Sheesh!

I have some papers to mark. These were ones from the practical I ran the other week - originally they were given to another student in my lab, but she's busier than I am, so I offered to take some of them off her hands.

Now, I'm a nice marker. I'll give the student every mark they deserve. I want them to do well. However...I have no tolerance for copying. I've just given about 8 papers a zero mark for the whole script because they were so obviously copied. When the question is about lasers and your answer is about blind spots, something's not right! Grrrrrr. And no, rephrasing the answer slightly isn't going to fool me.

Well, on the plus side, it means I can get through the papers faster.

On the minus side, those kids aren't learning anything...