A fifth-grade teacher tells his students that their homework is to write a rough-draft report about their favorite historical figure. Betty Brownnose comes to school the next day with a final draft to turn in without an initial rough draft. Which of the following describes the most appropriate response by the teacher?

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Betty Brownnose's teacher should acknowledge Betty's overachievement but also treat the paper as a rough draft. Betty needs to learn that there is a reason for following stages of the writing process and that there is always room for improvement. By accepting the paper as a final draft, the teacher would instead be promoting the act of skipping steps in order to accomplish something quickly.

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