In the marking scheme, “in your own words” means the student has digested the passage and served it back in a fresh thali. Lifted phrases show laziness, like playing someone else’s sur without tuning your own nagara. From the examiner’s desk, I see ten answers with the same lifeless line – no marks for a photocopy.
My own life says this too strictly, yaar. When my daughter memorises textbook lines for her B.Com, her eyes go flat. Real understanding has a different rhythm, a personal thump. I cannot give marks for a borrowed beat.
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