"Unauthorised" material in exams

[Zelda]

Finding it rediculous at the moment now that exams are back about some of the stupid rules tbh. For instance no memory sticks allowed in exam rooms, which makes no sence, not like you can bloody stick one into the table and it lights up showing you answers is it. Also Pencil sharpners they can't see through, they have a look inside first if you ask them to make sure nothings in, and won't penalise you for it, so why do they take it away if they know there's nothing inside and they aren't penalising you or even taking down your candidate numbers?

Just wondering if anyone has any insight to that as it makes no bloody sence to me whatsoever.

[The Don]

Finding it rediculous at the moment now that exams are back about some of the stupid rules tbh. For instance no memory sticks allowed in exam rooms, which makes no sence, not like you can bloody stick one into the table and it lights up showing you answers is it. Also Pencil sharpners they can't see through, they have a look inside first if you ask them to make sure nothings in, and won't penalise you for it, so why do they take it away if they know there's nothing inside and they aren't penalising you or even taking down your candidate numbers?

Just wondering if anyone has any insight to that as it makes no bloody sence to me whatsoever.

Some people are allowed to use laptops during the exam. My friend who is dyslexic and has the scruffiest writing for example, used one in the exam hall where we were.

[Zelda]

Some people are allowed to use laptops during the exam. My friend who is dyslexic and has the scruffiest writing for example, used one in the exam hall where we were.

hrm i suppose that might explain the memory stick one, but surely that's just like other things where it's only gonna be for certain people, like no point enforcing that with whole schools that don't have one single person like that, but ye i suppose you gotta have equallness in rules. Still doesn't explain the sharpner one though ;p

[geo]

well if you're not gonna use the memory stick yourself then i don't really understand why you're making such a big fuss about it, if you don't need it then there isn't much point in bringing it into the exam hall. never actually seen the sharpener one and it's never been a problem for me, i don't have a clear sharpener lol and they've never nagged?

i don't really see much point in this, they've very basic rules they want to abide that really aren't causing you much harm at all. and you know some people, and the amount of effort they'd go to to cheat in exams, so i guess i can understand ridiculous rules.

[lawrawrrr]

My old school were so strict we weren't allowed labels on water bottles, and only clear bottles (aka not like coloured ones). i also got told off for wearing all my bracelets (i have like 20 on one arm) because i could have written answers under them, and had to take them off to prove it.

But tbh, 'unauthorised' material is basically all things you don't reaaaally need in an exam so i just figured it's not that big a deal, just an inconvenience!

[Zelda]

Ha ha Ye have to agree, and Georgia its just a little annoying cause only have non see through sharpners, and is really annoying cause like what if I run out of usable pencils mid exam, just find a lot of rules very pointless tbh.

[Mathew]

I agree with all of the rules. Once you start allowing some things then it becomes highly subjective and you don't know where to draw the line. People will go to very extensive lengths to cheat in exams, and it's up to the exam regulators to keep up with the current practices. We must have clear pencil cases and keep water bottles (with the label removed) on the floor whilst we're not drinking from them. I just don't take a water bottle in though... there's no time to drink in there!

If you run out of useable pencils, you ask the invigilator for another!

[dbgtz]

Yeah you would never need any unauthorised material so there's not really a legitimate reason to complain. I just dislike how the times can be so short and how you're rushed. In my head, I don't see why not allowing a candidate to stay for 4 hours to do, for what is currently say a 1 hour exam, is really a big issue. Time limits should be increased as when I try and constrain my time I usually forget points I might remember if there was less pressure, but then I guess exams also test your ability to work with speed.

[Zelda]

I agree with all of the rules. Once you start allowing some things then it becomes highly subjective and you don't know where to draw the line. People will go to very extensive lengths to cheat in exams, and it's up to the exam regulators to keep up with the current practices. We must have clear pencil cases and keep water bottles (with the label removed) on the floor whilst we're not drinking from them. I just don't take a water bottle in though... there's no time to drink in there!

If you run out of useable pencils, you ask the invigilator for another!

Ur school even harsher then mine ;o , we allowed our water bottles on the table aslong as no wrapping on them. But Ye with my place ur just about lucky to get given spare equipment in the mocks, real thing you stand no chance. Never quite got though how you could ever cheat with a memory stick unless you actually using a computer though, even invigilators when I was casually chatting to them earlier in the idea had no idea why that rule was there for non computer exams ;p

[OllzIsTasty]

Back in the day school exams were so lenient. I don't see why people need to cheat. College is so much better, because people who are in your course actually want to do the work. Even though I had an exam last year and the water bottle and pencil sharpener was said by a invigilator. I wanted to complain but thought there wouldn't be any point as I'd just get laughed at.