Chapter 167
“Do you really not understand what I’m talking about? Let me ask more plainly, did you write this paper yourself?” Sarah stared directly at Grace, watching for her reaction.
But Grace avoided her gaze, turning away pretending to get water. “Of course I wrote it. It took me over a month.”
Sarah pressed on, “I wrote this paper in two weeks. Now it appears under your name. I submitted it to the Psychology Journal a few days ago – before the review was even complete, I saw the university announcement. Your paper is identical to mine, even the title is the same. More interestingly, even the references and footnotes are unchanged, and the research direction was developed. through discussions with Professor Jane Lawrence. Don’t you think I deserve an explanation?”
Grace held her water cup, looking at Sarah arrogantly. “Miss Sanders, even if you’re the university’s favorite, even if you reported the psychology competition and brought in Professor Lawrence. But let me be clear – I published this, and I wrote it. Now, please
leave my office.”
Sarah laughed coldly. So she wouldn’t admit it? More puzzling was how she’d gotten the paper in the first place.
“If you won’t discuss this, we’ll see each other in court.” Sarah turned to leave, her expression dark.
Grace suddenly called after her. “You want to sue me for plagiarism? I should sue you! You submitted my paper to the Psychology Journal. I’ve already reported this to the Dean. There’s going to be a leadership meeting, and according to regulations, you’ll be
fired!”
“Fine. The truth will come out.” Back in her office, Sarah knew that no matter how Grace altered dates or made modifications,
there was one thing she couldn’t fake.
The data in the paper came from Jane. The research data was so extensive that only insiders could access it, and she’d used an
expert scoring system rather than domestic modeling.
She had email records of contacting psychology professors worldwide for each score, and all the data processing was properly
documented.
If Grace wanted to claim the paper as her own, Sarah wanted to see how she’d explain the modeling process,
Sure enough, that evening the university leadership called an emergency meeting. The university website and forums were
buzzing with discussion.
Some of Grace’s former students began attacking Sarah viciously, while others supported her because of the Jane
As the debate raged on, Sarah entered the meeting room carrying her laptop and USB drive.
Lin incident.
In the conference room, university leaders sat together, with Dean Larson looking grim in the head seat, and Professor Wells equally troubled.
Sarah walked in to see Grace looking at her smugly.
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She’d heard that Dean Larson and Professor Wells had argued in the office today, likely about this situation.
Dean Larson looked at Sarah sternly. “Professor Harrison, please explain what happened.”
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“Yes, Dean.” Grave stood before the leadership. “A month ago, I wrote an article this paper that’s been accepted by the Academic Journal. Then Miss Sanders here submitted the same paper to the Psychology Journal. This morning, she came to my office to brazenly accuse me of plagiarism. I was going to let it go, but not anymore. I’m filing a complaint against Miss Sanders, Dean, according to regulations, teachers who steal others‘ work should be dismissed immediately. Such people don’t deserve to
be
teachers.”
