UNC's Erik Highsmith plagiarized 11 year olds

[Edisto_Tiger]

UNC Receiver Erik Highsmith Reportedly Plagiarized An Essay About Chickens Written By 11-Year-Olds

As the spring 2011 semester wound to a close, UNC-Chapel Hill football player Erik Highsmith had nothing to show for the blog students were supposed to contribute to for a communications class, his instructor said. The blog accounted for 30 percent of a student's grade.

Highsmith wrote two posts in seven days. The first was about poultry farming, the second about people and pets.

Very little of either post was in his own words.

The first entry was virtually identical to a passage on an education website written by four 11-year-olds for their peers. The second mirrored much of an essay someone posted on Urch.com, a website that helps people prepare for the SAT, GRE and other college entry exams.

 

[bamabear82]

 

[Longhorn4Life]

I guess you have to understand what you are plagiarizing so this doesn't surprise me. I'm sure he must have glanced over college level writings and just assumed it was a bunch of gibberish.

 

[rmilia1]

Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery right????

 

[occupant]

I don't know but when and if that bastard makes it to the NFL, I say that kid sends the fucker a bill for 30% of his first year earnings.

 

[Longhorn4Life]

Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery right????

There's a Sandusky joke in here somewhere. 11 year olds, plagiarism and flattery, give me a second, I need to google search for a good joke really quick.