I'm a 2nd yr med student. In our class we have weekly quizzes that added up for about 30% of our final grade. Apparently, a few in our class have been cheating somehow, whether sharing answers during the quiz, or having copies of the quizzes beforehand, I really don't know, administration never told us.
Administration decided to drop the quiz grades to keep the integrity of the course or whatever, so our final is worth 90% of the grade now. This doesn't really bother me b/c I didn't do that well on the quizzes. So fast forward to this week, the dean of the school is changing some policies on tests to prevent cheating or "suspicious behavior" as they call it. Mind you, this is a class of people in their mid 20s, why can't you fvcking control your impulse to cheat!!#!
So the new class rules applied to the whole school are as follows.
1) You will only present yourself, ID badge, and number two pencils for all exams. This means that no cell phones, electronic devices, purses, backpacks, iPODS, calculators, PDA?s, scribe notes, note cards, books, flashcards, watches of any kind, keys, or any other items (water bottles, lozenges, etc.) will be allowed with you in the examination area. Students must leave these items at home or in a secure place on campus.
2) No bathroom breaks or privileges will be allowed during the examination period unless there is an extreme emergency. If you must be excused, you will be asked to empty your pockets by a proctor, sign out of the examination area, and then be accompanied into the bathroom. You will have a limited time period before you will be escorted back to the testing area. The proctor will sign you back into the examination area.
3) For any student who must take medications during this time, you are to bring it in a clear plastic bag with your name printed on the outside and leave it with the proctor. As a precaution, I suggest that you contact your primary care physician and ask if it will be possible for you to withhold your medication until after your exam is completed. This will decrease your concern about this issue during the exam.
4) Students will be subjected to an immediate search if there is any perception of irregular behavior observed by a proctor.
5) Students must exit the exam building immediately after completing the examination and you will not be allowed to re-enter to utilize bathroom facilities.
6) For any student who does not follow these procedures and policies, strict disciplinary action will take effect immediately. This means that you will not be allowed to sit for the exam on the day of testing.
Before the whole fiasco, we were allowed to put our backpacks at the back of the room. Now we can't even have our keys or because it might unlock some imaginary lockbox of knowledge and give us an advantage on the test. Oh and they told us verbatim "train your bladders" because we don't even get to go to the bathroom unless we are having bouts of explosive bloody diarrhea, which they may or may not deem an emergency, who knows. I can hold my bladder for the whole 4 hours, but a lot of people can't I'm sure.
Sucks that a few dumbasses have caused these changes, but what can you do... Anyone else have some crazy testing policies at your school?
Well, I'm off to the final. I'm even wearing clean undies so I look presentable during the strip search.
Cliffs:
1. someone in our class cheated
2. no personal belongings at tests(keys watches backpacks etcs), no bathroom breaks during 4 hr final (unless emergency, where you will be escorted by armed guards)
Administration decided to drop the quiz grades to keep the integrity of the course or whatever, so our final is worth 90% of the grade now. This doesn't really bother me b/c I didn't do that well on the quizzes. So fast forward to this week, the dean of the school is changing some policies on tests to prevent cheating or "suspicious behavior" as they call it. Mind you, this is a class of people in their mid 20s, why can't you fvcking control your impulse to cheat!!#!
So the new class rules applied to the whole school are as follows.
1) You will only present yourself, ID badge, and number two pencils for all exams. This means that no cell phones, electronic devices, purses, backpacks, iPODS, calculators, PDA?s, scribe notes, note cards, books, flashcards, watches of any kind, keys, or any other items (water bottles, lozenges, etc.) will be allowed with you in the examination area. Students must leave these items at home or in a secure place on campus.
2) No bathroom breaks or privileges will be allowed during the examination period unless there is an extreme emergency. If you must be excused, you will be asked to empty your pockets by a proctor, sign out of the examination area, and then be accompanied into the bathroom. You will have a limited time period before you will be escorted back to the testing area. The proctor will sign you back into the examination area.
3) For any student who must take medications during this time, you are to bring it in a clear plastic bag with your name printed on the outside and leave it with the proctor. As a precaution, I suggest that you contact your primary care physician and ask if it will be possible for you to withhold your medication until after your exam is completed. This will decrease your concern about this issue during the exam.
4) Students will be subjected to an immediate search if there is any perception of irregular behavior observed by a proctor.
5) Students must exit the exam building immediately after completing the examination and you will not be allowed to re-enter to utilize bathroom facilities.
6) For any student who does not follow these procedures and policies, strict disciplinary action will take effect immediately. This means that you will not be allowed to sit for the exam on the day of testing.
Before the whole fiasco, we were allowed to put our backpacks at the back of the room. Now we can't even have our keys or because it might unlock some imaginary lockbox of knowledge and give us an advantage on the test. Oh and they told us verbatim "train your bladders" because we don't even get to go to the bathroom unless we are having bouts of explosive bloody diarrhea, which they may or may not deem an emergency, who knows. I can hold my bladder for the whole 4 hours, but a lot of people can't I'm sure.
Sucks that a few dumbasses have caused these changes, but what can you do... Anyone else have some crazy testing policies at your school?
Well, I'm off to the final. I'm even wearing clean undies so I look presentable during the strip search.
Cliffs:
1. someone in our class cheated
2. no personal belongings at tests(keys watches backpacks etcs), no bathroom breaks during 4 hr final (unless emergency, where you will be escorted by armed guards)
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