I really don't see it as being any different than when teachers show their class a sample of previous students' work to give them an idea of what they expect. I did that myself when I was teaching last year; it's pretty commonplace!
Actually, I think there would be more likely to be 'cheating' with BF doing the tutoring-he would likely get bored quickly and hand her the papers, saying 'here, just copy these'. I mean, his motivation isnt going to be the same
You have the right idea IMO because you are controlling the situation and can make her try first, compare, etc etc
When DS18 was in 8th grade, one night he was struggling with his math homework and I asked him, "Don't you have the answers in the back of your book?" He replied, "Yeah, but if I looked at them that would be cheating." I couldn't believe he'd gone through that much school without checking his math work vs. the answers provided in the back of the book. He's always been a very independent student and rarely asked us parents for help or to review his work--not necessarily a good thing. It's good to seek others' opinions once in a while.
I would not consider Ella's use of her bf's bio papers cheating unless she simply copies them without doing any studying on her own. In that case her test results would probably be lousy and it wouldn't really matter that she cheated. But if she uses them as study guides or to check the work she's done on her own, I would not call it cheating.
The big red Xs with no explanation mean she needs to meet with the teacher to find out what is expected. Some teachers might mark that way just to get the students to come for help when they know they need more than a brief comment written on their homework.
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Actually, I think there would be more likely to be 'cheating' with BF doing the tutoring-he would likely get bored quickly and hand her the papers, saying 'here, just copy these'. I mean, his motivation isnt going to be the same
You have the right idea IMO because you are controlling the situation and can make her try first, compare, etc etc
Lol actually the way I see it going if he were to help her is mucho battles!
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My suggestion...both of you take the papers with the big red X's on it and sit down with the teacher to see what she wants and what is wrong.
I think taking the papers from bf is a good idea.
Your post reminded me of a funny story...
When DS18 was in 8th grade, one night he was struggling with his math homework and I asked him, "Don't you have the answers in the back of your book?" He replied, "Yeah, but if I looked at them that would be cheating." I couldn't believe he'd gone through that much school without checking his math work vs. the answers provided in the back of the book. He's always been a very independent student and rarely asked us parents for help or to review his work--not necessarily a good thing. It's good to seek others' opinions once in a while.
I would not consider Ella's use of her bf's bio papers cheating unless she simply copies them without doing any studying on her own. In that case her test results would probably be lousy and it wouldn't really matter that she cheated. But if she uses them as study guides or to check the work she's done on her own, I would not call it cheating.
The big red Xs with no explanation mean she needs to meet with the teacher to find out what is expected. Some teachers might mark that way just to get the students to come for help when they know they need more than a brief comment written on their homework.
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