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NJCher

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 10:48 AM
Jan 2020

as teachers, we are told that our purpose is to educate citizens to speak out, both for writing and public speaking classes. I have degrees in both areas and have taught for decades. One public speaking class that I taught for over a decade in NJ is called "Speech Communication as Critical Citizenship." This is at a public university.

Even if voters only completed a high school education, they were taught writing classes and what constitutes plagiarism.

I would like to pin down your question: is your plagiarism example for Bernie something that he personally wrote? And you know this for a fact? And did he, perchance, admit it? I'm sure he didn't admit it to the extent Biden did (he resigned a presidential bid in 1987 over delivering speeches that he copied from others). We are sure Biden did it and is personally responsible because he said so.

So the question is: is your plagiarism example for Bernie something that he personally wrote?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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