Found 9th grader has been copying math homework

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Tons of pathetic cheaters on a this thread!

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I think it's pathetic to waste time with something you already know how to do. It's wildly counterproductive and can turn people off to learning.

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Allow your kids to do this and don't be surprised if they end up living off you in their adult years. Why should they have to earn anything if they can get it for free?
No wonder so many young adults are living at home or in endless graduate school programs.

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Anonymous wrote:Allow your kids to do this and don't be surprised if they end up living off you in their adult years. Why should they have to earn anything if they can get it for free?
No wonder so many young adults are living at home or in endless graduate school programs.

You people are so dramatic. Time is finite. Prioritizing one's time and placing focus on more pressing things is an important life skill.

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Anonymous wrote:Allow your kids to do this and don't be surprised if they end up living off you in their adult years. Why should they have to earn anything if they can get it for free?
No wonder so many young adults are living at home or in endless graduate school programs.

You people are so dramatic. Time is finite. Prioritizing one's time and placing focus on more pressing things is an important life skill.

So the question then is what is OP's daughter doing with her newfound free time? My guess is it's not studying for chemistry or volunteering or curing cancer.

But sure, snapchat is more important than practicing math skills for a class that you have a B in.

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Anonymous wrote:punishment: more oversight, does the hw the night assigned at the kitchen table. you watch it get done. hs teachers don't check math homework for anything but whether it is done. tests will weed out those who don't know it.

And yet, OP's DD passes all the tests.

with B's apparently. most likely she's in Algebra right now, and a good foundation is important.

OP said she's in Geometry, which isn't very useful in a lot of higher math, save for standardized tests. If it was algebra, I might agree.

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Wow, I'm shocked at you folks.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD who is a freshman in high school left her math folder on the table and I noticed she has a handful of papers with a friends name on them. I wasn't sure if she was copying notes or what but when I looked at them I noticed that she was copying Math assignments from a friend who has the same math class (different periods) as her. She has never mentioned having trouble in math, always performed well on tests in the past and has never gotten anything below a B.

I asked her why she had another girls school work and she told me all of the 5th period Geometry kids copy off their friends in 3rd period Geometry. She said that their teache doesn't check math homework for right/wrong, she just checks to see if it's done and she told me that doing it "is a waste of time." I don't even know where to begin. I'm so upset that she thinks it's not important to actually do the work, also that she thinks it's ok for a friend to do all the work and she benefit from it. I told her this stops now and she told me I was overreacting and didn't understand how high school worked.

Is this happening with your kids? I think a punishment is in order but not even sure what an appropriate consequence would be.

Teachable moment. Explain why people don't like cheaters. How she's really cheating herself (not learning). That the learning and work are more important than the grades. That it's what you are doing when nobody is looking that matters most, and so on. And just because everyone else is doing it, doesn't make it right. And so on.

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Anonymous wrote:I think this is a situation of "Don't ask, don't tell." As long as my kid is getting good grades on the tests and understands the work, just don't get caught and don't flaunt it in front of me.

Why do you think this is OK? Honesty matters. I'd rather have a kid who flunks out because they don't do homework than a kid who gets an A because she cheats.

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Anonymous wrote:Tons of pathetic cheaters on a this thread!

What are you expecting? Even our presidential candidate cheated at the debate by getting the questions in advance. Leave the kids alone.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is a situation of "Don't ask, don't tell." As long as my kid is getting good grades on the tests and understands the work, just don't get caught and don't flaunt it in front of me.

Why do you think this is OK? Honesty matters. I'd rather have a kid who flunks out because they don't do homework than a kid who gets an A because she cheats.

Obviously it is your family value. Some family may not care about honesty.

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Anonymous wrote:Allow your kids to do this and don't be surprised if they end up living off you in their adult years. Why should they have to earn anything if they can get it for free?
No wonder so many young adults are living at home or in endless graduate school programs.

You people are so dramatic. Time is finite. Prioritizing one's time and placing focus on more pressing things is an important life skill.

If a child honestly chooses not to do homework because the child thinks it's a waste of time, he or she should do it honestly. Take the failing grade on the homework portion. Don't cheat.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe there are parents who think this is OK! It's cheating! I don't care what your justification is--you don't teach your child that it's okay to copy someone else's work. You have failed as parents. FAILED.

I agree. How can people be ok with this?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is a situation of "Don't ask, don't tell." As long as my kid is getting good grades on the tests and understands the work, just don't get caught and don't flaunt it in front of me.

Why do you think this is OK? Honesty matters. I'd rather have a kid who flunks out because they don't do homework than a kid who gets an A because she cheats.

Obviously it is your family value. Some family may not care about honesty.

Honesty is a universal human value that has endured across time and cultures. Nice try, though.

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Anonymous wrote:Tons of pathetic cheaters on a this thread!

What are you expecting? Even our presidential candidate cheated at the debate by getting the questions in advance. Leave the kids alone.

Well, I hope you are voting for her, because apparently that is ok with you.