Les vents to his “work wife” Linda about how another student tried to pass off a purchased paper as his own work. I wonder if that student’s offense was dealt with as lightly as was Maddie’s? “Everyone deserves a second chance, Cory…so here’s what I’m going to do. Your dad owns a pizza parlor…so why don’t you make a pizza in the shape of a whale?”
Tag: Westview High School
Moby Dick-Les
Well, we’ve certainly gotten to know our Maddie a little better over the last couple of weeks; for example (as snarker John commented on Wednesday), we’ve learned that she and Jinx are BFF’s. But although we know she’s in the band, when has it ever been demonstrated that she’s “musically creative like [her] Dad”? And how “musically creative” does one have to be to master “air guitar”?
And a musical “Moby Dick”? Why…it’s been done:
Self In-crib-inating
Maddie is shocked, shocked, to learn of the existence of plagarism checking sites. It gets worse: she’s paid good money for a plagiarized plagiarism! In the interest of full disclosure: in spite of the implausibility of the twice-“cribbed” paper (and anyway, what difference would it make?)…Maddie’s Moe Howard-like reaction made me smile.
It's Called a Flair for Writing

I had no idea that online term paper mills had become so specialized that you could select not just a topic but also the grade that you were shooting for. Meanwhile, does anybody get the joke here? Is there even a joke to be gotten? And who’s this kid in the background?
Hi, Jinx
Maddie makes the mistake of confiding in Jinx, who blurts out her secret loud enough to send Curly Blue Haired Kid looking for a faculty member to snitch to.