I plagiarized a poem in 2nd grade to win an award.

I did something similar in 5th grade and just remembered it because of this. How can we go on living?

I had a friend in 8th grade that did this very thing. We had a story competition in English and I decided to go all out and wrote like 10 pages to a story I eventually wanted to turn into a book(never happened haha). I worked really hard for days and eventually got it turned in. The teacher chose two stories she said were exceptionally good to read to the class. She chose mine and my friends. The teacher began with my friends story and holy cow I was blown away. It was soooo good and thought out. I was so proud of my friend. The teacher then read mine, which had errors and was obviously written by a teenager, but nonetheless it was good.

Years later in high school I read a short book called “Green Angel”. It was word for word the story my friend wrote, literally word for word. She didn’t even try to spin it differently or make changes. I was so annoyed and felt slightly betrayed. Here I was thinking my friend was a genius writer at 14 and was so proud(maybe a little envious) but in reality she just plagiarized a book most people wouldn’t read. I feel better knowing i actually put effort into my story though

In college some 20 years ago I was in the year below my best mate and we both studied A-Level PE. We both had the same tutor and the tutor didn’t know we where friends. So when I was given written assignments, I would ask my mate for his assignment from his first year. Being the lazy fk that I am, I just copied word for word his papers. Knowing that I new the lecturer didn’t know we were friends, I felt confident I would get away with it. Long story short, I got away with it and actually got higher grades for the same piece of work my mate did a year earlier. Just goes to show the educational standards in the UK are piss pore.

I had a friend who used to Plagerize Pantera songs and I thought he was awesome. Then I started listening to Pantera. I was pretty annoyed so I took him aside and asked him seriously "Are there no standards anymore?" He still wanted be friends, not me. I said "Be yourself... By yourself... get away from me."

last year I copy pasted a front page imdb review for fight club instead of making my own. I got an A and the only downside was that the teacher decided to read it in front of the class while I was high on acid

Bruh be scared if you did it in college, 2nd grade no body gives a fuck and even if you told them they would probably tell you stfu because that could leave the teachers bad reputation.

I witnessed somebody plagiarizing Walt Disney at a baseball gala 8 years ago for the baseball league I used to play for. I caught on, no one else did. I can't remember the quote though.

I did something similar in 8th grade i had a bestfriend that was a amazing artist i had a history project type thing. We had to draw about the history topic we chose and my friend was bored and drew it for me it looked great. I turned it in and the teacher held it up in front of the class and praised me for like 5 minutes. And im just there like 😳😳 cause im the worst liar im surprised I didn’t get caught. Me and my friend laughed about it all day.

reminds me of when my friend almost won the school baking competition with her nan's cookies

I’ve definitely done this in elementary school and I won an award and it was from where the sidewalk ends book.

Ngl I’ve done something similar very recently. Like a week back or so. I did it for an assignment tho. :/ and the worst part is that I didn’t even feel guilty at the time.

I did something similar to this, only to a greater, far reaching extent. I used to go to an art school, and to be accepted one had to turn in a portfolio, a collection of your best work, among other things. I grabbed some snippets poetry from here and there, some published on websites, and I copied all of them down. I changed some bits of writing here and there, and passed by on a margin. I got into the art school.

I was living a lie for 4 years. Eventually, studying and practising improved my writing, so I no longer had to copy from other poetry. I've been published here and there, and even performed in the Adrian Arsht Center, something I would never be able to achieve unless I forged that portfolio. Eventually, my writing skills became polished enough that I didn't have to rely on plagiarism.

I've had some of the most amazing experiences of my life, being in a tight knit family of the most talented writers. I learned the art of publishing and getting rejected, the feeling when people read and love your work, and they have no idea that you're still a kid. I'm currently studying journalism, and that experience will definitely propel my career.

Occasionally I buckled under the stress and thought about telling my professor up, but then I realized that I was in too deep and if I was going to lie, I was going to commit to it. "You did this, and now you have to see it through."

TD;LR: plagiarized my writing portfolio, and lied my way into an art school for 4 years

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