JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for May 18, 2021

“But, notice that my vocabulary has improved”.

Different teachers, different assignments. Fair play.

Dexter, your going to fail buddy

Recycling is a good thing, right?

Nothing worse than plagiarizing yourself, Dexter!

Older brother gave him his?

As I said, he’s been in the same grade for 20 years… Once had a student hand in a dynamite paper, I gave her an A. So she passed it on to a friend who handed it in to me the next semester. It did not get an A the second time around.

This is what happens when the students never age….they get stuck with the same teachers each year. Just ask Dexter’s cousin Nate; he’s had the same teachers for over 25 years.

She must’ve seen that essay already.

Wow, Dexter is “Mr. Wright!” Guess that fits with his being Dexterous.

Teach him early, or a few years later he might be doing some serious plagiarism… Maybe he’ll be claiming your work as his own.

“Dexter” means being on the right side so his name is Right Wright? Is his middle name “Write”

He should cop a plea of Deja Vu!

Just shake it up a little on words.

oops?

The dangers of good record keeping..

They used that arc in an episode of “Welcome Back, Kotter”. One of the students (Epstein, I think) plagiarized an essay that Mr. Kotter himself turned in 10 years before. I thought that Gabe Kaplan’s (Kotter’s) next line was classic! “I said that I turned that essay in.; I never said I wrote it”! Epstein’s look of recognition was fantastic!

His brain works like a computer, retrieving stored information.

Yes, Dexter. That was like long time ago. You have another explaination besides your first lame one? I gonna see if your parents be entertained by your story when I call them. A fireworks at Dexter house.

It’s on his permanent record.

Golden Oldie:

Teacher: “Your essay, Our Family Dog, is, word for word, the same as your brother’s.”

Kid: “Yes, ma’am. It’s the same dog.”

True story: In high school, a very long time ago, the teacher handed back someone’s essay and remarked “Your spelling is atrocious.” Two seconds later I broke up laughing hysterically. Everyone looked at me, including the teacher. She wanted to know what was so funny. “How do you spell ‘atrocious’?” I cracked. The whole class erupted in laughter.

How is this cheating? If it was his paper than he wasn’t plagiarising and he had already written it. I used the same paper 4 times in college.