In the words of my friend:
So in one of my classes, we had just taken our first exam, and the professor had already told us there was going to be an essay portion on the test, but on the day of the test, when mine was passed to me, there was no essay portion on the exam, but I hadn't noticed until she emailed me about it and that she had given me a 0 on the test for 'cheating.' I went to talk to her and she accused me of cheating because I had 'deliberately thrown it out' so that I didn't have to do it. I tried to explain to her and ask how throwing out part of the test would benefit me in any way, but she just kept going on about how I did it and that I was a cheater, and that if I didn't admit it, I would receive a 0 in the CLASS for cheating, and that if I did admit it, she'll give me a 0 for the TEST. At the end of the term, she said she'll drop the lowest test grade, but the problem is is that I was planning on getting a letter of recommendation from this professor to continue to pre-med, and if I 'admitted' to cheating on that one exam, I probably wouldn't be able to get that letter. If I was to argue anymore about how I didn't cheat, we'd have to go down to a 'court' for straightening things out and such, which is governed by the student body, and people have been telling me that they always side with the professor and that she hasn't lost a single 'court case.' It's like she's trying to blackmail me -_____-
What should I do?