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Essay Industry Pioneers Break With Controversial Past

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15 years ago, Cheathouse.com pioneered the online essay industry sending shockwaves through academia. After years of accusations of promoting plagiarism and cheating, the founders are ready to say farewell to the name that started it all. End Quote

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We should have chosen the name WriteWork instead of Cheathouse from the beginning. But back then we were just kids with no idea of what was in store

(1888PressRelease) July 16, 2010 - In 1995, Jens Schriver and Maximo Migliari, just teenagers at the time, launched an essay site with the controversial name Cheathouse.com. It immediately caused a commotion within the academic community where the assumption was made that such an initiative was unethical by nature and could only encourage dishonesty.

"We should have gone with the name WriteWork instead of Cheathouse from the beginning. But back then we thought it was catchy - we were just kids with no clue of what was in store for us. We've grown up since then and so has our business." Says co-founder Maximo Migliari.

The essay site promptly caught the attention of the international press and soon Schriver and Migliari were featured on CNN, BBC and NPR.

As a reaction to the unfavorable image instilled by the public, the two founders decided to find out for themselves whether the members were in fact using the essay library for plagiarism.

Personal interviews were carried out and over 500 members completed anonymous questionnaires. The results showed that a small fraction intended to use the essay site for plagiarism while the vast majority actually viewed the site as an important academic resource that helped them find primary sources and improve grades.

Moreover, the study showed that the minority with dishonorable intentions were largely high school students - an interesting aspect considering that the main audience was university and college students.

"Maximo and I are perfect examples that getting inspiration from essay examples doesn't necessarily facilitate plagiarism and cheating. We both have university degrees and during the years we spent studying neither of us ever turned in an assignment that wasn't original - despite the fact that we were running one of the most comprehensive essay resources in the world." Says co-founder Jens Schriver

Since then, Schriver and Migliari have focused on conveying the right message by tuning their site to earnest university and college students - changing the name to WriteWork is an important step in the right direction.

Among the new services that will be featured on WriteWork in the near future, is a collection of outlines for writing essays, research papers and book reports as well as a citation and bibliography guide.

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Jens Schriver
Gradua Networks