<p>This might be a bit long, so any response is appreciated.</p>
<p>Today after school I got called in. The dean and the english teacher were there, claiming that I plagiarized on my final draft for a paper. I told them that, "Yes, I mentioned in my rationale in the beginning of the essay that I would be sourcing individual accounts from various sources in order to relate to the main character's feelings (it was about drug abuse)." My english teacher looks at my rationale and says that there is no mention of that. Problem is, I emailed him twice with an updated rationale, explaining that I would be taking live accounts, or using sources word for word, but he claims to have never received that email. So, I have printed out the email I sent him along with the attachment on the email (which was the rationale containing the lines saying I would be using sources word for word) to show him tomorrow. To make matters even worse, he told me I didn't have to use MLA formatting because it was a poem, which meant no citations.</p>
<p>Do you have any advice on how to get out of this mess, and save my grade as well as my life? Do you think the copy of the email would be enough or is there another approach I can take toward this?</p>
Good luck!</p>