Cheating on a test

[covok48]

It does bother me when people cheat, because they often are liars too.

Take my college roomie. He told me how he cheated on his final exams in high school, but swore he has stopped since then.

Well I was taking a econ exam and lo and behold, as I was taking my calculator out of it's shell, inside was a taped formula sheet that he had used the day before (I had let him borrow the calulator.)

Some people never learn...

 

[Aphex_Twin]

Cheating. There are several ways: small sheet hidden inside the eam sheets, up the sleeve, under the foot, inside the workbench (it is possible) or write the paper beforehand in all combinations (if possible) or simply do it the old fashioned way: book on your knees. But the best advice is still: study instead!

 

[ShiplordAtvar]

Like others here, I would cheat by entering formulae and constants into the calculator for math & science exams. I once also helped a friend (at the time, since then he became not a friend) cheat on a geometry test in high school. We were sitting in the back of the classroom, and he sent a couple of questions to me by writing them on small strips of paper torn from his cover sheet, crumpling them up into a ball, and tossing them onto my desk while coughing.

In college, I had several courses in which the use of a cheat sheet was allowed. Typical restrictions were that it had to be one side only of a standard (8.5"x11") sheet of paper and hand-written (no using a laser printer and 4pt type). We would be obligated to attach our cheat sheets to our examinations. Funny thing is, like many here have undoubtedly experienced, the process of creating a cheat sheet ensures that you don't need to use it much. It's really a very clever way for teachers to get their students to study.

I'm not proud of the cheating I did in high school, and likely wouldn't do it again. I didn't cheat in college, because we had an honor code, and violations meant expulsion from school and generally being up **** creek without a paddle for the rest of your life.

 

[Fanatica]

It's been an interesting thread.
I've basicly found it true in life that when one cheats (especially in education) one really is cheating oneself. Besides if you get caught, the penalty usually far outweighs the perceived advantage.

 

[Laughing Gull]

I would rather take an F than cheat. cheating doesn't help in the long run.

 

[stormbind]

Cheats can degrade or even destroy the perceived worth of qualifications, but they can never take away your education - just make it harder for you to prove.

Honour, galantry, integrity and loyalty are just some of the qualities cheats will never truelly possess.