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I once tried to give a zero to a student who had plagiarized part of a paper. How did he change my mind? By going over my head to the the Department Chair. He went to them with a sob story abou…

Top stories for Long   I plagiarized only part of an assignment and the professor gave me a zero and would not let me redo it. How can I change his mind? I really need a good grade in the course. Caroline Says, gardener, mind wanderer, neurodiverse • Updated April 21 I once tried to give a zero to a student who had plagiarized part of a paper. How did he change my mind? By going over my head to the the Department Chair. He went to them w... Read more » 2.6M 4.2K 394   How bad are Russian losses in Ukraine, and are they realistically bad enough to make Russia reconsider its decision to invade? Will Ukraine end up with a Pyrrhic victory? Andy Duffell, Armourer, engineer, nerd. • Updated March 22 (Suspect this might be one of my less-upvoted answers on Quora, because I'm going to contradict the dominant narrative the media are feeding us in the West. We all love an ... Read more » 101K 766 133   What are some things that happen in prison that would surprise most outsiders? Matthew Holmes, 8 years in Juvy, 2 years in jail, 10 years in prison • Answered February 15 Without a bunch of details, I'll share a few things that opened my eyes! #1 - In prison I met some of the foulest, evil, sinister, hateful men your nightmares couldn't even ... Read more » 757.7K 3.9K 358   I moved on my other property. When I arrived, I came to find a couple living in a camper in my yard. The other neighbor gave them permission. What do I do? I want them gone. Eileen Wood, Real Estate Transaction Coordinator • Answered June 5, 2021 I moved on my other property. When I arrived, I came to find a couple living in a camper in my yard. The other neighbor gave them permission. What do I do? I want them gone... Read more » 1.7M 6.2K 12   What is the best advice HR gave to you? Sean Kernan, Writer at Medium • Answered December 21 My friend works in HR for a Fortune 500 company. I asked him, "What is the most common phrase you hear when firing someone?" Without missing a beat, he said it was some vers... Read more » 3.4M 18K 304   What would happen if a new inmate in prison was a total wimp and coward and acted like they were afraid of everyone all the time? Paul Passmore, Ex-Inmate Feds & Calif prisons. Prison Reform Advocate • Updated December 21, 2020 Everyone knows the answer to this.. even the guy who is scared shitless knows this. The only people I've seen who came to prison and it was obvious that they were really, r... Read more » 1.5M 2.9K 25   Why do Australian cowboys (drovers) pin up one side of their hat brims? Each piece of an American cowboy's outfit has a purpose. What is the purpose of the up-pinned brim? Doc Thomas, Cranky ol' ex army type with no time for stupidity. • Updated January 20 Never call an Australian stockman a "cowboy". As you are picking yourself up off the dirt you will be told they don't work with cows and they aren't boys. Newbies females ar... Read more » 725.1K 4.8K 311   Are there any machines or tools that humans currently use, but for some reason we can't make more? Mark, Avid reader. • Updated November 18 Yes. Behold Ville de Paris an Océan-class 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Built in 1808. We can never again build such monster tall ships. Why? Because there a... Read more » 368.2K 3.6K 135   Why are new car batteries lasting only about a year and will not charge once it goes totally dead? I've replaced 6 batteries this year with new. My 6 year old RV batteries are still good and take a charge just fine. John Berg, former Generation Technician (1978-2014) • Answered September 3, 2021 We had a fleet of trucks where I used to work. About 40 vehicles. We noticed the new vehicles batteries did not last a year. One day our mechanic asked me to look at someth... Read more » 1M 3K 435   How can 15,000 Russian dead be right, after only about a month of combat? That's WW2 Stalingrad sort of numbers. Martin Porter, B.Sc. Astrophysics, University of Leicester • Answered April 9 Ukraine says it has recovered the remains of 7000 Russian soldiers, so this figure must be more-or-less right. What we have in Ukraine is something we haven't seen for a lon... Read more » 881.2K 7.8K 669   Was the city of ancient Rome as big as they made it in the movies? Brandon Li, lives in California • Updated July 9, 2017 No, not even close. Ancient Rome was roughly 7 square miles, tiny compared to any modern metropolis. Likewise, all the buildings, like the Colosseum in Gladiator pictured a... Read more » 527.8K 2.7K 113   What movie made you leave the theatre because it was just so indescribably awful? Bert Leysath, studied Piano Performance & Miscellaneous Percussion at Berklee College of Music • Answered February 22 I was on a 1st (and as it turned out only) date with an extremely religious girl (she was a Sunday school teacher). We were going to the movies, and there was just 1 theate... Read more » 1M 4.8K 739 Read more in your feed

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