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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (51292)6/18/2002 10:54:57 AM
From: Constant Reader  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
Sounds to me like the wrong question is being asked. Overly competitive parents completing their child's assignment are not a recent phenomenon. The more important question is "What are the children being taught?"

When a parent completes a project and allows a child to turn it in as if it's own, the child is taught that the end justifies the means, and that lying and deceit are ok because everyone else does it.

Teachers usually have a very good idea of the talents and abilities of their charges. In most cases, only a complete fool would be unable to distinguish between a project completed by a young student and an adult. There are ways to take such things into account, directly or indirectly.

After checking with family members and friends in the profession, I find it doubtful that a California public school permits assignments that require substantial sums of money to complete. If a student received a poor grade because they could not afford to complete the assignment, the administrators would probably find themselves answering some interesting questions in court.

That is not to say that those overly competitive parents aren't out there buying expensive kits, doctoring their child's efforts, or doing it for them.
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