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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is easier to just convince yourself that all HS research is fraudulent just because your child is not interested in research and cannot conceive of students who might actually be interested and willing to put in the effort.

The idea that the system is all a fraud is an easier narrative for people to accept than that their own child is not interested or capable for that kind of work.

Sure there is some fraud and the fact that it is getting exposed is a good sign.
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Yes. there are legit ones but do this before dismissing it; the Science Fair is not a book report - it's a demonstration of the scientific process with emphasis on original work. Grey areas are being part of a professional research team.

Now do this experiment - I'm not going to out the areas HS students by name.

1. Go to this site: https://www.fcps.edu/2025-science-fair-category-awards
2. Take a title and plug it into here: https://scholar.google.com/

And see the papers that show up.  They take the data, the findings, the methodology, ask an expert (Mom or Dad), and make it into a science fair project. The kid who got caught did the exact same thing as most of the other winners did. They are not prodigies that advanced science or found a cure for cancer.

If you want to make it into a book report then change the rules and we can play that game. We'll change the Science Fair to Science Understanding.

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