Colter cheated on a spelling test today. It wasn't even a test, it was a pre-test. His teacher gives the class pre-tests on Mondays to assess how well they know vocabulary, and whoever gets all the words right doesn't have to take the test on Friday. She even gives them the list ahead of time to study, but due to the holiday and Gary's car being stolen, we forgot to have Colter practice them.
So, Colter missed 7 out of 20 words, and when they were self-grading, he tried to erase his wrong answers and write in correct ones. Mrs. Meyers caught him.
Gary made Colter write a letter to her and he had Colter list five bad things about cheating. Here's what Colter wrote:
1. You could lose a grade.
2. Cheating is like lying.
3. You are stealing someone else's work.
4. Cheating is not fair to other children.
5. When you cheat, you learn nothing.
When I got home, we talked about how no one gets everything right all the time. I told him that as long as he did his best, Gary and I would be proud. We had a nice dinner, and for dessert Colter had to write all his spelling words correctly. What would you have done?
I think you did great! Wonderful job.
Posted by: ginabad | October 02, 2003 at 12:58 AM
I would have gone *straight* to your blog and found out what *you* would have done!!! Give Colter's mommy and daddy a gold star!!!
Posted by: Amber | September 30, 2003 at 04:43 PM