Journal module 2
Journal module 2
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Journal module 2
Refer to the case study, The Purchased Paper in the file below. In your Journal, explain your rankings of the characters. Consider: Who did you assign to #1 (most responsible?) #6 (least responsible?) Are there parts of this story you can relate to? What choices might you have made? Just need a 1 paragraph answer. You can read the case study below or read it here: https://clpccd.instructure.com/courses/12873/files/3019931/download
THE PURCHASED PAPER
One dark and stormy Thursday in December, first
–
semester student
EDGAR ALLEN
told
his roommate,
BILLY
,
“
You might as well start looking for a new roommate. My coll
ege days are
coming to an end.”
Edgar‘s bad luck had started late that afternoon with a voicemail from
MR. LONG
, manager
of the office supply store
where Edgar worked part time.
“
I just found out,
”
the message said,
“
that
the regional manager wants an inventory of the entire store comple
ted by Monday morning. To get
this done, I need everyone at the store from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm on Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday. No
excuses. Be t
here!.
”
What a disaster!
Edgar thought. He had planned to spend the whole weekend working on the
final paper for
his composition class. It was due Monday morning, and he couldn‘t imagine writing a
passing paper while working 12
–
hour shifts all weekend. Worse, without at least a C in English, he‘d
lose his financial aid, and then he‘d have to drop out of college. The
money he made working part
–
time barely covered his food, rent, car payments and insurance, and there was no way he could pay
tuition on top of that.
MRS. ALLEN
, Edgar‘s single mom, was planning to buy a new car
—
her first
ever
—
and she made it perfectly clea
r she wasn‘t g
oing to help with his tuition.
“
I‘ve taken care of
you and your brother for 24 years, and now it‘s
my
time to enjoy life!
”
Panicked, Edgar called
PROFESSOR PINE
to tell her he wouldn‘t be able to turn in his
composition on time. He explained
his situation to he
r and begged for an extension. “I‘m sorry,
Edgar,” Professor Pine replied. “
I warned everyone weeks ago that I have to turn in final grades on
Tuesday. If I don‘t get your paper on Monday morning, you‘ll get a zero. I guess you‘ve g
ot a
n
important choice to make!”
“That‘s no choice,” Edgar told Billy. “
If I fail the class, I‘ll lose my financial aid, and if I
don‘t show up for work, I‘ll get fired. Eith
er way,
I‘m through in college.”
“C‘mon, man!”
Billy
countered,
“
No one writes thei
r own papers anymore. There are thousands of papers for sale on the
Int
ernet. I‘ll even find you one.”
But all weekend at work, Edgar kept telling himself that he was
not
going to turn in a
purchased paper. He‘d write the paper himself, even if he had to s
tay awake the whole weekend. But
after work on Friday and Saturday nights, he was too tired to concentrate so he went to bed vowing
to write the paper Sunday night no matter what. When Edgar returned from work exhausted on
Sunday nig
ht, Billy met him at th
e door. “
Great news! I found you an English paper on the
Internet
and it‘s a guaranteed ‘A.’
I printed it out with your name on it, and I had a campus security guard put
it in Professor Pine‘s mailbox. Your semester is officially over, my friend, and now y
ou‘re coming
with me to Clancy‘s to celeb
rate. The first round is on me.”
He grabbed Edgar by the arm
and
dragged him out the door. “All right, all right,” Edgar said. “
I
‘m too tired to argue.”
It took Professor Pine about five minutes of searching the Internet to find the essay that Edgar
had submitted. She liked Edgar and knew he was under a lot of pressure. Actually Edgar had some
good writing skills, and if she didn‘t count this plagiarized p
aper, he‘d easily get a C in English, keep
his financial aid, and stay in college.
Everyone needs a break once in a while
, she thought. But when
she told her colleague
PROFESSOR CORDOVA
that she was going to overlook Edgar‘s
plagia
rized paper, he exploded.
“
Oh, no you‘re not! You have to fail this guy and make an example
of him! Otherwise, you‘ll get a reputation as a sucker and a pushover. Worse, once that happens
you‘ll lose the respect of your colleagues. Don‘t even think about p
assing him!”
Embarrassed
by Professor Cordova‘s reprimand, Professor Pine wrote a zero on Edgar‘s paper and
entered an F for his final grade.
Listed below are the characters in this story. Rank them in order of their responsibility for Edgar’s
failing grade in English
. Give a different score to each character. Be prepared to explain your
choices.
Most responsible
1 2 3 4 5 6
Least responsible
_ Edgar Allen, English student _ Billy, Edgar’s roommate
__ Mr. Long, Edgar’s boss
__ Mrs. Allen, Edgar’s mother
_ Prof. Pine, Edgar’s teacher _ Prof. Cordova, Prof. Pine’s
colleague
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