Monday, January 12, 2009

Welcome to 2nd Semester

It's hard for me to believe we are already half way through the year!! I will attempt to enter the 21st century and communicate sometimes through this blog. I will post the syllabi for my college classes-Psych and Reg. Geography here as soon as we finalize the plagiarism question. Along that line, I would like to direct your attention to the following article:

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/30/AR2008113001906.html?

This discusses a survey finding concerning cheating and dishonesty among students. In our society, full of cynicism and "out for number one", it is sometimes easy to say, "Why shouldn't we? Everyone else does it." I encourage all of you to read this and ask yourself-why should people be expected to do the right thing only when it's easy? Don't fall back on the excuses of being too busy or too tired. Step up and do the best work you can do. We teachers are not interested in reading a copy of the latest Wikipedia information instead of what you think about the topic!

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