Relational

If my students don't cite their sources, I fail their papers for plagiarism. At the same time, I think academic publishing as a system is completely dysfunctional and unjust. We pick from what we can observe to weave a story that makes sense of our lives. Other people are telling stories that make sense to them but no sense to me. My story doesn't make that much sense when I examine it closely. It gives me a measure of empathy, but it also reminds me that there are some stories to beware of.