Read the text below and answer the questions In 2002, a biology teacher in Kansas, a state in the American Midwest, made national and even international news After Christine Pelton discovered that 28 of her 118 students had plagiarized parts of a major project, she gave them failing grades Although this was the school policy, the students parents complained The school board directed Ms Pelton to change the punishment They told her that 600 points should be taken from the offenders rather than the entire 1.800 points Ms. Pelton resigned in protest Why did this become such a significant story? Perhaps it is because so many people feel strongly about what is right and wrong. The incident raised some important questions What is plagiansm? How serious is it? The simplest form of plagiansm occurs when someone copies matenal without giving credit to the source. However, there are also more senous forms, such as when a student pays someone else to write an essay