As long as the fudged details don’t materially change the relationship between the anecdote and the point, I don’t think it’s a big deal.
Like whether it was grade 3 or 4 doesn’t really matter, but if it was the teacher telling the story or a classmate recounting the tales of his summer up with his uncle in Canada and they couldn’t retrieve the body because they ended up in a motorcycle fight with a band of ninjas, I’d say that’s a bigger deal.
Because why would he leave out the ninja fight bit, that part is metal!
As long as the fudged details don’t materially change the relationship between the anecdote and the point, I don’t think it’s a big deal.
Like whether it was grade 3 or 4 doesn’t really matter, but if it was the teacher telling the story or a classmate recounting the tales of his summer up with his uncle in Canada and they couldn’t retrieve the body because they ended up in a motorcycle fight with a band of ninjas, I’d say that’s a bigger deal.
Because why would he leave out the ninja fight bit, that part is metal!
Because I’m an asshole of epic proportions. That’s MY ninja story and I’m gonna make sure that you don’t get to hear it!