The ex-head of the University of Alberta med school started the fad: When caught plagiarizing, say you did it because you were trying to inspire people.
Now the plagiarizing Wolcott Connecticut superintendent of schools has jumped on the inspirational bandwagon. Like the Alberta guy, he plagiarized a speech he gave to graduating students, sending them off to the future with soaring stolen words. “All I was trying to do was inspire,” he explained.
June 29th, 2011 at 12:42PM
File this under: “True Stories that I Wish UD Were Making Up.”
I can’t wait to hear the “inspire” defense when a student plagiarizes.