Opining on Essays

2:45 pm Learning at Home

So, I’m curious about something. I poked around a site today where you can buy essays and othe academic works, and I want to know what you think of them. The site says it’s “plagiarism free”, but…that really seems like an oxymoron to me. Sure, there’s a tiny-font disclamer at the bottom of the page that says not to use these as your own work, but, ummm?

Yeah.

Okay.

But do you really think someone who pays $10,245 for a thesis (yep, they sell them–I checked) is going to not turn it in as their own work?

I think the site would garner less disapproval if it moved away from custom writing, and concentrated more on helping students become better at essay writing themselves. I know if I assigned an essay and found out the student didn’t write it themselves, I’d flunk them. And I certainly would not want to go to a Doctor of Anything that bought his dissertation.

Help me out here. Am I missing the obvious?

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