The blogger who outed a plagiarist who offered him $75 to write a college paper has posted a followup — she got back in touch with him and he's concluded that she's a dumb kid who did a dumb thing, but not evil, per se.
And nothing would have stopped me from turning her in right then, except one thing…her mom turned out to be a nice lady.
I basically had the same conversation with her that I had with Laura. She also swore to Laura's diligence as a student, and knew that I was not lying about the plagiarism. She asked whether this was for money or personal reasons, and I told her what I told you blog people, which is that I was legitimately offended on behalf of all the people I know who take their education seriously. Whatever I said, I'm embarrassed to say that I probably used the phrase "scourge of academia." She expressed her dismay over the thousands of dollars this was costing her every semester for her daughter, and I agreed that that was a shame.
Argh, wrongdoers have mothers, apparently.
(via Waxy)