Sigh...

So I was marking a set of 10 practical reports this weekend, and found some suspicious paragraphs. Uh oh. I looked a little closer and found that out of 10 reports, 5 had plagiarised at least an entire paragraph. Five. Two of those contained virtually no original writing. What was the source they plagiarised? The handout they received in class describing the background of the practical. Seriously, that is really depressing. I mean... wow.