Yep, one of my biggest pet peeves. I think it got to the point at my kid's school where it got beyond a joke because for the past few years the kids have been doing projects - but they only do them in class time at school. They aren't allowed to bring them home to do. Except for one that DD1 did this year, she was allowed to do it at home and she spent weeks working on it herself and did it all in a powerpoint slideshow. I was really proud of her for the work and effort she put in because she's generally not so engaged with projects. The only thing I had to help her with was the timing for her slideshow. But in my experience, the teachers aren't stupid, they know who has done it themselves and who hasn't and they mark accordingly. That is really not cool though that they made a point of displaying one that clearly wasn't the work of a child though. Shame on them for that and making him upset.