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[quote=Anonymous]Fairness and trust impacts every kid.  If you read kids comments when they encountering teachers teaching their kid they cite reasons of fairness.  It is possible that the kids are looking for it and are wrong but I do think that in sports or academics that when parents teach their kids they are not always objective.  It happens all the time in athletics that the coaches kid makes the team when they shouldn't.  They get more playing time when they shoudn't.  I do not think that academics would be so different.  I would think that schools would not want the appearance of favoritism.

With multiple choice questions, there is still one correct answer and someone can easily see if you got 8/10 vs. 10/10.  It is hard if a child selects A when the answer is B to give them credit.  I do not think the vast majority of teachers would blatantly cheat by giving their kid the test.  However, I think they know the content that will be tested and in working with their kid like normal parents they may steer their kids to the questions and answers.

Classes may not be graded on a curve but at some point there is a funnel narrowing kids into more selective classes and more selective schools when it comes time to graduate from lower, middle or upper school.  Guidance Counselors often tell kids which schools to apply to and there are only going to a certain amount of kids from any one school selected to go to that school.  It is easy to steer kids away or to certain places and to increase or decrease their odds of getting in.

I do not have this issue but I have read students comments that mentioned this happening.  I was surprised at the number of teachers with students in the school and it made me think about the comments that I say.  Of course it could just be that the kids are spoiled brats and jealous but I would think that you would try to prevent teachers from teaching their kids.  I think it is best for eveyone.[/quote]

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