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UGH - that makes me sick!
How is the kid supposed to learn anything and develop a sense of responsibility and accomplishment?
That boy could turn in a simple but thoughtfully worded one page hand written essay with a few illustrations that she could help him put on a presentation board and get an A, you know? He's a sweet kid and seems bright to me. I feel bad that she's kind of stifling him. I don't remember my parents helping me out with anything beyond long division - couldn't get it for the LONGEST time! haha.
Wow that's crazy! I understand helping him go to the library and gather sources but it sounds like she wrote the whole paper!
Oh goodness! Sounds like your coworker needs to take a chill pill and stop doing her sons work for him..
I don't get to hear a lot of personal convo's in my office, the people in my group are either extremely busy with work or not here, some of them leave at 3:45 and others get in close to 10:00. I feel like I'm the only one who makes personal calls! Although it's people calling me about the wedding and I always try to keep it short.
I would let this chick know that her kid is going to end up single, lazy and probably living in her basement when he's thirty if she doesn't give him a little breathing room : )
When I was younger my mom would go to the end of the world to make sure I had awesome projects. She would drive me to the library, help me research online, and take me to the store to get all the supplies I wanted/needed. But the project was always 100% written and done by ME (minus using the hot glue gun, etc.).
I work with kids 3.5 hours a day/5 days a week and knowing their parents, that situation doesn't phase me at all :/
No kidding! Good for the teacher for questioning him! That's ridiculous! I mean, my parents certainly helped me with our crafty projects, but I did the majority of the work. Writing a paper for your kid is pretty ridiculous though. I'm glad the teacher gave him a B!
woah. my parents never helped with my projects. LOL! They weren't bad parents or anything, and would help if I really needed it but I had to give it a really big effort before they would budge. That said, by my senior year of high school i was an excellent project-doer. This was all before internet when you had to actually go to the library and use the dewey decimal system and such nonsense.
Oh, i'm hearing more now.. She actually used a comparison with a girl in his class that has special needs and cannot read or write (i didn't catch which, but she cannot physically write the paper and cannot actually speak) b/c HER mom MUST have helped her do the project. Well, that makes sense! Coworker's son does also have a disability, but it's physical - not mental in the slightest. The teacher actually just asked him to hand write a longer summary of his paper to be sure he had a grasp on it. It's actually a very reasonable request, considering the charges!
She really is not helping her child by doing his work for him. He has to learn on his own. It is sad that some parents hurt their kids when they are trying to help them.
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I'm ready to go but I still have an hour left, and my mind and ears are wandering. I normally sit with my ipod on for 8.5 hours straight, but not now for some reason. Anyway, I'm hearing my coworker complain a LOT about her child's school teacher not giving him an A. She basically did his whole project for him ("I spent the last two weeks researching and printing articles and photocopying books and X Y Z".. and "I couldn't let him turn in a paper without proper formatting!!") but doesn't see this. She is furious with the school for asking her kid about the project and when he wasn't giving the exact facts, they suspected he didn't complete the project. He's in 4th grade, by the way - not really looking for standardized MLA formatting and research, you know? The only thing worse than hearing her blabber about this is imagining and putting myself in the teacher's shoes. Sheeeesh. It sounds to me like the teacher just asked the boy questions to confirm that he knew his stuff before trusting that this very carefully crafted looking project was indeed his.
Sorry, just needed to vent. And now, I am putting my ipod back on to let some good tunes or podcasts get me through another day in paradise! Have any of you overheard things at work that just make you wonder what people are THINKING?