<p>Don't "quit wondering", there is definitely hope for the next generation. Post #216 is definitely full of crap. Following that (il)logic, maybe one can even argue that it justifies for parents with money to hire someone to take SAT for their children. Afterall, if those parents have so much money to spare, why even bother sending their children to colleges?</p>
<p>"Ms. Viswanathan confessed that she has suffered from acid reflux since she was a junior in high school. Protonix, the medication she takes to control the condition, makes her dizzy and forgetful, she said."</p>
<p>""When I'm on Protonix, it's almost as if I'm channeling another person," said Ms. Viswanathan, who admitted to "maybe unintentionally replicating" portions of Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life."</p>
<p>"According to the Harvard Crimson, which first broke the story of Ms. Viswanathan's plagiarism, this is not the first time she has been involved in illegal copying."</p>
<p>"'"She also turned in a term paper during her freshman year that was a word-for-word rip from her roommate. Kaavya talked her way out of that one by claiming she had written her paper on her roommate's laptop after the battery in her own laptop had died. She said she must have accidentally printed out the file containing her roommate's paper and then deleted the file containing her own paper.'"</p>
<p>"'Buzz Cabot, sports editor of the Crimson, accused Ms. Viswanathan of copying most of the love letters she had sent him.</p>
<p>"I broke up with her when I realized this," said Mr. Cabot, "then she had the gall to send me a poem she had copied from Emily Dickinson and pretend it was her own. I'm beginning to wonder if Kaavya Viswanathan is even her real name.'"</p>
<p>haha! Very funny.</p>
<p>hm...that's an interesting TWIST on things.</p>
<p>"dizzy and forgetful"? I thought she said she has a photographic memory and that's the main reason she INTERNALIZED everything.</p>
<p>Ghengis Kahn, I do believe you're...erm...missing the point of the article :)</p>
<p>The Mongol hoardes were too busy pillaging to refine their appreciation of satire.</p>
<p>I certainly did miss checking the source link. There were no Internet service during my time. The rest of the world has changed so much!</p>
<p>guess must be the acid reflux medication working its magic again</p>
<p>Maybe Kaavya took acid, rather than acid-reflux medicine. That would explain the flashbacks.</p>
<p>"flashbacks" ....... xD</p>