AND HOW I LOSE TO GOOGLE ..
Just some thoughts of a teacher, who often lose to Google every time she require her students to do research paper.
Call it a total opposite of the typical, but research/term papers was my most loved part of my subject requirements back in college. To me it was something like a venue to unleash my mind and literally hide in the middle of the shelves in the library from my sorority seniors, Oh, how I hated them to death, which by the way the only place they wouldn’t dare to go, in the end they call me international quitter (IQ), geez, I can’t take other people whipping my legs with boat paddle, the thought of it kills me.
Anyway, you would probably remember asking permission from your parents to sleep-over at a classmate’s house to put conclusion to your term paper, digging, dusting some hardbacks at the darkest side of the library, a place only nerds dare to tread (nah, I’m no nerd back in college, I’m just a normal girl who fell in love with the shelves, lol) running fingers on the indexes to find phrases that would match your theme, precise counting of margins, (which by the way, I typed 15 words/minute at the cranky, inky typewriter back then, that slow – don’t you dare laughed at me) correct and careful placement of footnotes, or go find someone your teacher told you credible enough to give you information, use the art of interpersonal communication to suck all the information you need, without him/her knowing she has mouthed everything from introduction to conclusion, all you have to do is remember them all and put them in writing.
If that’s the checklist, then I probably have done it all.
Fast forward 2011, I was thinking letting my students do the same would work, would instigate learning, would let them appreciate more the importance of those hardbacks in the library, would at least give them a chance to know other people’s interest and learn from them, but to my disappointment, it never turned out the way I thought it would.
Well, Literatures (both upper and lower case) can be sourced online too, e-books, research findings and the sad and happy part, sites you can commission to do the research for you, proliferate like wild, thick grasses in the internet.
At one point, I was awed by the result of a student’s work, I told him to share it to class how he did it from the beginning to end …
‘First you have to look for some credible sites with good reviews.’
‘Then, Place your order.’
‘Be ready with your credit card, just be careful not to disclose security, I used my mom’s by the way.’
You can play around while your other classmates are cracking their heads, burning their butt up there, (actually he did not say this, but I presume this is what he did)
‘And supply them with your valid email, and then wait for some four to five days.’
‘When it has been emailed, print them and put them in a nice folder.’
‘When the teacher requires you to pass it, then pass it along with your classmates.’
‘Note: Prof. L—a hates late papers, so there’s a possibility that you’ll get rejected or at the very least deduct some points from your paper.’
I cannot shout at them bad, ‘somebody kill me’… I would be charged with oral defamation.
Lesson learned: Think of another strategy gazillion times up … it may sound like some petty things happening, I wasn’t surprised though, but God knows, I’m was really stunned about how the ability of these students has gone up – next level.
I wonder how you call this (practical) art of commissioning a site to do research paper for students. They’re making these kids even dumber (sorry about these words).
You're right, those sites are not doing the kids any favors by 'writing' their term papers for them. But most kids (I hope) can't get their parents' credit cards, and, if they can, they have to explain the charge to the parents when the credit card statement comes in.
Kids who don't do their own work will grow up unable to get a job, because they don't know how to do anything except use credit cards!
– K
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malingaw jud ko ug basa sa imong mga post te…na entertain tawon ko dire…ga pirok pirok na raba unta ko…ehehehe!
I remember my college days when I had to beg the librarian to let me check out reference books just for few minutes so I could "xerox" them outside. I couldn't afford the photocopy cost inside the library with all the pages I needed to read at home …and yes, I spent many "sleep-overs" (we call it overnight then) at classmates' houses just to finish term papers on time. It was hard but fun. And I always look back to those days with a smile and pride that I earned my diploma with sweat and tears.I guess that's what our young ones are missing these days– the hard work, the fun of working together and the sense of accomplishment after submitting one's own work on time.
Hahahaha pirok pirok na daw sabi i dhemz.. Ano yun? sabay ganun lol.
Oo nga ano, pwedeng pwede na yung term paper from paid sites lol..
Makalingaw ka madame. But teacher outside the classroom mugawas pagka biba but inside the classroom talagsa ra ky ug mag sge ug joke mugara ang mga istudyante blues. I like the term IQ for international quitter. I don't like sorority to but one of my friend in joined sorority for popularity and acceptance wahaha umuwing daming pasa sa paa boohoo lol.
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ay ako nmn hate ko gumawa ng term paper, buti n lng once lang ako nrequired, Philosophy pa. Tamad kc ko magresearch. Pero I saw my children kung pano talaga nila kina career paggawa lalo ngaun dito sa youngest ko who will be graduating this March..
you’re right! and one thing more, resourcefulness in students today is rarely seen. All they think of is convenience.
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