<p>huskem:</p>
<p>You got caught. You claimed a reference for a number and that reference contradicted your claim. One important thing you need to learn is never to make false claims that can be verified (or not) by others. (I’d prefer you just didn’t make false claims at all, but I suspect you’re past that point.)</p>
<p>Now, having been caught, you play the victim. You think your behavior is not the problem. I’m sure that, in your mind, your behavior is never the problem. It is always those “other people” isn’t it? They’re always out to get you.</p>
<p>So, my indignation at being given a false reference, and my upbraiding you for giving me that false reference, makes me “not a happy person” instead of someone who is exercising justified anger at having been deceived. I must have something against you, against Connecticut College, against “camels” or, who knows, against “husks”!!! It can’t possibly be the fact that you cited a false reference to prop up your specious numbers.</p>
<p>If you were in my class, I would check every reference on every footnote. I would also make sure to do a thorough check for plagiarism.</p>