Today my class began taking notes over plagiarism. Their warm-up asked, "What is plagiarism? Describe the meaning in your own words?"
As I was walked around my classroom and began taking up their sticky notes, I walked over to a student furiously writing down something on his sticky note. Ironically, he was copying down another students definition. I couldn't help but make that very moment a teaching moment. I asked the student if he realized what he was doing and how it was the very example of what we were going to be talking about during class.
Unfortunately, the poor kid didn't get it; however, I got a pretty good chuckle and so did my student teacher. I believe some of the students even got a good laugh out as well!
So funny; yet, so sad!
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