Re: free plagiarism busting site?

[GJSA24@aol.com]

I've been reading the posts on the plagiarism problem and detection sites. 
Have had that "teachable moment" as you wryly put it, Cathy.  How do varous 
schools/teachers handle this when detected, I wonder?  I scared the students silly 
prior to larger research assignments by reading the H.S. policy on plagiarism 
(F or 0 on item, first offense, F or 0 for class second offense -- not sure 
how thoroughly and consistly that is applied, though), and referencing the 
situation of those whose  college careers or degrees were jeapardized through the 
determination of plagiarism. In another situation,  I allowed a student to 
redo the assignment with a certain # of points reduced.  
I think as bad as plagiarism are the situationa when a parent does the work 
for the child, and you can absolutely tell it is not the child's work 
(vocabulary level, sentence construction, sophistication of thinking).  It is very very 
hard to get to the bottom of it.   I have had two students in recent years 
whose mom's were so obviously doing their work at home.  How have others handled 
this kind of issue?
Gwen