if you write the examiner a note

Mwah

do they cancel your paper :S
my mate said they do...

wonderfulname

if you offered them money/sexual favors or said your name yes

if you were just venting at how evil a question was no

spurious

It has to be reported.
The advising examiner will decide what happens depending on what it says in the note.
Money taped in the exam booklet (I kid you not) is also reported.

RetroRainbow

Well, what kind of note? If it's a note like, 'hey, this is my e-mail, and if you get in contact with me, you'll be getting a cheque for passing me!', or a note like, 'I apologize for my atrocious hand-writing'?.

Mwah

say you wrote
" i studied boland " or " sorry for my terrible spelling and writing lol"

??

cailin_donn

I included my first name in English paper 1, in the interview 50 years from now, theyll hardly cancel my paper for that!

Finical

Mwah wrote: »

say you wrote
" i studied boland " or " sorry for my terrible spelling and writing lol"

??

Doubt it, they'd just laugh I'd say and do their job appropiately.

tigerblob

Normally in my handwriting my capital Gs look a bit like small Gs. In the German paper, where the nouns have to be capitalised, I would try to write a more obviously capital G, but would it be okay to write a little note saying "this is a capital G, this is a small g" just in case I forgot?!

spurious

Mwah wrote: »

say you wrote
" i studied boland " or " sorry for my terrible spelling and writing lol"

??

That sort of thing is no problem, likewise the 'Have a nice summer!' ones you get occasionally, but 'I need a B3 for college' is not.

Professional Griefer

I don't think you're allowed to, I'm pretty sure they report it. And apparently they're pretty picky about writing in that margin on the right. I was tempted to write something on my disgust about no Boland, but thought, that would be childish and gay.:P

And also,

spurious wrote: »

It has to be reported.
The advising examiner will decide what happens depending on what it says in the note.
Money taped in the exam booklet (I kid you not) is also reported.

Someone has actually done that?

Conor108

cailin_donn wrote: »

I included my first name in English paper 1, in the interview 50 years from now, theyll hardly cancel my paper for that!

I said my name was John Smith. Classic fake name can't go wrong

Compton

I REALLY would not recommend writing any notes! It all depends on who will be at the end of your note!

tigerblob

cailin_donn wrote: »

I included my first name in English paper 1, in the interview 50 years from now, theyll hardly cancel my paper for that!

Oh, I did this too, except it was my last name and I used a fake first name. They'd hardly report this would they? I mean you had to use a name of some kind and how would they know whether or not it was fake?

spurious

Ix Deadmau5 wrote: »

spurious wrote: »

Money taped in the exam booklet (I kid you not) is also reported.

Someone has actually done that?

Yes they have. Some people do very stupid things.

cailin_donn

true, they'd never know! I could've just made up a name.

randylonghorn

spurious wrote: »

It has to be reported.
Money taped in the exam booklet (I kid you not) is also reported.

:eek:

I never got any of those.

Ix Deadmau5 wrote: »

I was tempted to write something on my disgust about no Boland, but thought, that would be childish and gay.:P

No, it would just be childish ... and pointless and a waste of time!

Professional Griefer

tigerblob wrote: »

Oh, I did this too, except it was my last name and I used a fake first name. They'd hardly report this would they? I mean you had to use a name of some kind and how would they know whether or not it was fake?

Well they wouldn't know your name, they'd probably just assume you made it up. No need to worry about that. Unless after you wrote ''(this is actually my real name, just so you know)''. And I'm sure you guys didn't:P So no need to worry.

tigerblob

spurious wrote: »

It has to be reported.
The advising examiner will decide what happens depending on what it says in the note.
Money taped in the exam booklet (I kid you not) is also reported.

Someone did this in the boys' school in town in the mock. The examiner kept the money, said nothing and gave them a bad mark!!

Finical

Haha my name for the letter was Jackie Chan, first name that came into my head.

Professional Griefer

randylonghorn wrote: »

:eek:

I never got any of those.

No, it would just be childish ... and pointless and a waste of time!

Ah well you know what I mean....anyways, I knew Eliot, kinda, so it didn't matter.:)

dannyboymed

I made my name John Smith :P I assumed they'd guess that wasn't my real name

wonderfulname

yea and i heard tell of someones paper getting cancelled for writing "i'll pay you to pass me" in a jokey manner without actually giving money or contact info

those examiners, no sense of humor!

Kersmash

dannyboymed wrote: »

I made my name John Smith :P I assumed they'd guess that wasn't my real name

Imagine actually having that name :pac:

Sure it's in the official rules, a big rule about no offensive stuff, porn, money, cheques etc.

bubblz

at the end of my home ec i ran outta time so i was scribbling dwn the ans to the last question.. in comparison the writing in the rest of my exam was neat so i simply apologised for the messy hand writing at the end.!

WallyGUFC

Rule 75 page 12 of the "Candidate Information Booklet"

"Submission of material of a pornographic nature or any other offensive material or the inclusion of any cash/cheque in the script may result in the examination in all subjects being disallowed."

