she's bright, brave or, a good linguist or good speaker; just whether her speech plagiarized Michelle Obama's. It did. It would be nice if Melania Trump would admit it and attribute those paragraphs of her speech to Michelle Obama.
Of course, CNN would never let this information out, as it upsets their hidden liberal agenda.
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