It’s now official. I failed in an exam conducted in phase I training course, Alas! Despite the thick skinned, shameless creature I am, it became a constant head ache to me to get reminded of that exam by none other than the ass hole, frustu , I will attribute this failure partly to my carelessness and experiments, and of course some external elements(suraj, nikitha, neelesh, padma ) for constantly disturbing me by calling me for every disco they went . Other important factor is I lost that fighting spirit for marks “Anything for marks “attitude, either by cheating or bluffing. So I want to introspect on this special talent of mine, at the same time give the readers GYAN regarding the art of cheating in exams.
I can’t trace back when actually I started cheating in tests and exams. Well.... anything for marks whether they matter or not. Anyways as I recollect I first cheated in class 5 in my school in a regular class test. It was a social science class. The teacher gave us some 20 questions out of which I knew 19 answers. I flipped back the pages of my copy when the teacher had gone out of the class and saw the answer and started pasting that answer. At that very moment the Stud i.e. the topper of our class saw the teacher coming and told him that I cheated. I couldn’t get how he managed to see me cheating, but anyways that was my first ever "cheating-in-exam" act as my memory tells me.
Then most probably I started cheating almost regularly. In lower classes ie. upto class 7th the “cheating-in-exam" comprised of matching answer with somebody else in math’s paper, asking true/false question's answer for conformation, uttering and whispering answers and stuffs like that.
After class 7th my definition of the act changed. Due to my strong bond with friends everything seemed little. Anything for marks ... anything for friend's marks. Anyways as I was saying from class 8th onwards the act involved a lot of tactics. Let me summarize those as points.
1) Exchanging Answer Sheets
2) Writing the answer on the question paper and pass it
3) Cheats inside geometry box, inside the cover of geometry box, sharpner, eraser ie. Anything which had a cover.
First tear the cover at home and write imp stuffs on the inside part of it.
Gum it or fold it so that it looks new.
Undo the folding thing and peep the stuffs at exam.
4) Cheats everywhere in the uniform even inside pants - but not in the toilet room or near the window or any where else ... fruitless .. and cumbrous
5) If possible steal a additional sheet or better main exam sheet - would be helpful for cheating in next exam as at the next exam simply sneak it out of your uniform and lay it on your table - invigilators wont concentrate on that
6) Dependency on Invigilators - Different types of them
Strict- Don’t do anything if they are focused on invigilating, a volunteer will stand up and make him busy by asking a relevant question on the question paper - in the mean time other members of the group get busy in the act but make it short
Others- Don’t stop the act
7) Unable to return answer scripts and time left is 5 minutes - demand thread from the invigilator even if you don’t have additional scripts or ask some volunteer to ask the time (that volunteer should be from other side of the class room so that there will be a rotation of invigilator's face) else drop answer scripts in a tactful manner
8) If you have Booklet type exam where answer is written on question itself - Dont worry - unpin the stapled pin - then do the same as you always did
Principles - anything for marks
1) This is not a heinous act - you are not a anti-social
2) Nothing will happen if caught for the first time - At max Parents would be called - in that case use sentiments and act a lot
3) If caught for the second time - then leave it - you don’t deserve it - Black Dot in conduct certificate (which most of the time white washed during farewells)
4) If got a TC (Transfer Certificate) - Don’t worry - India is a huge country and this thing is too small to get noticed by majority of people
Neither I nor any of my friends got caught ever.
Class X - Board Exams
There were a lot of teachers searching everywhere in the uniform for cheats. So shocks were not a good place that time. As always an idea struck me. There were a fewer cheats than regular exams. I put those inside my Tie, went to the bathroom, washed my face and made the Tie wet and flipped back the Tie towards my back. I was searched for everything except the Tie. My idea worked. We were aware of the consequences if we got caught during an CBSE class X exam. So we had studied a lot. But "Jab Kismat mein likha ho Gandu, To Khuda bhi kyaa Karegaaa?" Somehow I managed to cheat in all exams but for the Sanskrit exam. Asking, whispering, writing on hands weren't cheating anymore for me and my friends.
High School - Class XI and XII
Those days I was a stud. I didn’t need to cheat. I helped others a lot though.
Class XII - Board Exam
I knew most of the stuffs so there was no requirement of cheats that time. Anyways again "Jab Kismat mein likha ho Gandu, To Khuda bhi kyaa Karegaa?" Took a cheat of Logic Gates which I knew would account for 2 marks. Answered 65 marks out of 70. I didn’t know the answer of a 5 marks question. Everybody was dependent on me; so I couldn’t ask that to anybody. Out of that 5 marks 3 marks were from Logic Gates. Answers were right near my heart inside my Tie. I took those out but didn’t unfold it. I don’t know what happened but I couldn’t cheat. I chewed that paper which was almost a Page's dimension - ate that.
There after I didn’t cheated in exams - only helped some strangers during some Engg. Entrances. During my graduation, I didn’t cheat a single stuff in exams (mid-sem and end-sem) up to 4th semester. As it seems to me now - those were most probably lack of opportunities. Today I don’t feel anything bad for cheating though my conscience says its bad. Anyways ... "Jab Kismat mein likha ho Gandu, To Khuda bhi kyaa karegaa? "… Ultimately I got my killer instinct back to do anything (of course, not studying) for marks.
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