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Student rearranges textbook sentence to avoid copying meme

This relatable school-themed meme features a three-part text setup followed by a reaction image. First, a teacher tells students not to copy directly from the textbook. Next, the textbook contains the factual line 'Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879.' The student (labeled 'Me') rewrites the sentence by reordering the clauses to 'On 14 March 1879, Albert Einstein was born' as a lazy attempt to avoid being caught copying. The bottom half of the meme shows a confused, unimpressed close-up of Mark Wahlberg's face labeled *Teacher*, representing the teacher noticing and being annoyed by this obvious, low-effort attempt to bypass the no-copy rule.
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Teacher: Do not copy from the textbook.
Textbook: "Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879."
Me: "On 14 March 1879, Albert Einstein was born."
*Teacher*

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Joke about students lazily rewording textbook content to avoid plagiarism, paired with Mark Wahlberg confused reaction image

Overview

This relatable school-themed meme features a three-part text setup followed by a reaction image. First, a teacher tells students not to copy directly from the textbook. Next, the textbook contains the factual line 'Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879.' The student (labeled 'Me') rewrites the sentence by reordering the clauses to 'On 14 March 1879, Albert Einstein was born' as a lazy attempt to avoid being caught copying. The bottom half of the meme shows a confused, unimpressed close-up of Mark Wahlberg's face labeled Teacher, representing the teacher noticing and being annoyed by this obvious, low-effort attempt to bypass the no-copy rule.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced from an RSS feed of the X.com (formerly Twitter) account WholesomeMeme. The reaction image used is a popular meme template taken from the 2010 comedy film The Other Guys, where Mark Wahlberg's character makes this confused, displeased expression. This format is commonly used to show disbelief or annoyance at obvious, lazy attempts to trick others.

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