Mingze stared hard at his exam paper as he tried to ignore the questions that he did not know. It was a difficult math paper and many of the questions were not from his routine curriculum practices.
There was only one person who knew how to do it. It was the Math genius, John, who was sitting beside Mingze. The poor boy’s heartbeat was beating much faster than the ticking of a clock. Beads of perspiration trickled down his forehead as he wrecked his brain over the challenging questions.
The invigilator was pacing up and down the classroom in what seemed like an awkward and frigid posture. Something was on his mind and he finally spoke, “Class, I will be back after a call. Please continue in silence,’’ and the invigilator hurriedly took his leave to make a call.
When Mingze saw his chance, he hurriedly whispered to John, “Can you help me please? You can just give me the paper to copy.” When John heard it, he gave it to Mingze without hesitating. They were best friends after all. How could John turn down his request?
Unfortunately, another invigilator arrived saw Mingze and John passing papers. She stood behind them. It was clear that Mingze and John were caught red-handed. The invigilator confiscated both of their papers, brought them out of class and straight into the principal’s office.
In the room, John broke down into a flurry of tears and sobbed uncontrollably while Mingze kept a cool front. However, under the grilling interrogation by the principal and the prospect of summoning his parents to the office to have a discussion, Mingze caved in and also pleaded for a second chance.
In the end, both parents were notified of this incident. For cheating, Mingze was barred from the rest of the exam and was suspended from school for a week. John, on the other hand, was made to re-sit for the paper and write an apology letter. Hopefully, both would turn over a new leaf and learn from their mistakes.
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