Plagiarism: Why It Happened To My English Teacher

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This happened to my English teacher's college friend; she was accused of plagiarism when, in reality, it was all accidental. She had done a lot of research, and came up with a sentence that she thought was her own. In reality, it was something she had read earlier and forgotten about. She was almost kicked out, but saved by a professor who knew that she would never break character like that. This happened to my English teacher's college friend; she was accused of plagiarism when, in reality, it was all accidental. She had done a lot of research, and came up with a sentence that she thought was her own. In reality, it was something she had read earlier and forgotten about. She was almost kicked out, but saved by a professor who knew that she …show more content…
She had done a lot of research, and came up with a sentence that she thought was her own. In reality, it was something she had read earlier and forgotten about. She was almost kicked out, but saved by a professor who knew that she would never break character like that. This happened to my English teacher's college friend; she was accused of plagiarism when, in reality, it was all accidental. She had done a lot of research, and came up with a sentence that she thought was her own. In reality, it was something she had read earlier and forgotten about. She was almost kicked out, but saved by a professor who knew that she would never break character like that. This happened to my English teacher's college friend; she was accused of plagiarism when, in reality, it was all accidental. She had done a lot of research, and came up with a sentence that she thought was her own. In reality, it was something she had read earlier and forgotten about. She was almost kicked out, but saved by a professor who knew that she would never break character like that. This happened to my English teacher's college friend; she was accused of plagiarism when, in reality, it was all

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