I had a similar episode in (Russian equivalent of) 10th grade, where a physics class lab experiment had critically flawed equipment, but we were supposed to write down all the steps according to a predetermined script described in the textbook. I instead described what was really happening in the experiment, why, and what was different from the intended scenario. The teacher marked other students according to how well they adhered to the script, even though it didn’t square with the actual experimental data in any way, and they had to forge or “reinterpret” the data. (I did get an A, but possibly only because of my prodigy status.)
I had a similar episode in (Russian equivalent of) 10th grade, where a physics class lab experiment had critically flawed equipment, but we were supposed to write down all the steps according to a predetermined script described in the textbook. I instead described what was really happening in the experiment, why, and what was different from the intended scenario. The teacher marked other students according to how well they adhered to the script, even though it didn’t square with the actual experimental data in any way, and they had to forge or “reinterpret” the data. (I did get an A, but possibly only because of my prodigy status.)