University of North Carolina "Student" Athlete Term Paper
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http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/unc-tutor-reveals-10-sentence-term-paper-earned-football-player-a-phony-class-article-1.1737861
A whistleblower at the University of North Carolina has revealed a typo-riddled, 146-word term paper that earned a football player an A- in a bogus course meant to boost his GPA and keep him eligible.
The single-paragraph report on Rosa Parks was revealed in an ESPN interview with Mary Willingham, a campus tutor who spent a decade working with UNC athletes and who has taken the lead in speaking out about how the school allegedly jipped jocks out of a quality education.
In the segment, Willingham and former Tar Heel gridder Deunta Williams explained how athletes at the school were urged to take scam "paper classes," listed in course books as independent studies classes in departments such as African American Studies.
The classes had no attendance requirement, Willingham said, and students were only required to write a single paper to receive a high grade from an adviser.
"Athletes couldn't write a paper. They couldn't write a paragraph. They couldn't write a sentence," Willingham told ESPN.
"Some of these students could read at maybe a second- or third-grade level. But for an adult that is considered illiterate," she said.
From one end of the spectrum to another..
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most ppl in this country couldn't surpass the standards of that "paper"... its a ? little secret...
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Collegiate sports is worth BILLIONS to colleges and the NCAA, this is no surprise. It happens to these same kids in high school too, they just get pushed along.
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I've seen graduates from major universities who had no affiliation with athletics not write too much better...
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lol anybody ever use those sites that type papers for you? Are they legit? Been thinking about trying it Im too old to be typing 5 page papers and ?
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if u go to a reputable school, they will catch u...lol anybody ever use those sites that type papers for you? Are they legit? Been thinking about trying it Im too old ro be typing 5 page papers and ? -
ThirdEyeFive wrote: »
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lol anybody ever use those sites that type papers for you? Are they legit? Been thinking about trying it Im too old ro be typing 5 page papers and ?
A friend of mine dated a girl that runs one of those. I've been thinking of applying for a job, cause getting paid to write papers sounds easy as ? . She has a B guarantee or money back thing going, and has not needed to refund anybody yet. Makes a killing from it too. There are people that actually pay to get their Masters thesis done through the site.
If you're happy with a B I don't see why not -
lol anybody ever use those sites that type papers for you? Are they legit? Been thinking about trying it Im too old ro be typing 5 page papers and ?
A friend of mine dated a girl that runs one of those. I've been thinking of applying for a job, cause getting paid to write papers sounds easy as ? . She has a B guarantee or money back thing going, and has not needed to refund anybody yet. Makes a killing from it too. There are people that actually pay to get their Masters thesis done through the site.
If you're happy with a B I don't see why not
thats all I want lol, Im happy with a B. I dont see how its possible to get caught -
ThirdEyeFive wrote: »
how?
we have ways... I catch ppl everyday... -
ThirdEyeFive wrote: »ThirdEyeFive wrote: »
how?
we have ways... I catch ppl everyday...
? tell me lol Im really tryna do the ? -
there are several sites/apps that will flag plagiarized material. also, some faculty actually have memberships to the sites where students buy/steal papers for the specific purpose of catching them.
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Going through a site where someone writes an original paper for you would make it impossible for you to get caught. If the person who writes it plagiarizes at all then you will get roasted. As long as it is an original paper the only real evidence they would have against you is if they compared your paper to your test performance, but that isn't good enough evidence to really support the claim that you cheated.
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ThirdEyeFive wrote: »there are several sites/apps that will flag plagiarized material. also, some faculty actually have memberships to the sites where students buy/steal papers for the specific purpose of catching them.
theyre supposed to be original papers though, so plagiarism shouldnt come up at all -
of course they're supposed to be original... like I said, my colleagues are taking formal action against students right now. go for what u know...
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Cotton what are you going to school for?
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playmaker88 wrote: »Cotton what are you going to school for?
He's studying to be a pornographer -
I wish there was a way for them to expose this without completely humiliating the author. A large majority of the time, high levels of intelligence just doesn't accompany athletic prowess and I'm sure it was a struggle for him to write that. Schools already exploit these athletes for entertainment, have them risk physical injury, all the while robbing them of an education. It's really sad, but they're preyed on.
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ThirdEyeFive wrote: »of course they're supposed to be original... like I said, my colleagues are taking formal action against students right now. go for what u know...
so the papers that the students got werent originals? @Elrawd your homegirls site is legit originals right?
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its complicated and depends on what type of papers u talking about.
they gonna have access to the material u need cited?
its just dangerous... -
ThirdEyeFive wrote: »its complicated and depends on what type of papers u talking about.
they gonna have access to the material u need cited?
its just dangerous...
I didnt research it yet or nothing but Im assuming you would tell them all that ? before hand -
Quotes and citing them were my best friend
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my students are at the graduate level... that direct quoting ? don't fly.
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"On the evening of December Rosa Parks..."
The system's broken -
Not worth plagiarizing get caught u are done
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People put so much effort into cheating it's easier to just write the ? paper.
