[randog]

Do we have a generation of Blairs on our hands?

[brbethke]

Yes. And a lot of them post on FreeRepublic.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/906631/posts

[Gabrielle Reilly]

I find it very hard to believe that the paper did not notice 50 accounts of such. Did Blair, as a minority, provide a good shield to be a "wood duck" to portray what the paper wanted to say?????????????????????????????????

[syriacus]

Do we have a generation of Blairs on our hands?

I think we do.

Our public schools are promoting the "ideal" of kids working in groups--on almost everything.

Students work on dozens of projects together (during and after school hours). A good grade gets shared by the whole group, even if one child does most of the work.

This blurring of personal responsibility for personal outcomes can easily lead to the student's thinking "Why should I work hard? What's yours is mine."

[Mr. Bird]

As a journalism student and as a law student

It appears that Mr. Spiegal is attempting to become the most loathed man on the planet.

[Bigg Red]

From the article:
...managed to con even the most scrupulous newspaper professionals in the nation...

Where are those professionals he is describing.

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On a side note: This article is rather poorly written for someone who graduated in journalism.

[McGavin999]

Look, when you have a school system that thinks it's perfectly acceptable to do away with grades so nobody "feels bad about themselves" what do you expect. We no longer reward honor, integrity, good works, because it might make those who do no measure up to that standard feel bad.

It's time to get this country back on the right path. Those who excel are looked up to, those who cheat are looked down on. Plagerism is stealing. It's taking that which is not yours and claiming it for yourself.

[Eala]

The scourge of plagiarism seems to be everywhere these days.

Consider how Joe Biden got a pass on it...