When Johnny\u2019s history teacher suspected him of copying Mary\u2019s test, he wasn\u2019t ready to admit a thing. The teacher pointed out that their answers to questions about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were identical. Johnny had an explanation ready: he had studied hard the night before. After all, two students getting the same facts right wasn\u2019t necessarily proof of cheating. For a moment, his argument sounded reasonable enough. Then the teacher moved to the question that made his entire story fall apart.<\/p>\n
The question asked who was president during the Louisiana Purchase. Mary, unable to supply the answer, had written, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d Johnny hadn\u2019t named a president either. Instead, his response was, \u201cMe neither.\u201d Those two words did what the matching correct answers couldn\u2019t: expose exactly where his inspiration had come from. He had tried to borrow Mary\u2019s knowledge\u2014and ended up borrowing her uncertainty a little too honestly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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