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Teacher Accused my Son of Teaching:(

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Clarita12345 · 24/01/2015 23:10

A Teacher Accused my son of Cheating...should I complain to the head...?

My son's tutor made him practise past papers exams including the one from 2014. Unlucky..:(.. He sat the same paper for his mocks early January. My son got an A*, but instead of being rewarded & encouraged to keep working hard, he was told off.
I went to see his physics teacher (my colleague!! as I work part time in the same school...), to clarify what he had said to my son... Well, not only he was so defensive in his argument but he told me on my face that me & my son cheated and when I asked him whether my son saw either the paper or the answers in the school, he replied No but my son's tutor is being dishonest when she made my son practise past papers.
I tried to explain to him that none of us knew that the same paper my son practiced would be used for his mocks, he kept repeating that he cheated and that the mark he got was not valid.
Back to the office, I felt so bad, I felt that he didn't handle the situation in a professional way.
Should I complain to the head.!!!

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AmantesSuntAmentes · 24/01/2015 23:26

Yes, go to the head. Your son didn't cheat! All of this was completely out of his hands and it was wrong of his physics teacher to accuse him of wrongdoing, when he'd done nothing wrong!

Haggisfish · 24/01/2015 23:22

The most recent papers are usually only available on a secure site accessible to schools only-aqa 2014 ones are not public yet.

overthemill · 24/01/2015 23:19

I tutor occasionally and download past papers from exam board websites. They are there for everyone to use! What a wanker that teacher is. Your son could have downloaded it himself and practised - my own kids all did this - and it is not cheating. Cheating is knowing what paper will be set and practicing those answers or bringing materials into exam room. You should complain about his rudeness.

pieceofpurplesky · 24/01/2015 23:16

I think it's pretty common for mock exams to be from the last year. The tutor did your son a disservice by giving him this paper, as his targets will now be skewed - I can see why the teacher is pissed off. I am a teacher and a tutor and would never do recent papers until after the mock for this reason. Your son and his teacher won't know what areas to target. I don't think going to the head will achieve anything and would be asking if my son could sit another paper for a mock so the teacher can assess needs and the tutor could work with these needs.

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