How Do You Cheat?

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In class, I mean. Not just test-taking, but perhaps note taking so you can sleep in and avoid class, etc.

So, perhaps other than 'cheating,' what shortcuts do you tend to use for classes you're taking?
 
Read the book instead of going to lecture.

Use e-learning instead of going to lecture.

Have a friend take notes for you (be ready to return the favor.)

Have a friend say here, when your name is called if there is attendance.

basically have a friend
 
Also, avoid sections with professors who you know are sticklers for attendance, have anal rules about stuff, etc.

Its worth it to take that oddly timed class if it'll help you avoid headaches.
 
I read the newspaper during my classes (my business school has free Fail Street Journal for students) to maintain my sanity. I try to do it all stealth-like by trying to keep it flat on my desk and flipping pages when they aren't looking, but I'm pretty sure all the profs notice anyway. I still pay attention and participate in class a lot more than the people who have their desks cleared of nothing but notes. I've always been pretty good at multitasking like that.

[quote name='crystalklear64']Also, avoid sections with professors who you know are sticklers for attendance, have anal rules about stuff, etc.

Its worth it to take that oddly timed class if it'll help you avoid headaches.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I've taken 8:30 AM classes many many times (including right now) just so I could have a better prof even though I am definitely not a morning person. It has paid off immensely. I just take a nap after the class. DEFINITELY talk to other students and check out ratemyprofessors.com whenever you're scheduling.
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight']check out ratemyprofessors.com whenever you're scheduling.[/QUOTE]

Ewwww. I saw my first report on there after the previous term. A glowing review, but in a way that made me very, very, very uncomfortable.

(it doesn't exist anymore, since I requested it be removed)
 
For tests, I like to write answers on my penis. I don't know how well that would work for others with less writing space, but be sure to check before the test!
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Ewwww. I saw my first report on there after the previous term. A glowing review, but in a way that made me very, very, very uncomfortable.

(it doesn't exist anymore, since I requested it be removed)[/QUOTE]

I don't even want to know.... :rofl:

Generally it is pretty helpful. Only one professor's page in four years of using it was misleading, but it was in favor of the professor. They said he was hard, and I found the class to be extremely easy.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Ewwww. I saw my first report on there after the previous term. A glowing review, but in a way that made me very, very, very uncomfortable.

(it doesn't exist anymore, since I requested it be removed)[/quote]


i do want to know... what did it say that made you so uncomfortable
 
Shortcuts, eh? Well... I take notes for the disabled for my class on Post-Confederation Canadian History. One of the perks is that I get notes for any other class in the university that has a disabled person in it.

EDIT: And Myke, I too wanna know what the report was.

...

I also wanna go make a bunch of fake reports for you.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']I'm not the narc, sweetheart. I'm the one who the narc comes to.

;)[/QUOTE]
Oh, Myke. You make my heart beat faster when you call me sweetheart.

To keep this OT and hetero, I'm that guy who writes on the desk in mechanical pencil.
 
My three greatest resources for getting through any class...
1) Bubble Gum. During memorization heavy tests, came in handy for writing small notes I might need to recall. Pull it out mid-test, quickly refresh my mind, and chew the evidence. No one's any the wiser.

2) Websites from previous semesters. Wasn't uncommon for Prof's to leave the previous semester's homework answers online. Even if they weren't the same, the answers (and usually work) allowed me to know how to better do the problem.

3) Google. One of my prof's required us to put all our projects online. Many of em were put up and forgotten...a proper google search yielding all the work I'd need.
 
Old tests are easily most beneficial. I like it when the prof posts them up and its not cheating but for the classes where they don't, the frats all have huge test banks. Having access to those bumps you up letter grades. Some might argue its not cheating but its a huge advantage.
 
I don't cheat in class, actually. I just take notes that I never seem to be able to read later. But since I have all literature classes, it's just memorization.
 
[quote name='tivo']Old tests are easily most beneficial. I like it when the prof posts them up and its not cheating but for the classes where they don't, the frats all have huge test banks. Having access to those bumps you up letter grades. Some might argue its not cheating but its a huge advantage.[/QUOTE]

My accounting professor last quarter was awesome. He posted ALL the old tests online on the course website, with answers. Even better was, the tests were basically EXACTLY THE SAME quarter to quarter, same format, same questions, except numbers were changed. It was unbelievable. I didn't learn anything in the class, but it was beautiful.
 
[quote name='The Crotch']Shortcuts, eh? Well... I take notes for the disabled for my class on Post-Confederation Canadian History. One of the perks is that I get notes for any other class in the university that has a disabled person in it.

EDIT: And Myke, I too wanna know what the report was.

...

I also wanna go make a bunch of fake reports for you.[/QUOTE]
"He now knows about the penis trick. Avoid his section."
 
Most brilliant thing I've seen is this thing kids do where they take a rubberband, stretch it, then write the answers really small. You let the rubberband go back to normal and it looks like an ink dot.
 
In your spare time, achieve doctorate level command of subject, then use expertise to intimidate instructor into giving you high grade if you stay away instead of embarrassing him in front of his students.

It may seem like a lot of work but it's very satisfying.
 
[quote name='The Crotch']I also wanna go make a bunch of fake reports for you.[/QUOTE]

"Professor is a stoopid PS3 fanboy. Also, grades hard. This class sucks; I showed up 4 whole times and still failed."
 
My students think they are clever with their rubbernecking, and pulling notes out of their desks. They gotta be alot more clever to beat me.
 
Lets see, for a couple of CIS classes i managed to find a way to hack the site the tests were on and have it basically do a reverse test, giving me the answers instead of me answering it. For a communications class i had, the answers to all the homework were in the book. Doubt the teacher cared, he guaranteed us all a passing grade anyway.

