I’m in 10th grade and I gave my teacher the wrong paper that had all my sources on it instead of the essay and she called me out for plagiarizing. I tried talking to her and asking her to look at my real essay but she said it doesn’t matter and walked away. What should I do? If I do get an offense for plagiarizing it would be my first one is that really bad?
Plagiarism is a serious academic offense.
What did you hand in? Doesn’t sound like you handed in a list of references or some notes. Not clear what this alternative paper was and why it exists.