Not plagiarism, just a clerical error

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<p>High school principal congratulates wrong school in plagiarized graduation message:</p>

<p><a href=“High school principal congratulates wrong school in plagiarized graduation message”>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/high-school-principal-congratulates-wrong-school-in-plagiarized-graduation-message-210035090.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Somehow I find the phrase “unqualified fullness of life” to be quite apropos.</p>

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<p>If you can’t even change the name of the school you aren’t even phoning it in anymore.</p>

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Perhaps a suspension is in order.</p>

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<p>A betting man would bet that there might be some skeletons in this guy’s closet.</p>

<p>I would start by taking a close look at his credentials. He is called “Dr.” in the official documents. </p>

<p>My guess is that he delegated this to one of the people he has caused the district to hire to do his job… and it has now come back to bite him. </p>

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<p>Embarrassing. He should be ashamed and own up instead of calling it a “clerical error.” No one is fooled by that. He knew what he was doing, which was why he tried to ask the author’s “permission to quote” after the fact. He shouldn’t be suspended–he should be expelled.</p>

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<p>Oh, why is this surprising? Isn’t it acceptable for Doctors in Education to claim ideas as their own as long as they stole it first? </p>

<p>Is also unfortunate that the only ability to make an original statement is when the culprits have to come up with a cockamaniel story to cover the truth. That is when their creative juices are flowing freely. </p>

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<p>Plus ca change…</p>

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<p>Here’s another high school principal with a similar problem.
<a href=“Garden Spot principal admits to borrowing commencement speech”>http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/garden-spot-principal-admits-to-borrowing-commencement-speech/article_a93915aa-ee5c-11e3-93a7-001a4bcf6878.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>He was given a 10 day suspension.</p>

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<p>When I graduated from grad school this year the President congratulated Indiana University instead of Indiana STATE…that is a BIG mistake (for those of you that don’t know the two schools) and caused quite a stir in the audience. I was really surprised none of the local media printed anything about it; his PR person must have gotten on it pretty quickly, as I didn’t even see anything in the days following.</p>

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<p>Oh, that’s OK then.</p>

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<p>Exactly @sorghum. You have to wonder why he did it.</p>

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<p>Should have run it through Turnitin. :)</p>

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<p>The problem I have with that article starts with the headline.</p>

<p>You “borrow” a pen or a cup of sugar.</p>

<p>If you plagiarize a speech, you plagiarized. You didn’t “borrow” </p>

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<p>Agree. When you “borrow” something, you are expected to return an equivalent of what you borrowed. :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>Reminds me of the old Southwest commercial. </p>

<p>“Wanna get away?”</p>