Raymond B. answered • 11/19/23
Math, microeconomics or criminal justice
I don't know if it's considered cheating or not. It depends on why the instructor is saying that and exactly what s/he said, as someone once famously said it's the spirit of the law, not the letter that matters. or as Shakespeare wrote "The Law is an Ass." But then there are hyper-legalists ready to give you an F for minor transgressions,if they don't like you. Maybe they're just trying to get you to use the library and get familiar with what it has. So do that much. Libraries are now going on line too, though. Only way to access many is online.
Maybe your instructor is just afraid you may end up using AI, Artificial Intelligence to write the paper for you. Or some websites sell written essays on endless topics.
go online and search for books or articles on the actress
then cite them in your paper, don't cite the online websites
some instructors oddly still don't even like wikipedia, but it has footnotes with articles/books other sources you can cite on most all famous people or topics. To say don't go online sounds like what an instructor would say if they were computer illiterate, and didn't want others to notice, or they lived in a cave, so to speak.
you came on line to Wyzant? so do a little more online searching for "non online" sources
wikipedia alone has 42 sources cited plus more books and citations on Romy Schneider, the German- French actress
then there's google and other search engines
then there's the competition factor. What do you think other students are doing in this same "predicament" on not going online? many might just pick another topic with books readily available in your local library. Or they go online in one way or another. Even have someone else do the online search for them.
maybe check with your French or German language departments where you are or a nearby college, and you'll probably run across some instructor there who's very familiar with Romy Schneider's films and life. Lots of movie buffs out there. Or try the theater department, with aspiring actors/actresses.Bound to be someone there who knows a lot about her. Maybe they'd even have a couple of her films. Some foreign film buffs too, with English subtitles.
You might even watch one or two of her films yourself. Some online. Others available in libraries, increasingly online. include your own personal movie review (reaction) to the movie, as part of your essay
Among other details of her life
born in Vienna, Austria, she moved to Germany, then to France. Romy roamed from town to town,like Wanderer song lyrics
married several times, including a film director&actor
had an abortion when it was illegal, & publicly admitted it
had a lesbian affair
and began drinking heavily when her 14 year old son died in 1981
she died in 1982,her body found in her Paris apartment
but probably died from heart and kidney problems,not the alcohol, according to relatives & apparently medical records. although hard to deny there's some connection between her imbibing and her medical problems and death
she died at a young 44 years old
She appears in a photograph standing alone next to German Chancellor Willie Brandt, from 1971, as well as in other pictures with German leaders. They must have liked her movies, a lot. similar to JFK and the Kennedys with Marilyn Monroe
career spanned 1950's to 70's
She starred in 1955 portraying an Austrian Empress Elizabeth
then 1965 in "What's New Pussycat" co-starring with Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Woody Allen
she's considered a major film star
among many other films, she's a star for the ages
Happy Thanksgiving and Turkey Day
If the instructor does give you an F or downgrade you for cheating, suspends you from school, your defense is also equally hyperl-egalistic, as her instructions were unconstitutionally vague and overbroad and any punishment must be preceded by due process, a fair hearing before an independent objective judge, not the instructor. Well, some version of that sometimes works. or go for selective prosecution, as everyone else in the course likely was "cheating" by going on line. then you point out you did more work on that essay than those who got A's. Also, was the assignment put in writing, or just orally given in class? another defense as you misheard it, improper insufficient notice. Court cases have found that minimal due process under the 14th Amendment, Bill of Rights, does require a fair hearing for students subjected to discipline, punishment, suspension or expulsion. Problem is the instructor may suspect use of online searches even if you didn't go online, as everyone is doing it. They suspect everyone. Your instructor gave you some nearly unworkable instructions, as to avoiding going online. if s/he downgrades you, exhaust all administrative remedies, appeals, within the school, before threatening or seeking legal action, retaining an attorney.
You're welcome Cat Z. No charge for the "legal advice" as it's not "legal advice" just "legal information" the usual disclaimer, as laws vary by state and rules by college or schools. Best wishes. If you ever take an "ethics" course, realize the instructor may be totally clueless.
