'You should read the instructions next time': 17-year-old summer school students confront teacher after she deducts their grade for properly citing their sources

Most high school students should understand the importance of citing their sources on their papers. Failing to do so could have major consequences, not just in school but also beyond the educational level. The last thing you want is to accidentally take credit for someone else's work and risk being accused of plagiarism. Furthermore, doing research and documenting said research by citing your sources is honestly a great way to establish authority in your writing. It proves that you know what you're talking about and that you've familiarized yourself with other pieces of writing that have tackled the same subject matter. Ideally, in a good paper, you're building off of those sources to say something new; therefore, citing your sources is necessary to distinguish your argument from your research.

For some reason, these students had the unfortunate experience of being assigned a teacher who penalized students for citing their sources. It's as if she decided to pass on the opposite lessons from what she should be instructing. Thankfully, these students were mature enough to understand that this was bogus and that they deserved to be acknowledged favorably for going the extra mile and citing their research, even if it wasn't part of the instructions. Keep scrolling through for the full confrontation!

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