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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.2875  Thursday, 20 December 2001

From:           Leslie Simmons <leslie363@earthlink.net>
Date:           Wednesday, 19 Dec 2001 14:33:12 -0800
Subject: 12.2856 (R) Re: Plagiarism
Comment:        Re: SHK 12.2856 (R) Re: Plagiarism

> "Private Eye", Issue 1043, 14-27 Dec, (a UK satirrer from a British
> University. In essence, you can have your PhD written for you asap at
> £45 an hour plus expenses. (Plumbers in Oxfordshire cost from £60 an
> hour and the earliest you can get one is March 2002 - although this was
> not covered by "Eye". However, I thought it was an interesting
> comparison.)
>
> Best wishes,
> Graham Hall

The Paper Store is currently hiring (on a site that carries adverts for
freelance writers) "research writers" who want to "write research papers
designed to assist students in writing their own."  They are careful to
say that any writers hired will learn to "create documents that employ
tutorial language so as to make them 'cheat-proof,' " whatever that
means.  New writers are paid $7.25 per double-spaced page and receive
"one-on-one training to teach motivated individuals how to research &
write at least 3-4 double-spaced pages per hour with experience
(royalties for resale of work are added to pay scale after one year of
service and frequent bonuses, contests, and vacation prizes are
administered to high achievers)."  The company sells pre-written papers
for $9.85/page and "custom-researched" papers for $29.85/page.  A
profitable business, indeed.

Leslie Simmons

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