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>faggot undergrad general-ed english professor accuses me of plagiarism because of fancy vocabulary/linguistic techniques learned in secondary school
>no evidence/proof, just flat-out accusation
>gives me a zero on the paper and 'threatens' to report me
>my fucking face when
What the fuck is this? I didn't even plagiarize, and the paper was scanned by the uni's bullshit system and came out fine. He's just outright accusing me. I'm a physics major, and I fucking despise english. I tried bringing up the issue several times but he just doesn't give a shit (or he hates me), and it's literally causing me to fail the class because of this gay paper.

Can I report this somehow? wat do /sci/?

Thanks in advance.

>> No.3899477

Ask to do a different writing assignment and prove that you have the same writing style and linguistic fluency, maybe?

>> No.3899482

Is the professor a Jew?

>> No.3899483

>physics master race
>can't figure out how to read university regulations

If your prof fails you there will be a designated appeals process. Use this. Also, speak to your registrar and any other designated student advocates.

If you've been approaching your prof with as confrontationally as you come across in your post, you are probably making things a lot harder for yourself.

Also, be honest with us. Did you actually plagiarize?

>> No.3899486

Talk to his boss.

>> No.3899488

Talk to the dean of English or Liberal Arts or whatever. If you didn't plagiarize, you have nothing to hide. Bitching and moaning at the dean is always a good choice. If that doesn't work, move up to the Provost.

>> No.3899493

Talk to the dean. It's a very serious accusation to throw around without any proof, and it's really not okay for him to give you a zero just 'cause. Provide the dean with other samples of your writing so you can show it really is you.

>> No.3899496

Most schools have a student affairs/ student rights organization. Threaten this guy with escalating things and if he still wants to be a bitch, go to the Department head and let him know about the dick.

If that doesn't do anything, go to the student rights department and sick them on those assholes.

If he's just an adjunct or something, he'll back off as soon as you threaten to escalate it. His faggot ass can't afford to piss higher-ups off.

>> No.3899498

>>3899486
>>3899488

Follow the appeals process. Universities are bureaucracies and professors are bureaucrats, and bureaucrats despise disrespect of hierarchy.

>> No.3899499

just deny all charges.
if you know you diddn't do anything wrong, and the Uni's system made it come out clean, then take it to the dean and give him these details if he still insists you plagiarized.
that is all you can do.

>> No.3899507

>>3899498

At my university, the appeals process grinds down to 'harass the department head/dean/provost with your evidence'. And by harass, i really mean, set up a meeting, and talk to them about the situation.

>> No.3899530

>>3899507

It's that way at a lot of universities. Of course, most universities also have the policy that they kick out people who have been shown to have plagarized. That's what you get an appeals process for generally. This is a professor just deciding with no proof that OP cheated and giving him a zero on an assignment because of it. That's what I meant by it being a very serious accusation and for it to really not be okay when there's no evidence.

>> No.3899545

>>3899469
The department's Ombudsman should be your man. That, or whoever handles accusations of dishonesty at a higher level.

It's happened to me. My genetics lab professor did it to me, his ass got told by the ombudsman. I dropped his class, took something else.

No big deal, dicks gonna dick.

>> No.3899553

>>3899530

Yeah, but if the professor is doing it, without evidence, just because, talking to his boss is a very good option.

Especially if it passed through the plagarism detection services that pretty much every university has, and the prof still gave a 0 anyway. That is utter bullshit.

>> No.3899558

Take that fucker to the Dean. Ask the Dean himself to give you a writing prompt. Show right in front of him that you're capable of coherent writing.

>> No.3899562

>>3899553

Oh, yeah, I didn't mean to suggest I was contradicting you. I'm just mad on OP's behalf. That's fucking ridiculous.

>> No.3899566

>>3899545
Or talk to the Hubafopulator.
He can help you convince the professor that he's wrong.
And of course if you didn't plagiarize, you will get off easy peasy.

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3899571

>>3899562

Well then. I am glad we are in agreement.

>> No.3899575

>>3899566
>he doesn't know what an ombuds is

>> No.3899576

>>3899566
OK, ombudsman is a real word. you're just making shit up though.

>> No.3899579

>>3899566

As much as it sounds like it isn't, an ombudsman is actually a thing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman

>> No.3899584

>>3899576
>>3899579
>>3899575
Ohh man. As the guy that posted the bit about the ombudsman, thanks.

I'm lol'ing hard.

>> No.3899608

Thanks guys, I think I know what I'm doing now.

And for those who are accusing me of bullshitting and that I did indeed plagiarize, I didn't. I can't prove myself any other way on 4chan without revealing identity.

>> No.3900317

>>3899575
>>3899566
I'm fucking dying.

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3900349

> mfw searching in Google Hubafopulator gives Cuban population

>> No.3900416

>>3899575
>>3899576
>>3899579

thread of the year, all years, every years

>> No.3900444

>>3899477

Bullshit, OP shouldn't have to re-write or perform more work simply because some tool accused him of plagiarism with no evidence.

>>3900349

>Best guess for Cuba Population is 11193192

God speed, Google.

>> No.3900475

SAME. FUCKING. SHIT. HAPPENED TO ME.

SOLIDARITYFIST, OP.

>> No.3900759

>Last year, biosystem modelling exam
>Every problem to be done on separate sheets of paper to be graded by different people
>Many students get 0 on a select few problems
>Request to see the graded exam everywhere
>Turns out the retard grad students doing the grading fucking lost one pile of sheets
>Instead of reporting the fact they tried to hide it by giving 0 for the problems
>The only solution the University allows is either the victims accepting the lower grades or repeating the entire exam

>> No.3902322

Freshman year, freshman comp, got accused of plagiarizing my paper in front of the whole class because the professor "knew that freshmen were not capable of writing at that level" called her out on it and she apologized though. This is what she claimed I stole "What is seen by the schools as a way of garnering alumni support and creating a cohesive student body actually disguises a methodical system of discrimination and rejection of highly qualified students."

>> No.3902386

Anne mccaffrey got accused of plagiarism in high school. She then went on to be a successful author.