Comments on: I knew soda bottles were useful

By: The Moph

The Moph — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:37:44 +0000

If I were someone looking to cheat, I would put text on the INSIDE of the label too. The bottle IS clear, after all…

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:46:22 +0000

so this is why in the UK, we don’t have multiple choice tests
and we arent allowed drinks other than water in an unlabeled bottle

By: Charley

Charley — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:07:03 +0000

What if you just spent the time it took to make the coke label studying five pages (vs 5 lines) of the exam material?

By: Hamm

Hamm — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:53:16 +0000

with the minimal information that you can fit on a bottle, and the time it takes to do all that, wouldn’t it be easier to just study or copy off the person next to you?

By: phisic

phisic — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:34:11 +0000

My favorite was the physics final where the teacher allowed a 4×6 file card with anything you wanted on it, front and back. I remember spending a lot of time going through the textbook, looking for important formulae and facts, writing them on the card… I could now relax going into the test, knowing I had my super cheat card ready. During the test, I noticed something interesting: I actually rememebered the stuff I had put on the card, and didn’t need to refer to it. The teacher had “tricked” me into “studying”! Go figure…

By: Fill

Fill — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:30:51 +0000

This how-to reminds me of an open-computer test we had for chemistry in college. The prof /begged/ us to bring books and computers. It was a timed multiple choice exam that unless you couldn’t answer each question within a few seconds, you couldn’t complete it in time. Folks depending upon computers and books were found out pretty quick.

By: Seriously

Seriously — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:15:55 +0000

Wouldn’t you think it would be a little obvious if someone kept reading their coke bottle? You think the teacher would think, oh their just suddenly REALLY interested in the ingredients and nutritional value… yeah, right. Just study up… either that or put it into your TI calculator.

By: P

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:05:33 +0000

So THAT’s why they make you take the label off your drinks during an exam at my college.

By: David Brent

David Brent — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:55:49 +0000

Oh my God. You’re a real genius. If it weren’t for you, I would enter my English exam tomorrow without a Coke bottle, only to realise that if I had employed your ingenious cheating technique, I would have had up to five lines of information in my hands. This will be awesome, as I only need up to five lines of information in an average exam and this just about cuts it. Thank you so much for this. Really.

By: Randy Thompson

Randy Thompson — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:01:27 +0000

I have yet to have a class that lets you bring food or refreshments with you.