*Gasp!* Is Mr. Williams a ... plagiarist?!
You know the nice little letter that Mr. Williams supposedly wrote on the front page of ChandlerHigh.org?
Yeah? Well, guess where else I found it.
On an archived copy of the CHS website, dated May 27, 1998 and signed by Robert Caccamo, Williams's predecessor.
In the spirit of TurnItIn.com, let's do a side-by-side comparison:
Dear Web Traveler: Chandler High School has offered classes in secondary education since 1918. The staff takes pride in the school's tradition of excellence in academics, athletics, and service to the community. Chandler High School has won two national awards for excellence in education from the U.S. Department of Education and six awards from the Arizona Department of Education. It has been named in the top 100 schools by Money Magazine and was recently named the top CLEP school in the nation by Educational Testing Services of Princeton, New Jersey. Chandler High School offers a comprehensive program ranging from International Baccalaureate through special education services and career pathways programs that help students choose courses of study for graduation and their futures. Chandler's teachers and students continue to win awards in competitions in academics, athletics, vocational areas, and fine arts. Welcome aboard our web site. Please feel free to browse. Sincerely, | Dear Web Traveller: Chandler High School has offered classes in secondary education since 1918. The school's staff takes pride in its tradition of excellence in academics, athletics, and service to the community. Chandler High School has won two national awards for Excellence in Education from the U.S. Department of Education and six awards from the Arizona Department of Education. It has been named in the top 100 schools by Money Magazine and was recently named the top CLEP school in the nation by Educational Testing Services of Princeton, New Jersey. Chandler High school offers a comprehensive program ranging from International Baccalaureate through special education services and career pathways programs that help students choose courses of study for graduation and their futures. Chandler's teachers and students continue to win awards in competitions ranging from academics to vocational areas and on through the arts. Welcome aboard our web site. Please feel free to browse. Sincerely, |
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Wow, I don't know what to make of this. (Well I kinda do, but just play along with my faux shock for a while.) If this is what I think it is, Mr. Williams copied over 90% of someone else's work and signed his name to it.
Oh, alas and alack! What contemptuous plagiarism! What a bad example our principal has set! Oh, how our principal has violated such a sacred principle!
OK, faux shock has ended. It's pretty unshocking, really, but being faux-shocked sure was fun! :)