The document is her post grad thesis.
She's planning to publish it and has also asked me to write (not correct) a cover letter to go with it.
I don't mind helping someone out, but ...........................?
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Is this ethically correct?
by CrankyBastard » Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:37 pm
I've been asked to read and correct a document written in English by a Japanese post graduate student.
The document is her post grad thesis.
She's planning to publish it and has also asked me to write (not correct) a cover letter to go with it.
I don't mind helping someone out, but ...........................?
The document is her post grad thesis.
She's planning to publish it and has also asked me to write (not correct) a cover letter to go with it.
I don't mind helping someone out, but ...........................?
The web is spun,
The net's been cast.
You are the prey,
Watch your ass!
The net's been cast.
You are the prey,
Watch your ass!
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by Behan » Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:43 pm
Is she hot? If she's hot, chuck any morals out the window.
Just joking.
Correcting it should be OK, especially if she mentions that she got help. But writing the cover letter sounds a bit on the road to plagiarism, unless she clearly indicates she didn't write it.
Just joking.
Correcting it should be OK, especially if she mentions that she got help. But writing the cover letter sounds a bit on the road to plagiarism, unless she clearly indicates she didn't write it.
His [Brendan Behan's] last words were to several nuns standing over his bed, "God bless you, may your sons all be bishops."
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by CrankyBastard » Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:53 pm
Behan wrote:Is she hot? If she's hot, chuck any morals out the window.
Just joking.
Correcting it should be OK, especially if she mentions that she got help. But writing the cover letter sounds a bit on the road to plagiarism, unless she clearly indicates she didn't write it.
Thanks Behan.
Nah, she ain't hot. She's also young enough to be my granddaughter!:eek:
I think I'll let her down gently.
Again thanks for your input.
Cranky.
PS You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Behan again.
The web is spun,
The net's been cast.
You are the prey,
Watch your ass!
The net's been cast.
You are the prey,
Watch your ass!
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by Behan » Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:57 pm
You could still help her with proofreading and editing, though. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
His [Brendan Behan's] last words were to several nuns standing over his bed, "God bless you, may your sons all be bishops."
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by FG Lurker » Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:49 pm
Yeah, I have to agree. Proofing and correcting is fine (and I think pretty normal, but I could be wrong). Writing a cover letter for it is a bit of a stretch.
As for the age difference, I don't see any problem with that!
She's legal, right? 
As for the age difference, I don't see any problem with that!
She's legal, right? And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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by CrankyBastard » Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:08 pm
Thank you, too, FGL.
I've made corrections to her doc and asked her to compose the cover letter herself and add, "bla...... bla..... bla......I invoke your good judgement in considering my request.......bla....bla....bla...." at the end.
I've made corrections to her doc and asked her to compose the cover letter herself and add, "bla...... bla..... bla......I invoke your good judgement in considering my request.......bla....bla....bla...." at the end.
The web is spun,
The net's been cast.
You are the prey,
Watch your ass!
The net's been cast.
You are the prey,
Watch your ass!
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by Adhesive » Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:29 am
CrankyBastard wrote:I've been asked to read and correct a document written in English by a Japanese post graduate student.
The document is her post grad thesis.
She's planning to publish it and has also asked me to write (not correct) a cover letter to go with it.
I don't mind helping someone out, but ...........................?
Is this a thesis for a Japanese school? In the US I actually used to do this exact thing for foreign grad students as an undergrad, and it was sponsored by the school...so I'm assuming it's ethically correct, at least in the US. I agree about the cover letter part though, you may want her to take a crack at it before diving in.
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by Greji » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:24 am
CrankyBastard wrote:She's also young enough to be my granddaughter!
Doesn't bother me a bit. Everybody is young enough to be my grandaughter and a lot of 'em may actually be. You correct her work and I'll do her. Will that solve any ethical problems for you?
"There are those that learn by reading. Then a few who learn by observation. The rest have to piss on an electric fence and find out for themselves!"- Will Rogers
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by CrankyBastard » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:31 am
Greji wrote:Doesn't bother me a bit. Everybody is young enough to be my grandaughter and a lot of 'em may actually be. You correct her work and I'll do her. Will that solve any ethical problems for you?
LOL
Grej, she's got a face like a twisted seaboot, legs like railway sleepers and a body like a bag of wet cement.
But on the negative side, she does have a charming personality, so you might want to think again.
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The net's been cast.
You are the prey,
Watch your ass!
The net's been cast.
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Watch your ass!
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by Takechanpoo » Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:10 pm
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by kusai Jijii » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:30 pm
[quote="CrankyBastard"]LOL
Grej, she's got a face like a twisted seaboot, legs like railway sleepers and a body like a bag of wet cement.
But on the negative side, she does have a charming personality, so you might want to think again.
]
Dont you mean "...but on the other hand, she has a pulse"?
Grej, she's got a face like a twisted seaboot, legs like railway sleepers and a body like a bag of wet cement.
But on the negative side, she does have a charming personality, so you might want to think again.
]
Dont you mean "...but on the other hand, she has a pulse"?
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by Greji » Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:32 pm
kusai Jijii wrote:Dont you mean "...but on the other hand, she has a pulse"?
She does? That means she qualifies. I get confused with difficult moral standards, so I tries to keep it simple and easy......
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by Behan » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:52 pm
[quote="CrankyBastard"]LOL
Grej, she's got a face like a twisted seaboot, legs like railway sleepers and a body like a bag of wet cement.
But on the negative side, she does have a charming personality, so you might want to think again.
]
Couldn't give you a green snot for this, so I'll just tell you this gave me a good laugh here.
Grej, she's got a face like a twisted seaboot, legs like railway sleepers and a body like a bag of wet cement.
But on the negative side, she does have a charming personality, so you might want to think again.
]
Couldn't give you a green snot for this, so I'll just tell you this gave me a good laugh here.
His [Brendan Behan's] last words were to several nuns standing over his bed, "God bless you, may your sons all be bishops."
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by CrankyBastard » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:27 pm
Behan wrote:Couldn't give you a green snot for this, so I'll just tell you this gave me a good laugh here.
Behan.
For appreciating a sense of the ridiculous.
The web is spun,
The net's been cast.
You are the prey,
Watch your ass!
The net's been cast.
You are the prey,
Watch your ass!
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by Coligny » Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:28 pm
CrankyBastard wrote:LOL
Grej, she's got a face like a twisted seaboot, legs like railway sleepers and a body like a bag of wet cement.
Yeah, we know that, you say she wuz japanese...
It's like describing a car by saying it got 4 wheels... well... duh...
We got a saying back home... a hole is a hole a johnson got no eyes... (un trou est un trou, une bite n'a pas d'oeil)
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