Seloth

A girl in my school wrote about how shes going for medicine and worked really hard all year but only studied Boland lol

spurious

Seloth wrote: »

A girl in my school wrote about how shes going for medicine and worked really hard all year but only studied Boland lol

I hope I don't ever go to her for my leg and find she only studied arms.

chaoticmess

spurious wrote: »

I hope I don't ever go to her for my leg and find she only studied arms.

Love it! lol.

about the names, I think they only cancel your paper if you clearly state that it is your name. If you write it at the end of a letter, there's no way of knowing if that is your real name or not.

yaknowamsayin

Conor108 wrote: »

I said my name was John Smith. Classic fake name can't go wrong

I couldn't think of a name to write at the end of my letter so I wrote ''John Doe'' lol

vicksterchick

I just wrote "A friend" at the end of my letter.

Question: because it was functional writing, did we have to write an address? I know that there'd be no point in writing an address in real life, but I did so anyway - just in case there were marks going.

gaeilgegrinds1

Notes make no difference to me other than thinking how silly a student is to waste time writing them. I report anything personal or bribery straight away. Then it's up to the examiner over me to do what he likes.

Mr_Gusty

tigerblob wrote: »

Oh, I did this too, except it was my last name and I used a fake first name. They'd hardly report this would they? I mean you had to use a name of some kind and how would they know whether or not it was fake?

they don't know what your name is... could be fake or not they'll never know your just an exam number to them. not writing your name means identfying yourself in a note to them type thing

OxfordComma

spurious wrote: »

I hope I don't ever go to her for my leg and find she only studied arms.

I signed in just to thank this.

EuropeanSon

gaeilgegrinds1 wrote: »

Notes make no difference to me other than thinking how silly a student is to waste time writing them. I report anything personal or bribery straight away. Then it's up to the examiner over me to do what he likes.

Humorless prick.

seanbmc

My maths teacher said someone wrote a note on the exam once saying how stupid a question was and how they should check them before giving students such ridiculous questions.

I wrote a note in the mocks saying a ran out of time and they gave me back a note talking about time management .

Harmless notes about the exam are fine I suppose, nothing personal. Like someone who said "Have a nice summer".

BigBenRoeth

I wrote a note yesterday in English saying "I'm going to answer poetry now and will do the comparative questions after that" just to avoid confusion :P

gaffocarl

Conor108 wrote: »

I said my name was John Smith. Classic fake name can't go wrong

haha thats not a fake name.. ive got a friend called john smith!

slasher_65

In Maths I always write little notes next to what I'm doing, to clarify. If I screw a question up and make a second attempt later on, I also stick a note pointing this out, so they know there is another attempt. Basically trying to make the examiner's life as easy as possible, and not get confused about my answers.

Other then that, I don't make notes at all. I'm far too paranoid about that kind of thing.

GVNDNN

At the end of my unseen poetry i wrote sorry ran out of time only have 5 minutes to spare so i did out the slits t foruma, have a good summer, is that ok?

zoom!

The only thing i've written is

---

> Q8 next page because I skipped pages and just didn't want them to skip it. I'd say they ignore messages or notes that students leave unless it is either offensive or unethical (a bribe).

**Timbuk2**

WallyGUFC wrote: »

"Submission of material of a pornographic nature or any other offensive material or the inclusion of any cash/cheque in the script may result in the examination in all subjects being disallowed."

Haha that's hilarious. But if it only says cash/cheque, does that mean postal orders and/or credit cards are acceptable?

fufureida

EuropeanSon wrote: »

Humorless prick.

That's harsh and un needed.

I always write a note saying ' hope you had a nice summer '

MariaBabii

zoom! wrote: »

The only thing i've written is

---

> Q8 next page because I skipped pages and just didn't want them to skip it. I'd say they ignore messages or notes that students leave unless it is either offensive or unethical (a bribe).

I skipped a page too and left a note sayin 'Q4 two pages ahead and Q3 page beforehand' lol

3_BOoYA_X

I left a note in English two...Like near the end of my King Lear Q *Sorry i ran out of time, it was a big rush!* :P

EuropeanSon

I left a note in Maths Paper 1. On Q8 (c), I did part (ii) before part (i) and I wrote a long note explaining this just so the examiner wasn't confused.

FyeaG

...what and how does this can help u?...nothin i think

stainluss

cailin_donn wrote: »

I included my first name in English paper 1, in the interview 50 years from now, theyll hardly cancel my paper for that!

For all the correctors know, its fake so you're grand:)

stainluss

Mwah wrote: »

say you wrote
" i studied boland " or " sorry for my terrible spelling and writing lol"

??

Why would you do that?
It will make no difference to your score. They might laugh, but I dont think you will get cancelled..

LadyGaga!

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

Haha that's hilarious. But if it only says cash/cheque, does that mean postal orders and/or credit cards are acceptable?

Hahahaha

randylonghorn

zoom! wrote: »

I'd say they ignore messages or notes that students leave unless it is either offensive or unethical (a bribe) or which identify you.

Pretty much, in my experience.

Certainly, "I ran out of time! " or "the second half of this is at the back of the book" aren't a problem.

**Timbuk2**

I feel so left out as I don't leave notes. I'm going to write a list in my Maths paper of all the things I plan to do in the summer*

*Not really!