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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there is some cheating, but my kid has to claw and fight for every "A" he gets and does not cheat--he has said that he catches other kids trying to look at his answers. He goes to a private school, if that matters-- although I think cheating happens everywhere.

He recently turned in a partner project where he did all the work and had to put his partner's name on the final result. I can verify that because he spent an entire weekend stressing/doing the whole thing. I told him "that's life-- you'll have all kinds of people who won't pull their weight, and you just need to learn who they and deal with it."

There is a lot of pressure placed on kids now-- I can imagine why they feel they must resort to cheating. [/quote]

Group projects always have  different levels of contribution to the final project and that is life.  I am sure teachers intentionally pair weaker students with stronger for many of these projects..i would do the same.  It is a learning opportunity all the way around.

I have seen parent march up to the school and demand that their snowflake be placed with other strong students.  Very short sighted approach IMO.[/quote]

My kids are straight A kids.  They are in the habit of doing their entire Group Project by themselves because they know that the other students will either not do their work or will do shoddy work. My kids don't care if underserving students in their group also get an A. They are focused on themselves.  Many a times they will complete the project way ahead of time and email to the rest of the group and NO ONE ever gives any feedback on what needs to be improved etc.[/quote]

pp here-- good for your kids. If you read my post you can see that no one is complaining about it and understand that getting stuck with all the work is sometimes a part of life. [/quote]

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