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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keeping their portal up to date should be a priority—I hope others follow suit.

They have study guides? Aren’t their notes the study guides? The study guide for a routine assessment is hand holding.[/quote]

It depends. Some teachers go off on lots of tangents and don't have the most organized notes. A study guide is simply a reminder of what is most vital to know and not every kid can afford to purchase books online that basically outline what is most important. [/quote]

Also, too many teachers are reusing the same exams over and over. So, if you have an older sibling or your parents have a friend who's kid took the class a previous year, they potentially half the class has that exam already and knows exactly what to study. They should either make all old exams available to all students online for studying and insist the same exam not be used (but some questions can be reused) or at the very list make sure those who don't have that exam have a study guide.

Every kid should have the a chance to do well regardless of whether they have an older sibling or the means to buy study guide style books online or have a tutor who knows exactly what that teacher likes to emphasize. I have a friend in a NYC suburb who said everyone paid $180 an hour for this one high school tutor who basically used to teach a particular honors class and had access to everything. Sure enough all her tutees aced the honors class, but they had a very unfair advantage. Sure people can afford to hire tutors and some can't, but some of these tutors basically know what will be on the exams year after year.[/quote]

Umm, the acts you are describing is considered cheating, PP. Besides, what kid saves middle school tests to give siblings?! Which, again, is cheating, past tests are not a resource to study unless the teacher has given them to the class.[/quote]

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