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Cheating in MFL oral exam am I just being naive?

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middleclassonbursary · 04/05/2014 21:16

At lunch today with friends I was talking to their DC's asking how GCSE's are going, one told me that in the MFL oral exam the teacher asks the question then held up the answer written on a piece of paper. I was stunned then someone else's DC (different school) said his school did it. My DC said his school didn't but his friends with friends at other schools say it's common practice.
I'm completely stunned, this in my book is cheating. One said we do it because everyone else does it.

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middleclassonbursary · 04/05/2014 22:12

I laughed initially when the child told me, thinking he was making it up but quickly realised he was quite serious especially when another one said his school had done it too.
When I asked why; because they want an A or an A at the very least and that "most do it" so you have to do it too. To quote Tyler Hamilton one of the most banned riders in the history of cycling "Lance's (Armstrong) golden rule: what ever you do those other *** are doing it more."

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fourcorneredcircle · 04/05/2014 21:54

I don't do it! I suppose others could, and we'll never know. I would like to think its children exaggerating. I hate to think of my colleagues being so unprofessional and giving their students such an advantage to the disadvantage of others - the higher the aggregate marks the higher the grade boundaries for all. It's such a cut throat situation in so many schools at the momment I feel sick at the likelyhood.