Funny Things Heard on the Bus

[valderys]

I've noticed others of my flist doing this, but today was the first time I've heard something worthy of repeating - from a group of students who are taking exams. It's that time of year at the university where I work, and one girl, obviously panicking, was explaining at loud volume to the group how she was too stressed to even cheat. Apparently

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[loki_dip]

[valderys]

Apparently, she fiddled with her hair, then took the earring out as though it was hurting her, and realised they were the wrong equations! *boggles*

[prochytes]

While I still had to invigilate, I would occasionally work out hypothetical cheating strategies in my head, both for personal amusement and to be in a position to thwart them if they ever came up. It is a little worrying that one famous technique from fiction would actually have worked where I currently am until about three years ago. This is the "Scullion's Scholars" approach from Porterhouse Blue, where an entirely different person (usually a penniless grad student) turns up to sit the exam instead. It was a weight off my mind when the University finally started insisting that the candidates bring their photographic ID cards to every exam.

[valderys]

Ooh, that's been a plot for more than one book, I seem to recall - and yeah, they do that for my Uni too, you have to have your student card. It was a bugger for students who had lost theirs though, the first year they brought the rule in. There were tears.

[lagolindari]

Hello, pretty lady! I'm the Italian lady from the Merlin fandom, remember me (I was wearing a long hippie skirt and brown top at the expo)? :D Just letting you know that I finally got around to adding you!

Also, since you're lucky, someone put on youtube a video of the signing at the panel - and there's you in it *__*!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIhnDcuO6q4&NR=1

[valderys]

Oh dear god - it's because I was holding the line up, that's what it is. *is embarrassed* I know why, but they were pushing us through quite fast and I was determined to get my few seconds in!