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“It’s kind of rude to us. It’s like saying, ‘You’re not important enough to write a speech about.'”

Caroline Wallis is only fourteen years old, but she’s already figured out that, above all else, plagiarism is an act of profound contempt for your audience.

She goes to a middle school for promising writers in Manhattan, and her principal gave her class a graduation speech mainly written by David Foster Wallace.

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UD thanks David for the link.

Margaret Soltan, June 29, 2011 5:50PM
Posted in: plagiarism

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One Response to ““It’s kind of rude to us. It’s like saying, ‘You’re not important enough to write a speech about.'””

  1. Michael Tinkler Says:

    That is excellently well put.

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