After the history test, Mr. Johnson called Johnny over and placed his paper beside Mary\u2019s. Both students had identified George Washington as the first president. Johnny protested: everyone knew that. The teacher then pointed to their identical answer about who freed the slaves: Abraham Lincoln. Again, Johnny had a perfectly reasonable defense. He had studied his history book the night before. Two correct answers, he insisted, hardly proved he had copied anything from his neighbor.<\/p>\n
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Mr. Johnson moved to the question about who was president during the Louisiana Purchase. This time, Mary had offered no famous name, just an admission: \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d Johnny\u2019s answer beneath the same question was only two words: \u201cMe neither.\u201d Suddenly, his argument about common knowledge had nowhere left to go. He hadn\u2019t merely failed to name a president; he had answered Mary instead of the question. The evidence he demanded was right there in his own handwriting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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