Comments on: Got Spellcheck. Will Write for Food http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/ News, analysis, and what it looks like from the inside by an expatriate American in Astana Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:05:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Christopher Schwartz http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/#comment-293 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:48:48 +0100 http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/#comment-293 feed://http//chaikhana.neweurasia.net/?feed=rss2 feed://http//chaikhana.neweurasia.net/?feed=rss2

]]> by: Christopher Schwartz http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/#comment-292 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:47:18 +0100 http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/#comment-292 Re: RSS -- Hah! Thanks for pointing that out. I'll see what I can do about it. Re: RSS — Hah! Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll see what I can do about it.

]]> by: KZBlog http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/#comment-291 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:08:28 +0100 http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/#comment-291 Cool! Feel free to use it. Your site looks interesting and I'm happy to help out with the project in anyway. One note: your RSS feed links are really small and hard to find. Cool! Feel free to use it. Your site looks interesting and I’m happy to help out with the project in anyway. One note: your RSS feed links are really small and hard to find.

]]> by: Christopher Schwartz http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/#comment-290 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:40:01 +0100 http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/#comment-290 Hey there! Just wanted to let you know that I loved this article, especially the title. I'm going to use it as part of the education chapter of neweurasia's upcoming book, "CyberChaikhana." cf. http://chaikhana.neweurasia.net/?p=41 Hey there! Just wanted to let you know that I loved this article, especially the title. I’m going to use it as part of the education chapter of neweurasia’s upcoming book, “CyberChaikhana.”

cf. http://chaikhana.neweurasia.net/?p=41

]]> by: Charlie http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/#comment-252 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:47:03 +0000 http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/#comment-252 My Kazakhstani daughter who attends the univ in Astana told me that she always takes her exams. Since I assumed everyone did I was a little surprised to find that it is common to pay to teachers for good grades! (She and her sister are not my biological girls, but I love them dearly and love helping them get through the university). My Kazakhstani daughter who attends the univ in Astana told me that she always takes her exams. Since I assumed everyone did I was a little surprised to find that it is common to pay to teachers for good grades!
(She and her sister are not my biological girls, but I love them dearly and love helping them get through the university).

]]> by: Ruslan http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/#comment-251 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:16:43 +0000 http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/#comment-251 Hi, I've been inside of such companies which do such services for a few years, now these companies slowly vanish, because it is no longer profitable. The thing is that an ordinary student is usually poor. Students get to write these research papers and dissertations quite frequently during their study. So, they cannot pay much for the service which is getting more and more expensive to produce. There is also a bit of exageration about the word used as a translation for "курсовые" - these are actually not that important, I would say their importance is more like a coursework. "дипломные" is a research work students do on their final year, but I doubt that it is possible to pass the project presentation without actually knowing what you're talking about. I agree that Kazakhstani universities should be more strict about plagiarism. I also think that some universal plagiarism-detecting software could be used to identify and punish those who do such things. Hi,

I’ve been inside of such companies which do such services for a few years, now these companies slowly vanish, because it is no longer profitable. The thing is that an ordinary student is usually poor. Students get to write these research papers and dissertations quite frequently during their study. So, they cannot pay much for the service which is getting more and more expensive to produce.

There is also a bit of exageration about the word used as a translation for “курсовые” - these are actually not that important, I would say their importance is more like a coursework. “дипломные” is a research work students do on their final year, but I doubt that it is possible to pass the project presentation without actually knowing what you’re talking about.

I agree that Kazakhstani universities should be more strict about plagiarism. I also think that some universal plagiarism-detecting software could be used to identify and punish those who do such things.

]]> by: Patrick W http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/#comment-242 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:54:49 +0000 http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/got-spellcheck-will-write-for-food/#comment-242 I fully understand your concerns. Having lived in Almaty most of my life and having friends who were in school there, cheating was almost expected. If not that, bribing the teachers was. Flowers and wine on the day of the test were a common sight. I think that cheating is universal, but just much more obvious and out in the open in Kazakhstan. The flip side of the coin is the fact that most teachers hardly get paid anything. However I am hoping and praying that the economy of KZ will expand to the extent that the educational front will grow and become better. I fully understand your concerns. Having lived in Almaty most of my life and having friends who were in school there, cheating was almost expected. If not that, bribing the teachers was. Flowers and wine on the day of the test were a common sight. I think that cheating is universal, but just much more obvious and out in the open in Kazakhstan. The flip side of the coin is the fact that most teachers hardly get paid anything. However I am hoping and praying that the economy of KZ will expand to the extent that the educational front will grow and become better.

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