important notes about essay assignment
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Important Notes About EssayAssignment
Presented January 19, 2010
And again on February 19, 2010
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Do not annoy the marker
Use a standard size font (12pt)
Use black ink
Double space
Get someone to proof read
I am marking you on spelling and grammar
frequent mistakes make it hard to understand
This is a formal essaywould you give this toa future employer during an interview?
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Spell Check is Evil (funny, but evil)
It will correct your words, but it mightinsert words with a different meaning:
Langara = lingerieI spent the weekend spaying fleas
Global warming and fornication??????
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Why Wikipedia is NOT anacceptable information source
Information can be changed on aregular basis
If enough people say that something istrue, then it is true
Unless you are an expert in the field,
you probably dont have the ability totell hoaxes from the truth
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Stephen Colbert and African
Elephants
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The population of African elephants tripled in thepast decade
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The population of African elephants tripled in thepast decade
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B3ta.com and WikipediaAnnounce celebrity deaths
Insert tiny photos of Status Quo intohigh resolution images
(like Wheres Waldo)
http://www.unionsquaremusic.co.uk/covers/large/METRCD103.jpg
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This Week in Wikipedia
Omonia Nicosiaknown as theZany Ones and wear hats made
from shoes
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This Week in WikipediaDear David (and could the mirrornews email please be forwarded to the sport/football editor),
Thank you for your article in today's Mirror (18th September 2008) about Omonia Nicosia. The bit Ienjoyed most was the following paragraph -
"Despite City's raised profile, they must make do with the UEFA Cup this season and Hughes willnot tolerate any slip-ups against the Cypriot side, whose fans are known as the 'Zany Ones' andwear hats made from shoes.".
Why? Well, shortly after the draw was made, a friend and I made a few alterations to the Wikipediapage for Omonia. The "Zany Ones", "hats made from discarded shoes" and the "song about a little
potato" are, as you may have discovered in Nicosia, completely fabricated.
The clues were there in the rest of the article.
They have a new sponsor - Natasha Kaplinsky - and their former players include Jean Claude VanDamme and Richard Clayderman. My favourite is in the Board of Directors section...# Governor of Football: Nikos Charalambous# Governor of Basketball: Petros Souppouris# Governor of Volleyball: Photos Ioannou# Governor of Hitlersball: Albert Hall
I hope you take this in the spirit it was meant, and hope this reminds you not to trust everything youread on Wikipedia.
Any donations to our Friday beer fund would be most welcome. Perhaps your editor would like tocontribute your fee for the article, as you evidently didn't do any fact checking.
Thank you,
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Corporate Revisionism
Wal-Mart kept changing the articleabout them to remove information that
their wages are lower than that of theircompetitors.
Inserted (false) claim that their wages
were twice the federal minimum wage($6.55 x 2 = $13.10).
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Corporate Revisionism
Pepsi repeatedly removed a sectionfrom the article about them on Long
term health effects.Health Concerns: With the beverage industry's cost-cutting shift to corn sweetener during the
1980s, Pepsi and similar products no longer contain large amounts of sugar, if any.
The sole exception is the seasonal release of "Kosher for Passover" Pepsi (and Coca-Cola)products, which may not be available in all geographic regions. Orthodox Kosher law forbidsconsumption of grain products during the Passover season, hence corn sweetener is
replaced with sugar during springtime months. The presence of sugar instead of cornbyproducts renders lighter-colored, less brownish carbonation bubbles, and produces whatsome aficionados describe as a cleaner swallow and sweeter taste.
Excessive sugar intake is thought to be a contributing factor in the development of certain typesofdiabetes. Sugar is also a leading contributor to tooth decay.[citation needed]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi#Health_concerns accessed Sept. 18, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabeteshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes -
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Information Can Disappear
What if you cite Wikipedia today, and Icheck your citation tomorrow?
The info you cited may be gone!
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Plagiarism is a serious academic
offenceIf you use someone elses exact words(e.g., copy directly from the textbook, or
copy and paste from a website):It mustbe in quotation marks
AND it must be clearly referenced
HOWEVER: We do not use quotations inscience writing. EVERYTHING should be inyour own words AND referenced.
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Plagiarism is a serious academicoffence
Senecas Policy on Plagiarism:Cheating and plagiarism are offenses which will not be tolerated bythe College. Such offenses occur when a student misrepresents his orher performance on any form of academic evaluation including, butnot limited to, written assignments, lab experiments, group projects,tests or examinations. The penalty for the first offense of cheating or
plagiarism ia a grade of "O" on the work in which the offenseoccurred. The penalty for the second offense of cheating or
plagiarism is immediate expulsion from the college for the remainderof the semester or longer, depending on the circumstances.The student has the right to appeal the decision of the College
consistent with Academic Policy. A record will be maintained of eachcheating and plagiarism incident and the offense will be recorded as
a comment on the student's transcript.11. http://people.senecac.on.ca/kathy.kells/antiplagiarism/
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4. Plagiarism is a serious academic
offenceThis website has lots of resources to teach youhow to avoid plagiarism:
http://www.senecac.on.ca/library/Academic_Honesty/other_resources_students.html
http://www.senecac.on.ca/library/Academic_Honesty/other_resources_students.htmlhttp://www.senecac.on.ca/library/Academic_Honesty/other_resources_students.htmlhttp://www.senecac.on.ca/library/Academic_Honesty/other_resources_students.htmlhttp://www.senecac.on.ca/library/Academic_Honesty/other_resources_students.html -
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Excessive use of quotes will get you a
very low markEverything (including definitions) should be inyour own words AND referenced:
In your own words shows that you understand theword or the subject
Referencing shows that it was not your original
idea, so you are giving credit to where you learned it(i.e., not referencing = plagiarism)
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Re-mark Policy
I WILL NOT discuss your paper withyou the day that I hand it back.
Take your paper home, look at itclosely, and if you believe that you havea valid case for me to reconsider your
paper:
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Re-mark Policy
1. Write the reason for your request on apiece of paper and attach it to your
assignment.2. Give me back the assignment and
your written request at a later class,
OR email and set up a time to discussthe issue with me, at which time youmust produce the written request.
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Examples of Valid Reasons for
Re-Mark1. I cant add2. You made a valid point that you think I
missed
3. I deducted marks for a factual error andyou think Im wrong (e.g., You told me thatAfrican elephants are important for themaintenance of tiger populations, and Imarked it wrong. You would need to
provide me with a credible source thattigers occur in the wild in Africa, and notjust in Asia/Siberia)