In schools, the punishment for cheating could be a failing grade on the paper or in the course.

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The second thing I want to say is less about paper writing, and more about the trajectory of this course and what we're seeing in common between these novels.

第二件我想说的事情是，不是关于写论文的，而是关于这门课的轨迹的,我们会在这些小说里看到一些共同点。

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So it's really a training ground for the final paper, and we have found that people don't succeed in the course in the final paper without the training they get in section discussion, which is why section participation is worth ten percent of your grade.

所以讨论课也是为期末测试而训练的一个基础部分,我们曾发现没有在讨论课上的训练学生是没法,通过期末考试的，这也是为什么讨论课,的出勤率占你们分数的百分之十的原因。

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There's a mid-term exam halfway through and a final exam at the end, and there's a term paper which is due near the end of the course.

我们在学期中和学期末,分别会有期中考试和期末考试,在本学期快结束时要求写一篇学期论文

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