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dd given a past paper to do at home under exam conditions - what would you do?

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LetterOfTheLawFella · 23/01/2021 20:53

dd was meant to be taking her gcses this year but obviously things have changed. She's been struggling with French and got a 3 in the mini mock she did before Christmas. This was the higher level. We talked about maybe doing the foundation paper instead and it looks like her teacher is thinking the same as he's sent an email asking parents to supervise her doing a foundation level past paper under exam conditions. 45 minutes and no external support. He's confirmed this will be used as part of the teacher assessment.

Would you help your child in this situation?

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tenlittlecygnets · 23/01/2021 20:59

No!!

But I would support her to revise, test her beforehand, help her in other ways.

Don't cheat. You will be cheating your dd and all her peers who are not cheating 🙄🙄

MsJaneAusten · 23/01/2021 20:59

By ‘help’ you mean ‘encourage’, set her up in a quiet space, take away screens and distractions, right? Right?!

Because anything else would be cheating not helping

thewinkingprawn · 23/01/2021 20:58

Yes I would help. As I imagine many parents do (although probably won’t admit it here 😀). Same as all the help that goes in behind the scenes with coursework.

bourbonne · 23/01/2021 20:58

Is this a serious question? What do you mean by "help"?

Lovemusic33 · 23/01/2021 20:56

I would do as the teacher said. Dd2 has a maths paper last week to do and I didn’t help her.

GrammarHopeful · 23/01/2021 20:55

Clearly not.

amy85 · 23/01/2021 20:55

I would do what's been asked and get her to complete it under exam conditions

Brakebackcyclebot · 23/01/2021 20:54

No! I would do exactly as asked.

StepOutOfLine · 23/01/2021 20:54

No. Of course not. What purpose would that serve and what message are you giving her?

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