Student Writing

I have some students who can really write well. And I also have the author of this passage. This is the conclusion of a 1,700 word paper which was supposed to analyze two different proposals for tort reform. Let me assure you all, it is the distilled essence of this student’s writing:

What are liabilities without rebuttal? What is neglect without mediation? Through years of lawsuits and reform issues, political government and businesses of all types either agree or vaguely find room for remorse of coming to a consensus. With every analysis of subject that all teams in class reported, all have their fair share of “pros and cons” to elaborate their stance.

Furthermore, how long will it take or will there ever be laws that actually limit both settlement and punitive damage claims. These claims are what cause premiums and others prices of retail products to rise. Equality is crucial in managing mutual sacrifices.

I have no clue at all what this means. It looks like the student picked out words at random from Black’s Law Dictionary and used them as a global search-and-replace for a conclusion from a previously-submitted paper. I guess technically that’s original authorship, but the result is, as best I can figure out, nonsense.