Would this be cheating?

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Registered: 06-12-2007
Would this be cheating?
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Tue, 10-09-2007 - 1:30pm

Ella is really struggling with her

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Registered: 02-14-2007
Tue, 10-09-2007 - 4:00pm
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!
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 10-09-2007 - 8:47pm

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

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Registered: 06-12-2007
Tue, 10-09-2007 - 10:04pm

Lol actually the way I see it going if he were to help her is mucho battles!

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Registered: 06-12-2007
Tue, 10-09-2007 - 10:06pm
Thank you for pointing that out.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 10-10-2007 - 3:13pm

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Thu, 10-11-2007 - 9:03am

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.

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Registered: 12-24-2006
Thu, 10-11-2007 - 11:19am

I think taking the papers from bf is a good idea.

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Registered: 10-25-2006
Fri, 10-12-2007 - 8:38am

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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