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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Deep breath Op, this is not high school with grades needed to get into college, thank goodness. Assume something like this will happen again when the stakes are MUCH higher. Great he had some way to prove it (need I say it was a oddly convenient that he had proof at-the-ready ...   are you sure there's not more story you're not telling us ... or he's not telling you ...)

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It's not "oddly convenient" the kid had proof the assignment was turned in -- his assignment was hanging up in the teacher's classroom.  She could see for herself he had turned it in and she had graded it.[/quote]

Because zeros have such high stakes, tons of kids take photo proof of things like this.

It isn't "oddly convenient" so much as it is a good step toward self-advocacy.[/quote]

Very true.

I save every email I get from coworkers.  Seems insane, I know, but it's saved my butt so many times when someone says they told me a, b, c when really they told me x, y, z and I have the proof.

My kid took some instagram photos of him completing a DNA project for his honors biology class a few weeks ago.  It turned out to be a good thing because when the grades were posted, he got a 75% and was immediately upset because he knew the work he turned in was not 75% work.  He spoke with his teacher the next morning and she told him she was very surprised by the quality of work he turned in and she never expected he'd be the type of student to "phone it in" towards the end of the school year.  He asked her to clarify with him what exactly was wrong with his project because he was so confused.  When she asked him to grab his to go over it and he came back with his, she said, "that's not yours" and pointed to the project sticker each had to fill out and put on theirs when they turned them in that morning.  She was correct - his project had another student's name from another period.  She pulled "his" out and showed him what she'd graded as his.  So the teacher consulted with the Dean for his grade and they met with the student whose name was on my son's project.  That kid said it was his, of course.  Then it clicked in my son's mind that he'd put photos up on instagram so he showed the teacher.  They asked the other student once more if he was sure that was his project and he kept up the ruse.  When told they had proof it was not his work, he finally admitted to switching stickers because he needed better than a 70% on this project to not get a D in the class for the grading period.  What's hilarious is that not only did he think he'd get away with this, but his initial project DID get over a 70%!    [/quote]

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