The success of snowclones proves plagiarism is okay.
Obvious snowclone is obvious.
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Papers submitted for that assignment are run through a plagiarism-checking software.
It is possible to repeat a class that one has failed before.
An incident came up when a student who was repeating the class submitted nearly the same paper.
The syllabus had no rules on whether this was allowed.
The professor thought that it should be allowed, as long as new data/modifications are incorporated to update the paper as relevant.
The department chair thought that it should not be considered plagiarism, because "You can't plagiarize yourself."
The school, however, decided that it was plagiarism, because the student did not cite 'eir own previous paper.
As a result, students are now warned that, if they are repeating the class, they (1) have to update their paper to include new data and other material as relevant, and (2) cite their own previous paper.