We’re going to look horribly copycat and late on to the scene with this post but believe it or not this post was started a few days ago and i’ll tell you what triggered it…
A few days ago we had a comment telling us the name, exam number, roll number and exam center number of a student who was believed to have cheated in the leaving cert. The comment was never published but it gave us the idea to write about ‘cheating in the leaving cert’.
There’s a mega thread on boards.ie leaving cert forum about cheating. I’ll quote some of the first post here;
There’s cheating happening in my school, the majority of students use the fact that the toilets are in our P.E hall and that the superintendents have no reason to follow them in. The students hide notes written from before the exam in their socks and pants and some even got away with having a phone on their lap for an entire paper and reading saved messages from it. Others used the bathroom to call students from other schools and got full answers on questions.
That post has sparked 669 responses in 4 days with many people weighing in with their opinions. Some say you should just shut up and concentrate on your own exams, others say these cheats could potentially pip you to a college place.
We don’t want names, we don’t want exam numbers – we’d love to publish them but unfortunately we have to adopt this ‘innocent until proven guilty’ approach to protect our own asses 🙂
But we do have a question for you guys… in the form of a poll… it’s all annonymous… we simply want to know if you know of anyone that’s currently cheating in leaving cert exams! Yes or No.
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Also, if you have any cheating tips or advice, please tell us all about them below. My personal favourite is one i blogged about a couple of years ago. Replacing the wrapper of a coke bottle with a custom made one.
Like it or not, cheating goes on in the leaving cert and in any set of exams. I know about, you know about it and anyone who has sat exams knows about it, let’s not play dumb. I’m not sure what things were like 20 years ago, i can only speak from my own experience, but radio hosts, teachers, supervisors etc… are sorely mistaken if they think cheating doesn’t happen.
I guarantee you there are very intelligent cheaters in the leaving cert with technology & tools so sophisticated that it’s virtually impossible for them to be caught by regular joes supervising.
Take that coke bottle trick. No supervisor would cop it. I’d put money on it. Or how about wireless pens, watches, earpieces etc… cheating isn’t just taking in sheets of paper in your pockets. That’s much too risky and those cheats are the ones who are destined to fail anyway. The modern cheat is already on course for good marks, but they’re under so much pressure to get ‘x’ amount of points, that they will do whatever it takes to get them.
Good cheats never get caught and it’s up to the state to train and educate supervisors about modern cheating techniques and the latest technology & tools that *can* be used to aid cheating. Most of it, to the average person, will just go undetected.
record yourself reading over notes, definitions etc. on an mp3 player. Buy wireless (bluetooth) in-ear earphones stick one of em in and your away ! works well with long hair 😉 also a bit of a bandage wont go astray they cant see the ear-piece at all and also it helps stop it from getting loose and falling out
record yourself reading over notes, definitions etc. on an mp3 player. Buy wireless (bluetooth) in-ear earphones stick one of em in and your away ! works well with long hair 😉 also a bit of a bandage wont go astray they cant see the ear-piece at all and also it helps stop it from getting loose and falling out
when i done my leavin round 10 yrs ago i swollowed my txt book along with 50 weetabix.while sitting in the exam i shouted to the superviser : jasis look sir theres a motherfuckin sheep[note rare hebridean bread]bamboozilin like tarzin on the roof there!!..while he turned around in utter disbelief i systamatically shat all over the floor,removing book,had a quick scan at it, flinged it in the bin and away like the clappers i went..needless to say i wudnt be stayin in that hotel again.
my god,there is obviously a lack of honesty in this country.when i done my gcse,s in england 20 years ago i done it by studying,obviously not something recognised here.and irish people are always wondering why here has been such a filthy backwater nation for so long.when britain was in power, here was so rich in arts and culture,and since we gave it back to you [not all of it ha ha] it has been a slow decension to poverty once again.filthy animals.rule britania,britania rules the waves.
This is a website for Irish people and others willing to voice genuine opinions about a very serious exam. I never cheated my exams either but just because you didnt cheat your GCSEs does not under any circumstances make you different to anyone else there are thousands of kids out there that play the examination game by the rules. Your comment that mistakes Ireland as poor backward?? You clearly misread our situation. Yes, Ireland and England alike are in financial trouble but Ireland is far from poor as many wealthy people continue to live in The Land of a Thousand Welcomes. Not many people want Northern Ireland back anyway so you the “haha” you posted is childish and inappropriate. We shall leave it up to England to deal with the violence and terrorism initially triggered by a once powerful but still an arrogant nation. To sum this up, this is a classic example of British ignorance and arrogance and it seems to me that you may need to repeat your GCSE’s to brush up on your spelling skills. I have clearly seen that the English education system has failed to teach you this basic and easy skill. Such a shame,but its probably why US companies want Irish workers faster than British workers. Dont ever lose sight that Ireland,according to facts, has a better education system and brighter pupils than Britannia. Slan agus adh-mor a pleidhciocht!!!
how intelligent and articulate..lets all pull togather people and study the god damb world yeah…study this ; once upon a tumbledryer there lived this little motherfucker who cheated in his exam.so when his teacher found out she only bent him over her knee and reddined his arse with grandmas wooden spoon.”cheat now bitch cheat now”,she said in a sweet tone almost like a lullaby.
i cheated in the leaving cert in every subject and i got 600points. im in ucd now and its soooo worth it!
how’d you do it?? 😀
good luck in college exams then. see how tight security is there yet under exam conditions???
wow i never actually knew that theres all those modern cheaeting techniques! shocked really
stiffy mcfingerton
What a testament to the British education system…
my god,there ( Capital letter for start of sentence and for God) is obviously a lack of honesty in this country.( Space and capital letter for first letter of a sentence) when i ( When I did) done my gcse,s( GCSES) in england (Capital letter for country) 20 years ago ( This is for the Leaving Cert, why are you posting if you’re over 20?) i done ( I did it) it by studying,(Space)obviously not something recognised here. (Space, capital letter and you can’t start a sentence with and) and irish ( Capital letter) people are always wondering why here has been such a filthy backwater nation for so long. (Check facts) when britain (Capital letter) was in power, here (does this really sound right to you?) was so rich in arts and culture, (Space) and since we gave it back to you ( Check facts) [not all of it ha ha] it has been a slow decension (slow decent) to poverty once again.(Hyperbole) filthy animals.( Space and capital letter for both Rule and Britania) rule britania,(Capital letter) britania rules the waves.
I’m not saying I agree with the cheating that goes on however I would like to point out that the Leaving Cert. is not exactly a fair system. There is a lot (in my opinion too much) expected and in many schools the fact that 7 to 8 subjects are being done is not really recognised and pressure to get all A’s is high even if your course doesn’t require it so I can understand the urge to cheat.
i agree its true
me too. It should be 6 subjects only and make maths optional BEFORE Irish because the failure rate is extremely high. Depending on the course you wish to do…maths is not a necessary subject
i would rather be a poor decent hard working man than a cheat . respect is earned not copied