Seeking advice about salvaging the capstone class

[soliloquy]

Do the paper. Here's why:

First- the burden to fail you will be on the teacher. When you don't turn something in, the teacher can be lazy and enter a "0" without a second thought. When you DO turn in a paper, they have to justify every point deduction. It's much harder to fail you when you turn in your paper.

Second- you'll get a grade and or feedback. Even if your paper fails, you'll get feedback that you can then use on your next attempt at the class. In addition, you can use the same work this time around for the next time around if necessary, it's not wasted effort. (EDIT to comment about plagiarism- you absolutely can use your own work, that's not plagiarism. Plagiarism is when you use someone else's work without properly citing. Copyright always belongs to the author- published or not. So, it's not plagiarism and it's not copyright infringement. As to whether or not the instructor takes personal issue is really a matter of what's written *or not* in the syllabus and or college catalog. )

Finally- something in your brain happens when you quit vs when you fight.

Self-plagiarism is indeed considered plagiarism at some universities. I know that's the case at all the ones I've attended. You still have to site your own previously completed work.

Plagiarism is one example of academic dishonesty: Self Plagiarism is .... Submission of prior work without self-citation constitutes self-plagiarism and academic ...
http://www.tesu.edu/national-institute/d...in_PLA.pdf

They might still make an exception because of the circumstances.