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Driftwood City High School Research Paper

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Sometimes, school is competitive. It can become so competitive that students will lie or go so far as to cheat. Some will even kill. Honor Students at Driftwood City High School partake in an Honors English Literature class that ends the year with an exam. The three students who score highest on this test receive a Distinguished Writers Foundation scholarship. This is both a great honor as well as a way to get into the nation's most prestigious colleges and universities. As this is such a serious event, cheating consequences are severe. The first offence results in a failing grade regarding that assignment. Also, the student in question receives a one day suspension from school. If the student decides to cheat a second time, the consequence …show more content…

The only people who should have known this data were Officer Kripke and Dr. Aiden Hobbes, the coroner. While Officer Kripke questioned him, Beck mentioned almost exactly the cause of Anne’s death. No one could know these details except the officer, coroner, or the murderer themselves. After getting into the principal’s office, Beck “almost immediately… said how sad it was that Anne hit her head and died. I knew that no one beside myself and the M.E. knew anything about Anne’s head wound. I had not told anyone, not even Anne’s parents,” (Kripke 10). Beck was certain of how Anne died when no one outside of the station was supposed to know. Not even Anne’s parents had been notified. Beck attempted to backpedal and stated “I mentioned that I assumed she had fallen from the cliff and possibly hit her head,” (Martin 16). While being questioned, Beck let slip almost the exact way that Anne died according to the highly qualified coroner, Dr. Hobbes. Beck later shrugs it off as a lucky guess, but guesses of that accuracy are extremely rare. It is improbable that Beck simply guessed the cause of death without knowing anything. Dr. Hobbes, in his professional opinion, believed that “Anne Marcus was struck on the side of the head… she died about 8:30 pm,” (Hobbes

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