i'd like to point out again that the girl did NOT ask for permission to do this paper, like the other kids.
and this appears to me to be the best explanation
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it was a lot easier to write a quick little preliminary outline on Jesus Christ, which she knew a lot about, which most of my students knew a lot about."
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the kid already knew
hell of a lot (couldnt help that one
) about christianity and jesus. so, she (the kid) could easily write up the paper w/o doing much research. the purpose of the assignment was to teach the kids to do proper research and writing about something she already knew about would negate the meaning of the assigment.