At 04:59 PM 5/9/97 EDT, Taylor Roberts forwarded: > One >of my student's papers is suspiciously excellent--several letter grades >better than the last paper. The student quotes a number of sources from >the Internet (I found them in the MarkTwainMiningCo. site) so I know the >student knows how to "surf" the net.. Transitional material looks good wrapped around Twain's writing --anyone who reads and enjoys Twain can write decently about it. Is this a case where Twain's work improved the student's mind so much in one term that the Instructor is midwife to a miracle? On this list are curious people whose prurient instincts beg to see a piece of this student's usual performance and the work that's "several letter grades better." Until then, we cannot say much conclusively....Writing ain't that hard for half the students...a body without a mind need not resort to the web for help. The "loner" who does his own cheating will be anomalous... Most cheaters run in packs, sometimes calling themselves a "department" . . . . sometimes not. :-) By the way, my directed study course in Mark Twain received a 4.0 (don't blame the Professor) but my report on brain-mind education for the Dr. of Education came back marked with a "0" -- perhaps he thought I cheated. I had previously received a 4..0 in Neuroscience, writing capsules of Scientific American articles about the brain -- SA articles which the teacher specifically read and assigned. Hope you enjoyed that. Mike Pearson