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The Cheating Disorder

By: Richard Murphy
Publication: The Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 3
Date: Summer 1995

Summary: In this excerpt from The Calculus of Intimacy, Bay Area Writing Project Fellow Richard Murphy's inspiring account of his life as a college teacher of writing, Murphy takes a candid look at cheating. He describes two encounters he had with students he suspected of plagiarism, which led him to question his own ability to trust his students.

 

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