For an accounting class, i actually found all the homework answers online thanks to an unrestricted site of a teacher at another school.
 
My favorite obvious copying of a student was last week. The answer was periodic table of elements. He wrote periodic triangle escort.
On the next question the answer was alchemy.
He wrote Aichmey.
Either this kid has some weird pneumonic devices or he couldn't see what the kid across from him wrote clearly.
 
I hand out five or six different versions of exams (same questions, different order) but don't mention it.
Same answers, different grades? How did that happen?

(teachers can cheat, right?)
 
[quote name='Dream to Dream']But the question is, how does myke confirm his suspicions?

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213588[/QUOTE]

:rofl: shh!

[quote name='AngellicLulu']My favorite obvious copying of a student was last week. The answer was periodic table of elements. He wrote periodic triangle escort.
On the next question the answer was alchemy.
He wrote Aichmey.
Either this kid has some weird pneumonic devices or he couldn't see what the kid across from him wrote clearly.[/QUOTE]

dyslexia?
 
[quote name='The Crotch']
EDIT: And Myke, I too wanna know what the report was.

...

I also wanna go make a bunch of fake reports for you.[/QUOTE]

I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought of this.

"Professor wears a stupid hat and skates to class. Always shoves me in the hall, and then says he scored a point. I don't fucking know what he means."
 
[quote name='Strell']I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought of this.

"Professor wears a stupid hat and skates to class. Always shoves me in the hall, and then says he scored a point. I don't fucking know what he means."[/QUOTE]

Ha. But less about me and more about cheating.

[quote name='gregthomas77']I hand out five or six different versions of exams (same questions, different order) but don't mention it.
Same answers, different grades? How did that happen?

(teachers can cheat, right?)[/QUOTE]

That ain't cheating. It's a measure that fucks up those people who plan on cheating. Same questions, different order, right?
 
You wrote on the gum and ate it? What did you write with? :puke:
[quote name='Salamando3000']My three greatest resources for getting through any class...
1) Bubble Gum. During memorization heavy tests, came in handy for writing small notes I might need to recall. Pull it out mid-test, quickly refresh my mind, and chew the evidence. No one's any the wiser.
[/quote]
 
They say a lot of students cheat. But I've yet to find a fellow one that actually bothers to. I feel demoralized enough to study and slog through the entire course, and I do fine.
 
[quote name='gregthomas77']I hand out five or six different versions of exams (same questions, different order) but don't mention it.
Same answers, different grades? How did that happen?

(teachers can cheat, right?)[/quote]

You suck. I nearly failed my 9th grade history class because of this! I copied almost my entire final off the guy next to me. He got a B+ I got a big fat F. Luckily I had just enough points in the class going into the final that I got a D overall. Shit... I've always hated history. That just made me hate it more!

More on topic though... Anytime I've ever thought about cheating, it was to write equations, phrases, key words, etc. on a paper or my arm. Problem is, by writing it down, I memorized it and never had to reference it during the test. What a waste!
 
I can't see well enough to cheat off of other people even if I wanted to. I never needed/wanted to, though. Cuz I'm a genieous.
 
[quote name='GF_Eric']I can't see well enough to cheat off of other people even if I wanted to. I never needed/wanted to, though. Cuz I'm a genieous.[/quote]
You spelled genius....

Nevermind. :whistle2:#
 
[quote name='JolietJake']"Teacher insists on being called Professor Murder, no idea why.'[/quote]
"Excuse me, Professor. I was wondering..."

"*coughs*"

"...sorry. Excuse me, Professor... Murder... I was wondering..."
 
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Some people I know uses their camera phones to take pics of tests and send it to someone on the outside. I would just try to fuck the teacher, simple and straight to the point.
 
The best shortcut ever is to split up the work with classmates and copy/paste. I hate homework with a passion. Rarely cheated on tests, though.
 
[quote name='Strell']I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought of this.

"Professor wears a stupid hat and skates to class. Always shoves me in the hall, and then says he scored a point. I don't fucking know what he means."[/QUOTE]:rofl:
[quote name='Dream to Dream']You spelled genius....

Nevermind. :whistle2:#[/QUOTE]:lol:

I don't know about cheating, but a helpful way of doing well for me is to study hard. If there are any sets of facts I know I'll need, but am having a hard time remembering without a reference, I come up with a table or something with the information and review it right before going into the test. It's then the first thing I write down on the coversheet of the exam.

An example is in Organic Chemistry I set up a table of the names and structures of the 20 amino acids involved in protein synthesis because I knew I couldn't remember off hand all of the names and definitely not the structures of the side groups. So I arranged them in alphabetic order and remembered how many AA's started with each letter and associated the structures with the ones next to them in my mind. Then it was easy to regurgitate as a chart on the test and reference throughout.

Again, not cheating and definitely not a shortcut, but it is one major way I attempt (and usually succeed) in doing well on tests.

As for shortcuts in note taking, I love the teachers who provide the powerpoint slides on Blackboard ahead of time. I simply print them all off for each lecture and instead of wasting time writing down verbatim what is on screen, I can focus on writing "filler" notes of the teacher's explanation of the info on each slide.
 
[quote name='Dream to Dream']You spelled genius....

Nevermind. :whistle2:#[/QUOTE]

DUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Way to ruin the joke, Buzz Killington.
 
[quote name='GF_Eric']DUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Way to ruin the joke, Buzz Killington.[/quote]Next time, just say that you were a child progeny.
 
[quote name='GF_Eric']DUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Way to ruin the joke, Buzz Killington.[/quote]
Ruin the joke?

Naw, man, just trying to play along.

Failed miserably, huh?

:whistle2:(
 
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