Monthly Archives: February 2011

Not properly citing exact quotations is a pretty easy mistake to avoid. I can understand, like one of the posts says, accidentally forgetting  if you’re working at the last minute, but for the most part, that sort of plagiarism is … Continue reading →

In my European History class, we quickly glossed over the idea of “dialectical materialism.” Then again in my world politics class, I was able to reread the communist manifesto and examine the idea a bit closer. This is the first … Continue reading →

I don’t take notes. I’m a terrible person. I think the last time I took notes was in middle school, but I quit because I couldn’t actually pay attention to the teacher and generalize what they were saying at the … Continue reading →

All of this talk about plagiarism reminds me of my days in film school many years ago. I went to a seminar about entertainment law and ethics…only because it was a course requirement. It was 3 weeks, LONG weeks, sitting … Continue reading →

The subject of plagiarism is definitely on everyone’s mind, as we have discovered in class, and it is especially a tender subject when a student is attempting to submit a research paper. Recently a friend of mine, we will call … Continue reading →

In my world politics class, we have devoted a lot of time to making differentiations among the major paradigms – liberalism, realism, constructivism, and marxism – so it was interesting to notice the correlation with marxism in terms of literature. … Continue reading →

While, as Rebecca has made clear, Marxist criticism is a study of social context in a piece of work, the fact that Marxist criticism itself is a product of social context adds another layer of intricacy to it. The background … Continue reading →

After reading the chapter on subjectivity in The Theory Toolbox, I began wishing we had time machines, because I really would have liked to make my thirteen-year-old self read that chapter. While reading that chapter, I kept imagining pre-teens in … Continue reading →

If you are a student, you have probably heard about plagiarism and its consequences. You can’t avoid this discussion because teachers bring it up at the beginning of the semester and warn you about it when you are writing papers. … Continue reading →

Most of my academic career I have been completely fine with citing works and making sure I’m not disrupting the precious honor code. It is only during the short time of every semester where a professor is forced to inform … Continue reading →