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To: altair
One event from the final exam has stayed with me over the years. A buddy in the class, sat at the back of the class, wearing his customary shades, but ready for the test.
Mr. Baughn said, “Mr. Powers; I see you have an “A” going in this class. I have no doubt that you will get an “A” in the final, so I will enter an “A” in my grade-book on your behalf if you will help me proctor the class.”
49 posted on 05/21/2010 7:38:30 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Mr. Baughn said, “Mr. Powers; I see you have an “A” going in this class. I have no doubt that you will get an “A” in the final, so I will enter an “A” in my grade-book on your behalf if you will help me proctor the class.”

Whoosh (the sound of your text going over Altair's head) That may be tangentially related to the only time I ever cheated on a test.

It was 9th grade Algebra and I knew I was going to get an A and couldn't get an A+ from that teacher, so I had stopped caring. On one test day, he didn't show up and a substitute teacher administered the test. She wasn't exactly paying attention. The girl sitting behind whispered to me, "Altair, can you write down the answers and pass them to me?" She was hot and I was always the nerdy type, so I did it. The answer sheet I wrote made its way surreptitiously around the room to those who wanted to look at it. After class, I ran into my best friend who had that class later in the day and told him what happened. He asked me to give him the answers, so I did.

He wasn't very careful, or maybe the substitute was gaining a clue as to what was going on and when he tried to pass the sheet around the class, my next door neighbor ratted him out. He exercised his 4th amendment rights when he was questioned about the incident, well that's why he was my best friend. He was an A or should I work and try for an A+ student too, so it's not like he needed it personally.

Aftermath? I think the test still counted, but the results had to look funny. I aced the test with 100%. One girl paid me the highest compliment I ever received in Jr. High School. She said to me, "You wrote that answer sheet that was being passed around? I should have used it ..."

Beware of bored students forced to take classes beneath their level ...

Or, what's up with American school girls? If you paid any attention at all to nerdy types in school, we'd give you anything you want ...

54 posted on 05/21/2010 8:20:23 AM PDT by altair (Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent - Salvor Hardin)
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