I'm my organic chem class we were allowed "the front side of a 3"x5" note card" for notes on the final. I took that as a challenge and printed out notes as small as I could on a professional printer at a local office supply store. I got basically everything I could need on it. The teacher later changed the rules because of my note card to specify that the notes needed to be "written by hand. Not printed."
I would love to say "could have used that time to memorize the answers" but in reality that's not how that works especially as more and more people are starting to realize that the old ways of education really need a revision because it only benefits a small portion that has the "correct" way of processing and regurgitating information without learning it. Memorization is not learning if you dont retain it after the test, and we cant blame teachers for this, it's the system itself at fault.
The best way to cheat in an exam that I found was to go through and memorise all the material before the exam. You won't have any physical notes so the teachers won't know you cheated. Impossible to get caught.
I allowed/encouraged my physics students to bring in a 3x5 inch note card on exam day with anything they wanted to put on it. The process of creating this card was probably as educational for them as anything we did in class.
I once caught a student cheating and grabbed the paper from his sleeve and it proceeded to unfold zig-zag style to almost a meter in length. It was all I could do not to burst out laughing
That‘s why making “cheat notes“ was part of how I prepared for exams in school. I (almost) never used them, but just making them was such a big help. You have limited space, so you need to select what info you put on there and how you structure it to get the important stuff at a glance, making something “illegal“ can be pretty exciting and thus more memorable than just reading something, and just having the notes helps with the nervousness, because you always have this “lifeline“ available.
One of my teachers when she caught you with hand made cheat note, she would just take it and not mention it at all after the test. But if you had printed one you either got grade lowered and just plain kicked out from the test. Hear reasoning was that you made an effort to write it and probably memorised some of it, with a good chance you had to make more than one accounting for mistakes.
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I'm my organic chem class we were allowed "the front side of a 3"x5" note card" for notes on the final. I took that as a challenge and printed out notes as small as I could on a professional printer at a local office supply store. I got basically everything I could need on it. The teacher later changed the rules because of my note card to specify that the notes needed to be "written by hand. Not printed."
Manhoarder
I would love to say "could have used that time to memorize the answers" but in reality that's not how that works especially as more and more people are starting to realize that the old ways of education really need a revision because it only benefits a small portion that has the "correct" way of processing and regurgitating information without learning it. Memorization is not learning if you dont retain it after the test, and we cant blame teachers for this, it's the system itself at fault.
littlecoatfatguy
They put the work in, let them be.
RobJenkins
Honorary degree meybee, for effort
Aksuuuh
The best way to cheat in an exam that I found was to go through and memorise all the material before the exam. You won't have any physical notes so the teachers won't know you cheated. Impossible to get caught.
Schism666
You could have used the time to learn everything perfectly I guess.
CT1space3DX
I allowed/encouraged my physics students to bring in a 3x5 inch note card on exam day with anything they wanted to put on it. The process of creating this card was probably as educational for them as anything we did in class.
BlueIceDragon
Chawzilla
Oh, c'mon. They clearly earned it, just give them a gentleman's B and shake hands.
iggylights
Beat me to it. They deserve a passing grade just for the effort and ingenuity.
IWillFigureOutAWittyNameLater
I once caught a student cheating and grabbed the paper from his sleeve and it proceeded to unfold zig-zag style to almost a meter in length. It was all I could do not to burst out laughing
TheSilverSeraph
Plot twist: the student wasn’t cheating at all. You are just a world class illusionist masquerading as a teacher
IWillFigureOutAWittyNameLater
double plot twist, I'm actually a master ventriloquist and you didn't voice-to-text that at all!
Lowland
The problem I had with cheat notes was that I always remembered what I had written down on them
TlsGrz
That‘s why making “cheat notes“ was part of how I prepared for exams in school. I (almost) never used them, but just making them was such a big help. You have limited space, so you need to select what info you put on there and how you structure it to get the important stuff at a glance, making something “illegal“ can be pretty exciting and thus more memorable than just reading something, and just having the notes helps with the nervousness, because you always have this “lifeline“ available.
Nivvi
One of my teachers when she caught you with hand made cheat note, she would just take it and not mention it at all after the test. But if you had printed one you either got grade lowered and just plain kicked out from the test. Hear reasoning was that you made an effort to write it and probably memorised some of it, with a good chance you had to make more than one accounting for mistakes.