Jin's teacher discovers that he cheated on his exam. she produces evidence of the cheating to jin and says, “if you take responsibility for this, i will only give you a failing grade for the test.” jin admits to cheating but then proceeds to make several excuses for his behavior. at one point, he even blames his teacher for not giving the class enough time to study. finally, he begs for the teacher's forgiveness. to avoid failing the class, jin should have

limited the extent of his communication

Explanation:

Saying unnecessary things sometimes will make you fall into a deeper problem compared to where you initially got.

From the sample above.  saying that it the teacher's fault for not giving enough time to study will most likely taken as a personal attack that make Jin seen very unfavorable. He should've limited the extend of his communication and avoid saying personal things like this.

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