9/18 Reader Response
Out of the three choices we had I am choosing the one about cheating/ plagiarism. I am picking the side that cheating detectors and in-class writing work are beneficial rather than hurting the students. Not only does it make the kids work harder for their grade but it keeps things original and makes them do their own work.
“Two missing items on every modern high-school student’s checklist: Plagiarism Detectors and In-Class Work”
I chose this side because I honestly believe that this form of teaching (I guess you could call it that) is beneficial to both the students and the teachers. It helps the teachers out by keeping a tab and monitoring the kids papers and helps detect cheating. It allows the teachers to give out grades knowing that it was the students own ideas in their work. It also makes the students do their work with minimal outside input on their work and challenges them to be creative with what they write.
Another reason I am picking this is because I went through the same process for my high school British Literature class in which we did 500-word essays in class and had to finish them before the period was over. Not only did this make me do my own work on the paper but also gave me a deadline for having work done which helped me greatly seeing as I am a horrible procrastinator. Having first-hand experience with this topic will allow me to write about how I truly feel which I believe will help me in the long-run.