Does UNC have no standards at all when it comes to admittance policies?

Did UNC's Highsmith seriously plagiarize 11-year-olds?

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The following are excerpts of what Highsmith wrote last year for his class and what the 11-year-olds wrote eight years earlier for their peers, both provided by the News and Observer. You be the judge.

First Highsmith's: "Poultry farming is raising of turkeys, ducks, chicken and other fowl for meat or eggs. Poultry farms can be breeding farms where they raise poultry for meat, or layer farms where they produce eggs. The 'best' breeds depend on what you want from them. Good egg layers are Rhode Island Reds [brown eggs] and Leghorns [white eggs]."

Now the 11-year-olds': "Poultry farming is raising chickens, turkeys, ducks and other fowl for meat or eggs. Poultry farms can be: 1. Breeding farms where they raise poultry for meat, or 2. Layer farms where they produce eggs."

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