Stephen King and a Glasgow pupil ... it's a horror tale
A SCHOOL tale in the Diary reminds Gordon Fisher, from Stewarton, of teaching English in Glasgow’s east end. Our readers will be aware that Higher English pupils must provide a folio of their own original writing. One young scholar, who had previously shown little interest in the course, submitted an outstanding extract from a short story he claimed was his own. Smelling a rat, his teacher took a segment from the story and ran it through Google Advanced search, which concluded the tale was actually the work of a certain Stephen King, bestselling author. Informed of this intriguing dev...
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