… but – as we learned from that ol’ rascal Rand Paul – some opt for snarling full-frontal attack on the unmaskers. It’s not, in the long run, a winning strategy, as the latest snarler will soon learn.
She’s Sulura Jackson, principal of Chapel Hill High School, and if reports are correct she’s been plagiarizing as long as the senator. And just like Paul, she’s royally pissed that anyone has the unmitigated gall to call her on it.
Jackson acknowledged she will use form letters, books and articles to inform her writings, but she denied any wrongdoing.
“I’m not under the impression that I can’t use that,” Jackson said. “This is not anything that I’m selling. This is not anything that I’m using for personal gain.”
Jackson indicated she was surprised some teachers are angry, adding that had they questioned her, she would have cited her sources.
“I’ve never intentionally said these are my words, these are my thoughts,” she said. “I’m getting these thoughts from other places. I don’t pull them out of thin air. I’m always reading.”
But the documents, which are signed by Jackson, seem to contradict that statement.
…Jackson [further] said it’s unfair to [compare her plagiarism to her students’ plagiarizing]. “It’s like apples and oranges,” she said. “I don’t think you can put those two together because students are submitting work for a grade. I’m not submitting it for a grade. I’m not submitting it for any kind of compensation.”
That last bit is … UD doesn’t know what to call it. It goes beyond the president of Kean University explaining that the conduct code for students certainly doesn’t apply to him. The bit about compensation is … I dunno. It’s only 8:30 AM and … you know… you need to draw together some energies to deal with these things… She’s not being paid for her writing … But of course this is a crucial part of her job for which she’s compensated… Giving speeches and releasing statements and all… Whereas … Did she say students are getting compensation for their writing…?
For an award-winning principal this woman is both confused and – like the senator – queenly. Rand Paul and Sulura Jackson have perfected off with their heads arrogance. UD doubts it will carry either of them through.
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UPDATE: The school board will discuss a personnel matter in their meeting this evening. It is appalling but not surprising that leaders of the school system have defended this woman. UD has seen this haughty contempt for students and their parents in several of this country’s public school systems.
November 20th, 2013 at 9:56AM
I guess her job description doesn’t include setting an example for the kids attending her high school. Nor for the teachers, either, apparently.
November 20th, 2013 at 12:32PM
Yeah, she’s a plagiarist. But judging by the examples given in the link, the stuff she steals is so boring that’s it’s hard to work up much outrage about it. “This is the time to learn about your maturing talents, to pursue your dreams, to explore careers, and to discover who you are and what you want to become …” Would any self-respecting writer own up to being the one who originally came up with this dross?