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The National Student
, March 2009
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tat wbtk t a nt pfu ttudnt n t ng-un.“if tudnt mpcp t wk f t,t a mng pat f t anng pc andma fa bad wnt cm t t fmaxamnatn,” ad. Ant uc fm tunt cad t ta ‘cat’ cat’ andtatd tat t ‘k upnt u.’But GadGuu tattat “GadGuu tandagant pagam n at ptnta fm”.sawt xpand,“W a an tca ttng t p tudntp ac t. i tnkt mptant tat tu b ad andaddd - t ctca tu n f GadGuutat w b cgnd aa gtmat ducatnat. GadGuu abut cabatn, ntcun. it abutffng atnat da,nt a anw. Au w n t tmpag and n ucmmunt tandad, wd nt tat pagamf mata n u t.”“Wt u tng tancagant pagam andt t t back-upu ptn, w tnkGadGuu w wptnd t dtuntca pactc,” addd.But sawtacknwdg tat t tcan b ud b tudntkng t cat n tcuwk.“Nt puttng n tfft and jut ng nmn ’ nt waunftunat appnngw bf GadGuu.T w ad pbabawa b a mnt f tudnt w t t gamt ducatn tm andcat tm ut f a auab ducatn. infact, man acadmcg ut a f t nta andut anwa. Tau f GadGuu ntn jut gttng mn’ nt a a ubttutf u wn, t au n ng w mn ntptd a dcunand f t undtandngwa dffnt t u.”s addd tat t ta ‘mutp wa’ t tptudnt catng.“T dtnt ncudu cmmunt tandadand t wanng n umpag, but t pcngpat a cm nt fctug u patnpwt t ant-pagamt.”“W ff tudnt facadmc adc n tu t nu tcan b n cnfun, andm, w a n tannunc u atnpwt an ant-pagamt pd. in ucnutatn wt tacadmc cmmunt,t wa ca w nddt gt n bad wtnttutn’ appact pagam and wkwt t am pagamdtnt t t u – w a dng xacttat. T patnpw nt n nd a tng gna tat w au abut acadmctc, t w a gt acadmc cmmuntt pac f mnd f knwng tat t fw tudnt w mgta cndd tng tpa t tudnt’ wkff a t wn w nwtnk twc, knwng tw gt caugt ut,” addd.GadGuu anw ntd n t apatnp wt Tunitint man ant-pagamc ud b acadmcnttutn. T m t t takng ama tp twadcubng cncn abutpagam.Kat Pj, f Tunitin, a “AGadGuu cntnt wnw b cntnuu adddt t Tunitin databawc nfc tcmmunt’ cmmtmntt pntng pagam.” A a ut, f tudntubmt mata fmGadGuu a t wnf a cu tat uTunitin, tat mata
will be agged as
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tat aang wbt w ntt n pac a tudntcud tak mata fm f t wantd t cat.s ad, “n at fnd’ and tpp’ a. i at, pca fm ppw a gaduatd w i
know got rsts.”
“i’m nt agant aang wbt npncp, i wud jutw abut t quatf t wk tat bngupadd”.
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