When Credit Theft Backfires

Our group thought we nailed the project… until Jordan stole every ounce of credit. The teacher asked

who led the research, and Jordan jumped in like, ‘I handled it all.’ We just sat there,

shocked. The rest of us—Ava, Leo, and me—had spent DAYS building slides,

writing code, rehearsing lines. Jordan barely showed up, but now he was the

‘genius’ behind it all. At first, it looked like his plan worked.

Teachers praising him. Students clapping. Jordan acting like he was the main

character. But the more he talked, the more obvious it became he didn’t

know the details. He couldn’t explain the data. He stuttered through the algorithm.