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  • 06-05-2011 2:50pm
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    kjl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,127 ✭✭✭


    Hey there, so I was in an exam there, and last night I wrote a word on my leg that didn't wash off when I had a shower today, and tbh I forgot all about it. So in the exam and one of the invigilators saw the word and took my student card and said she had to make a report about it. Now she said nothing would probably come of it but does anyone know what the procedure is about this?

    What's going to happen to me?


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    #2
    Chet T16
    Registered Users Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Chet T16


    Ummm...why did you write on your leg?


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    Gae
    Registered Users Posts: 239 ✭✭Gae


    The invigilator's report will be stuck in with your exam script and the lecturer will see it when doing the marking. If the lecturer thinks nothing of it, then nothing else will happen. If the lecturer thinks you were cheating then it will be brought up at the exam boards and they might decide on disciplinary action.


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    parker kent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    The invigilator must have been paying GREAT attention to your legs :pac:


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    OneOfThem Stumbled
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    kjl wrote: »
    Hey there, so I was in an exam there, and last night I wrote a word on my leg that didn't wash off when I had a shower today, and tbh I forgot all about it. So in the exam and one of the invigilators saw the word and took my student card and said she had to make a report about it. Now she said nothing would probably come of it but does anyone know what the procedure is about this?

    What's going to happen to me?

    a word? Unless the word happened to be an acronym 50 characters in length I find it hard how it would benefit you in an exam. :P


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    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    I'll also ask, why did you write on your leg? Seems very odd.


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    Killer Pigeon
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    So, erm, what exactly are you going to do know? Did the invigilator photograph it or something? Is the word still written on your leg? You really have no evidence to better your case to be honest, the invigilator will view it as cheating if he sees fit.


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    Blut2
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    I'd have serious doubts than an invigilator a) reported you for having one single word on your leg and b) that they could even see a single word from a distance.

    If it was actually only one word then what happened is very surprising. It sounds like you were reported for cheating though so hard luck.


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    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,503 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    A mate of mine had a date on his hand that he forgot to remove before entering an exam last Semester (wasn't even related to exam material). His hand was photographed and a report was written up and then he had to sit before some sort of committee. In the end common sense prevailed but they do take these sort of issues seriously.


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    wonderworm
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭wonderworm


    kjl wrote: »
    Hey there, so I was in an exam there, and last night I wrote a word on my leg that didn't wash off when I had a shower today, and tbh I forgot all about it. So in the exam and one of the invigilators saw the word and took my student card and said she had to make a report about it. Now she said nothing would probably come of it but does anyone know what the procedure is about this?

    What's going to happen to me?

    what did you have written on your leg? and how the hell did they see it :confused:


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    Gardoggle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 48 ✭Gardoggle


    dont see how one word will make much of a difference to an exam outcome. the person correcting it will probably dismiss the report as inconsequential.. if it was that important you would probably remember it, it is only one word like..
    silly invigilator.


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    music crazy
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    Why would anyone write on their leg ?:o


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    parker kent
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    Gardoggle wrote: »
    dont see how one word will make much of a difference to an exam outcome. the person correcting it will probably dismiss the report as inconsequential.. if it was that important you would probably remember it, it is only one word like..
    silly invigilator.

    Not really. We don't know the full story here. Besides, I'd prefer invigilators who record everything than the opposite. There are so many attempts at cheating in the exams, they have to be vigilant.


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    Gardoggle
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    parker kent wrote: »
    Not really. We don't know the full story here. Besides, I'd prefer invigilators who record everything than the opposite. There are so many attempts at cheating in the exams, they have to be vigilant.
    if you can think of a single word thats powerful enough to in any way help someone pass an exam, I'd like to hear it!
    ..and believe me I've got a couple of more reasons to believe in the 'silly invigilator' theory!


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    parker kent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    Gardoggle wrote: »
    if you can think of a single word thats powerful enough to in any way help someone pass an exam, I'd like to hear it!
    ..and believe me I've got a couple of more reasons to believe in the 'silly invigilator' theory!

    I know people who have been invigilators (one a senior invigilator) for 5 or 6 years, I know plenty of stories myself.

    All I said is we don't know the full story here.


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    Gardoggle
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    well I have no reason to doubt the veracity of the OP..


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    **Timbuk2**
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    Can't believe nobody has asked yet.

    What was the word!!?


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    Killer Pigeon
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    The OP was playing a fast one.

    The "word" was actually a sentence with no spaces.


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    Leonid
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭Leonid


    Freedom?

    You'd better flush out your head, new guy. This isn't about freedom; this is a slaughter. If I'm gonna get my balls blown off for a word, my word is "poontang".


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    WeeBushy
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    Leonid wrote: »
    Freedom?

    You'd better flush out your head, new guy. This isn't about freedom; this is a slaughter. If I'm gonna get my balls blown off for a word, my word is "poontang".

    Huh? :confused:


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    daemon1
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    **Timbuk2** wrote: »
    Can't believe nobody has asked yet.

    What was the word!!?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184


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    Pierce_1991
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    I wrote an entire essay on my knob last semester, got away with it :cool::cool:


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    noodler
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    Pierce_1991 wrote: »
    I wrote an entire essay on my knob last semester, got away with it :cool::cool:


    Short story more like!

    Ay-O!


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    **Timbuk2**
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    noodler wrote: »
    Short story more like!

    Ay-O!

    MCQ answers more like... har har :p


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    noodler
    Registered Users Posts: 26,414 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    **Timbuk2** wrote: »
    MCQ answers more like... har har :p

    Awful.


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    optogirl
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    music crazy wrote: »
    Why would anyone write on their leg ?:o


    in order to cheat...


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    HavingCrack
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    optogirl wrote: »
    in order to cheat...

    One word helps you cheat? Wow, other exams sound much easier than my own.


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    #28
    Pierce_1991
    Registered Users Posts: 2,427 ✭✭✭Pierce_1991


    HavingCrack wrote: »
    One word helps you cheat? Wow, other exams sound much easier than my own.

    Did you not see daemon1's link? Of course one word can be important


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    parker kent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    HavingCrack wrote: »
    One word helps you cheat? Wow, other exams sound much easier than my own.

    The one word factor is what makes me think we don't know the full story here. If that word were some sort of acronym or something similar, you could see why they would make a note of the word.


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    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    daemon1 wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184

    42 million hits

    LOL!

    I bet the op is a blonde...

    can be no other explanaition here folks


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    optogirl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,981 ✭✭✭optogirl


    HavingCrack wrote: »
    One word helps you cheat? Wow, other exams sound much easier than my own.


    Maybe the word was Floccinaucinihilipilification


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