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. I am sorry to say that one of you in this class , cheated on the finals last week ' Professor Cornwallis announced , You are well aware of the policies of our hallowed institution . The young man responsible for this grave offense shall not be allowed to graduate from the academy and shall be expelled immediately

There were tears forming around the old man 's eyes as he said the words Despite my sadness and fear at what had happened , I couldn 't help but wonder how my old professor could have been so

sure that someone did indeed cheat , so I raised my hand and asked

Sir , might we know as the gentlemen accused of this severe transgression on the academy and on your esteemed honor how you have come to such conclusions

The act shamed not just my honor , Mr . Tangaryen , but yours and your classmate 's the most . To cheat in an examination , to cheat on anything for that matter , is an act of disrespect against one 's peers and oneself ' Professor Cornwallis replied , As for your query as to how I have deduced such a conclusion . I will tell you that I not only have substantial proof that one of you did cheat , but proof on which one of you it was

At that professor Cornwallis produced a small piece of crumpled

This small piece of contains all the dates that you were supposed to memorize for the examination . The one mistake that the culprit committed was throwing it in the trash bin after using it without so much as tearing it to pieces . The cleaning person Mr . Rowen found it and brought it to my attention . What was even more fortunate was that aside from this piece of , the trash bin was empty thereby preserving the quality of the evidence for scrutiny

With all due respect professor , how can you tell from that that piece of was used to cheat in this class , if it was used to cheat at all ? What 's more , how can you tell which person used it for such a purpose if ever it that was the case ' Bruce Martel suddenly inquired

Because Bruce , the empty trash bin had just been delivered by Mr Rowen inside this very room where this class took the examination mere moments before that time . This meant that only one of you could have thrown it in the bin while on his way out . Even if the culprit would attest that he did not use the evidence , mere possession of such material would constitute the same punishment . Nevertheless , I can prove that the evidence was used , and I can prove who used it

Prove it then ' Bruce burst in anger

The cheater used this piece of during the examination undetected by the proctor . It is most probably the first time that the student had done such an act . The student is a literary writer , the act was poorly thought out , and...