After a test, Ms. Thompson called Jimmy to her desk and told him she suspected he had been cheating. Jimmy looked astonished and challenged her to prove it. She began with the first question: Who was the first president? Penny, who sat beside him, had written \u201cGeorge Washington.\u201d So had Jimmy. He wasn\u2019t impressed. Everyone knew that answer, he argued. Next came the question about who freed the slaves. Both students had written \u201cAbraham Lincoln.\u201d Jimmy had an explanation ready for that one, too: He had read his history book the night before.<\/p>\n
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Ms. Thompson asked him to wait. There was still the question about who had been president during the Louisiana Purchase. This time, Penny hadn\u2019t supplied a famous name. Instead, she had written, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d Jimmy\u2019s answer? \u201cMe neither.\u201d Apparently, he had studied his neighbor\u2019s paper a little more closely than his history book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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