To the students in my 3rd block class:
I understand that you have busy lives and don't always see the need to spend five minutes on a homework assignment that's basically an easy "A." Believe me, once upon a time I was in your shoes. I completely get why sometimes you might feel the urge to copy someone else's homework a few minutes before class begins.
Might I point out, however, that it's sometimes a good idea to make change an answer or two when you're doing so just to give the impression that you did it yourself. Because, you see, when 3/4 of the class puts "Mugwumps" (a.k.a. Republicans who supported the Democratic party in the 1884 election) as the answer to "what is the name of the hated 1890 tariff?" . . . it's kind of hard not to figure out what happened.
(On the bright side, at least it's not as bad as "the South won the Civil War.")
Might I point out, however, that it's sometimes a good idea to make change an answer or two when you're doing so just to give the impression that you did it yourself. Because, you see, when 3/4 of the class puts "Mugwumps" (a.k.a. Republicans who supported the Democratic party in the 1884 election) as the answer to "what is the name of the hated 1890 tariff?" . . . it's kind of hard not to figure out what happened.
(On the bright side, at least it's not as bad as "the South won the Civil War.")