Did The Teacher Do The Right Thing

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Did the Teacher Do The Right Thing?
In a recent ethical case a mother was mad that the teacher made the college students submit their term papers into Turnitin.com. The teacher had never done that prior. The mother was outraged and feels the teacher didn't tell the students enough information. The mother thought that the teacher was being unfair and that the students should have had time to clean their essays up. Ethically, the students should always turn in a paper that is their own work no matter where the essay would be turned in.
I understand why one would think the teacher was being unfair. Some may argue that what the teacher did was entrapment. By not telling the students where the essay would be turned in was leading them to think that …show more content…

The teacher doesn't owe the students anything,because on the first day of school the teacher laid out all his expectations.He probably warned everyone on how students should not plagiarize. If he has told the students once that he expects all the students not to plagiarize then he doesn't need to tell the students every paper. And just because he doesn't tell the students every paper doesn't suddenly make it right to plagiarize. The teacher laid out all the expectations and the students should respect that. The teacher is there to guide the students and is expected to tell the students what he expects for the paper (rubric). He didn't have to tell them where it is being turned in to because that isn't important for the essay. What was important was that the students wrote each of their essays in there own words. The job of the teacher was to give the students the valuable information to succeed on their papers, and by telling them where they will submit their paper does not help them out. No matter where the students turn the paper,in the paper should always be the students or else its plagiarizing. Under no circumstance would plagiarizing be suitable, because plagiarizing an essay is the equivalent of stealing. It's never appropriate to just go take someone's purse and steal all their money, and that should be known to everyone.When you're five years old and the teacher tells you not to run on the cement, because you can fall and trip, the five year old won't understand. If you are in college you would understand the concept. College students brains are more developed then a five years old, and they can understand more.College students should be able to grasp the concept that plagarizing is never right and wont get students anywhere. If students want to just take the easy road and just forge everything then why don't they forge their degree. If students are not

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