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contests/ teachers that cheat

From: Sharon Henneborn (heneborn)
Date: Sun Mar 26 2000 - 10:47:45 PST

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    Sometimes I put a sticky note on something that is way above grade
    level and indicate that the is all student work.

    Once I asked a judge why my box of entries had come back looking like
    it had not been touched. He said they had taken a quick look and
    decided the work was too sophisticated to be 5th grade student work.
    (like I have time to sit around and do 100 portraits of my students
    and do it in 100 different styles) The contest subject was self
    portraits and I combined the portrait lesson with our study of
    surrealism and realism. Students were required to produce a self
    portrait in each style. The portraits using symbols were indeed
    sophisticated. One student chose to make a half face of both styles.
    Another made a face of a CD with many tiny wriggling jump ropes for
    hair. Another was a face so large that most was out of the picture
    plane. He drew many big overlapping mouths in a variety of sizes.
    Weaving around among the mouths was text saying, "I realize that I am
    mostly mouth." It really worked! Incidentally one of the art works
    chosen was from a teacher who continually does formula art. Every
    piece comes out looking alike. Now is that equal to the teacher
    actually drawing on the student work. I think it is just as stifling.

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    >From: "Litesal" <litesal>
    >Subject: contests
    >Date: Sat, Mar 25, 2000, 11:42 PM

    > But regarding the teacher we've been discussing and winning the contests,
    > one has to wonder at the judging? On the other hand, I have had judges
    >dismiss work from students as being too good

     Dear Jen,

    > I teach a first grader who has very advanced art skills. She entered
    > something in our science fair under the model category. It was clearly the
    > best first grade work (and I knew she was capable of achieving that quality
    > herself) but she did not win because the h.s. teacher judges thought that
    > she didn't do the work. It was a shame.

    > Leah 

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