Further Use Of This Blog > Turn It In intro

Lately, I have had trouble (several months worth) of posting to this blog. I have not done any blogging, but mostly have concentrated on my school work. As a result, I got the best GPA yet in college. A lot of that time was spent writing, and I am very proud of what I accomplished. To highlight my accomplishments, I will be posting some of my favorite essays here. They won't be perfect, they may still have some grammar mistakes, it really depends on if I edited the paper after it was returned to me.

Anything and Everything that I post here, unless I state or cite otherwise is my EXCLUSIVE intellectual and physical property. It may not be copied or used in a presentation without my express permission. If you do you something I post, please cite it correctly, and let me know you did it - I am interested in extensions of my work.

Part of this stems from my first day of (retaking) Philosophy 180 - Intro to Ethics. The teacher has informed us that all take home essays must be turned in on Blackboard. Once they are submitted there, they will be submitted again to the Turn It In website. My dad's girlfriend's son is in 10th grade and also uses this program. Just from taking a glance at the Wikipedia entry of Turn It In, I am not a fan. Read that entry, and be prepared because at some point soon I will be posting an entry about Turn It In. As I stated above, everything I write is my own, and if that wiki is correct, they will keep my paper in their database to attempt to catch other students copying my published works.

I find it ironic that an Ethics class would use something as questionable as Turn It In, and will explore this irony in one of my upcoming posts.

So, readers: What are your experiences with Turn It In? Any horror or success stories to share? What are your feelings on intellectual property of students? Tough thinking may be involved, be sure to wear a helmet.