Jeanette felt her face turn red. She was so embarrassed. She wanted to tell him the truth, but she was afraid. ''Yes,'' she said softly.
''I wanted to give you a chance to do the right thing,'' he said. ''I know you got this paper from the Internet. Another student turned in the same paper. You know you cannot copy someone else's writing and put your name on it. That's plagiarism. I'm going to meet with the principal this afternoon to talk about this paper.''