Cheating is Wrong!
This Associated Press story has gotten a lot of publicity in the last few days. It's suggesting that there is a lot of cheating and plagiarizing going on in our schools. That's certainly sad. I want it understood that I think cheating is wrong! But I'm sure I'm not the first one to think that maybe if we were more thoughtful in our assignments, the kids wouldn't think that school was just so much of a big game that has to be gotten through to get to do the important stuff. I'm thinking of teachers who attempt to "cover" the Brit lit canon in 180 days, and are convinced they are being "rigorous" and preparing the kids for college. I think all these teachers are doing is helping the kids get in touch with their inner SparkNotes.
posted by William Kist @ 5:36 PM >1 Comments 
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I absolutely agree! Could I have permission to copy the last comments about rigor and "inner Sparknotes" in the Ning I'm creating for my district's language arts teachers? There's so much debate about "coverage," and I'm with you in pushing them to think about relevance and application of the things we decide are important in our classroom. The "rigor" issue creates the great debate, especially with my AP and honors teachers.
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