The Sun won’t shine at a private Catholic school in King City, Ontario, where a Grade 10 student was docked 22% off her history assignment for using clippings from this newspaper — deemed “non-reputable” by her teacher. Jessica Bolzicco, 16, an honour roll student with an 87% grade average at St. Thomas of Villanova College, said her teacher cut the grade on her current affairs assignment from an 87% to a 65% because she used the Toronto Sun as her source. Students were asked to bring in three clippings from “newspapers of repute.”
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Luciano said the teacher told him the University of Toronto forbids its students from using Sun as a source. A university spokesman denied this.
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“I thought education was about the exchange of ideas, but what do I know — I only have a PhD.”