Work and Miscellaneous: Today, a few people in my class used calculators on the math...

By Anonymous - 29/01/2017 14:00 - United States

Today, a few people in my class used calculators on the math final exam, even though it clearly stated at the top that they weren't allowed. The teacher found out, and now everyone has to retake the 200-question exam. I didn't even use a calculator. FML

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By anonymous - 21/11/2012 18:16 - United States - Tucson

Today, I have a final for my precalculus class. After hours of studying this week, I felt pretty optimistic. Until I got to class and realized that I'd forgotten my calculator. FML

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By RaastadAarseth - 27/07/2023 12:00

Today, I had a very hard and long exam and I was completely prepared for it. I was so confident in my abilities and I'd studied really hard. When I entered the exam hall and took the paper, I realized that I had forgotten to bring my calculator. FML

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By Retake - 13/08/2021 20:01

Today, I got my precalculus final back from my teacher. I got a 17%. I told her that there had to be some mistake, because my classmate had the same answers as me and she got 100%. Not only did I accidentally admit to cheating, but our test papers had different questions. FML

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By Brunofk7 - 21/11/2015 00:59 - Peru - Lima

Today, I made a multiple choice exam so my friend could practice and get a good grade on his real exam. While I was helping him finish it, the teacher saw it, thought we were cheating and failed us both. FML

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By thestudent - 18/02/2011 09:30 - Philippines

Today, my math teacher brought his laptop to tally up all our scores for our report card. He then displayed the results on a big screen in front of the whole class. The ones who failed were marked yellow. I was the only one marked yellow. FML

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By xXEmmaLieXx - 03/03/2015 17:37 - United States - Berkley

Today, my entire junior class took the ACT. On the last test, a classmate's phone went off, automatically invalidating the whole test. We all have to retake it. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/04/2014 17:07 - Canada - Cranbrook

Today, disappointed with my results on a mathematics test, I went over it and realized my teacher had added up the marks incorrectly, leaving me with 17% less than I earned. The person who's supposed to be teaching me math can't even perform basic arithmetic. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/12/2009 17:35 - United States

Today, my math TA showed the class how one of her "dumb" students answered a test question. Everyone laughed as she wrote out the students answer, including myself, until I looked down at my answer sheet and saw that I submitted an identical answer. FML

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By Mistakes were made - 24/10/2022 23:00 - United States

Today, while I was taking a test in class, there was a question that had everyone stumped. After what seemed like forever, the teacher finally noticed and said he'd typed the question wrong. I spent more than half the time I had to complete the test on a question that wasn't even written correctly. Yes, I failed. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/11/2020 23:03 - France

Today, I finished an exam in physics class. It counts for 40% of our grade. As I handed my paper in to my teacher, she said to the whole class while talking about me, "You did this wrong; this isn't how you do it." FML

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ohkitty 21

Sunday 29 January 2017 20:15

as annoying as this sounds, use it to your advantage! you can revise more & if you remember which qs you struggled on you can focus on those areas more & try & get a higher mark!

RavenclawAliKat 6

Sunday 29 January 2017 20:15

Was the test not monitored? Sound like the teacher was negligent. Hopefully they are reprehended. Sorry you have to retake the test OP. Good luck!

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ohkitty 21

Sunday 29 January 2017 20:15

as annoying as this sounds, use it to your advantage! you can revise more & if you remember which qs you struggled on you can focus on those areas more & try & get a higher mark!

RavenclawAliKat 6

Sunday 29 January 2017 20:15

Was the test not monitored? Sound like the teacher was negligent. Hopefully they are reprehended. Sorry you have to retake the test OP. Good luck!

onceuponatime456 16

Tuesday 31 January 2017 13:58

reprehended? reprimanded, maybe?

RavenclawAliKat 6

Wednesday 1 February 2017 8:03

Reprehend: to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.

arandomperson97 18

Sunday 29 January 2017 20:17

Those are the (unfortunate) rules the instructors have to follow. I'm sure the cheaters were reprimanded appropriately. Gl OP!

awildwhisper 30

Sunday 29 January 2017 20:51

Hopefully the retake is with a more observant teacher.

mariri9206 32

Sunday 29 January 2017 22:16

Sounds like your teacher didn't do such a good job keeping an eye things. It's the teacher's fault for being more aware/observant and it's the fault of those students who did use a calculator. Your teacher should've told everyone to only grab their pencils and anything else they said that can be used on the test and water, if they allow it, and to leave their backpacks up at the front.

ThatOnePolarBear 13

Monday 30 January 2017 0:29

If it was my school, they would get zeros on the exam with no makeup/redo.

brezzyanna 17

Monday 30 January 2017 7:43

I dont think they know who used calculators and who didnt, so they cant just punish the guilty people.

aquapearl736 16

Monday 30 January 2017 0:55

To everyone saying the teacher was negligent, it isn't their fault. On exams it is generally a rule that if one person uses anything to cheat, or if anyone talks, every test in the room is invalid. It's because if someone cheated, they could've shared the answers with everyone around them. That's a requirement and if the teacher didn't report it they could've been fired.