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Critical Incident
Masao is learning English with Mr. Thomas. One day, Mr. Thomas pointed Masao and asked a question in English. Since Masao was not sure what Mr. Thomas meant, he didn't respond quickly. Instead, he asked Yoshio, who was sitting next to him, what their teacher had meant. When Mr. Thomas saw Masao talking to Yoshio in Japanese, Mr. Thomas started to get angry and said to Masao, "Masao, stop talking to Yoshio in Japanese and answer my question immediately." Masao couldn't understand why Mr. Thomas got angry with him. He just wanted to make sure if he had understood Mr. Thomas's question correctly before he would answer it. Can you guess why Mr. Thomas got angry with him?

Answer:
From Mr. Thomas's point of view, it was Masao, not the other boys, who was asked to answer his question and who was responsible for the answer. However, Masao asked his classmate for help. Mr. Thomas considered Masao's behavior as cheating.
I would like to explain why I choose this answer. When Mr. Thomas asked question to Masao, he did not get it first time and he tried to ask his friend Yoshio. It was clear that he was not asking the answer to Yoshio. He did not get what Mr. Thomas asked him and he was not sure about it. He was asking his friend to make sure about the question, not the answer. Mr. Thomas might know that Masao asked for the question which he asked to him then also he got angry on Masao because I think Masao has to pay attention in the class. He cannot talk with anybody when teacher is asking something. If he was not sure about the question, why did not he ask Mr. Thomas? He should ask teacher honestly that can you repeat the question again. If he is talking with other student next to him, it clearly considered as a cheating. Mr. Thomas did get angry because he might want to teach a lesson that if you have any query about any question, you should