Stupid Me

kjl

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?

Chet T16

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

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.

parker kent

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

OneOfThem Stumbled

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

ironclaw

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

Killer Pigeon

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.

Blut2

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.

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.

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

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.

music crazy

Why would anyone write on their leg ?:o

parker kent

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.

Gardoggle

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!

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.

Gardoggle

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

**Timbuk2**

Can't believe nobody has asked yet.

What was the word!!?

Killer Pigeon

The OP was playing a fast one.

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

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".

WeeBushy

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?

daemon1

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

Can't believe nobody has asked yet.

What was the word!!?

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

Pierce_1991

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

noodler

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!

**Timbuk2**

noodler wrote: »

Short story more like!

Ay-O!

MCQ answers more like... har har

noodler

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

MCQ answers more like... har har

Awful.

optogirl

music crazy wrote: »

Why would anyone write on their leg ?:o

in order to cheat...

HavingCrack

optogirl wrote: »

in order to cheat...

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

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

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.

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

optogirl

HavingCrack wrote: »

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

Maybe the word was Floccinaucinihilipilification

Mauricmo

c'mon!

whats the word?

kjl

Hey everyone, the word will be a real anti climax it was "concentric". I got a letter in the post today from like the dean of exams reminding me of the college code of conduct, but that they will take it no further. I was also told that this could be used against me if I don't keep my nose clean. etc etc.

Feel much better about the incident now, but thanks for all your support.

Killer Pigeon

optogirl wrote: »

Maybe the word was Floccinaucinihilipilification

Hmm, sounds Icelandic.

Mauricmo

kjl wrote: »

Hey everyone, the word will be a real anti climax it was "concentric". I got a letter in the post today from like the dean of exams reminding me of the college code of conduct, but that they will take it no further. I was also told that this could be used against me if I don't keep my nose clean. etc etc.

Feel much better about the incident now, but thanks for all your support.

Finally.
We will all sleep much sounder tonight.


But really, glad you arent in any trouble.

Killer Pigeon

kjl wrote: »

Hey everyone, the word will be a real anti climax it was "concentric". I got a letter in the post today from like the dean of exams reminding me of the college code of conduct, but that they will take it no further. I was also told that this could be used against me if I don't keep my nose clean. etc etc.

Feel much better about the incident now, but thanks for all your support.

I'm just trying to think of a situation were one would write the word "concentric" on their leg...

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

I'm just trying to think of a situation were one would write the word "concentric" on their leg...

Picture it: Lovely sunny day, you're walking down to Spar to pick up a Pepsi and a packet of Taytos. Suddenly, a man jumps of a parked car, holds a gun to your head and says "I'll kill you unless you write concentric on your leg".

Killer Pigeon

Thomas_S_Hunterson wrote: »

Picture it: Lovely sunny day, you're walking down to Spar to pick up a Pepsi and a packet of Taytos. Suddenly, a man jumps of a parked car, holds a gun to your head and says "I'll kill you unless you write concentric on your leg".

Seem highly plausible to me...
... though maybe the word "concentric" was one of those word that the OP kept forgetting and he/she wrote it on his/her leg so he/she could remember it.

parker kent

There should be posters warning students about concentricphiles all over campus.

brokenhinge

Once an invigilator was threatening me about my seat number written on my hand- I was trying to get her to see common sense and she kept saying it could be code -despite the fact it was a marketing exam with no numbers written on my script.. Some coincidence

Nothing happened as far as I know. I think it was her first day and she was a bit overzealous..

Dave!

Wierd occurance is wierd...

keepkeyyellow

I went into an exam with about 10 page numbers and 5 different book codes written on my hand and nothing was said to me but I had my sleeves rolled up for the whole thing and wasn't trying to hide it.