BoS - your one-stop destination for cheating in the HSC (2 Viewers)

[Garygaz]

YEAR 12 students are openly swapping cheating tips online as they prepare for their first exam in the Higher School Certificate today.
Despite the threat of being reported to the police or not receiving their HSC, students have been using the forum boredofstudies.org to exchange ideas on the best cheating methods.
Tips included hiding notes in underwear and taking frequent toilet breaks so notes could be examined in privacy.
A user named ''deswa1'' wrote: ''Cheating is actually pretty easy (at least at my school) if you wanna do it … Our supervisors are ancient old ladies who have no clue what's going on lol.''
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A male year 12 student who spoke to the Herald last week said he knew students who used the bathroom during exams to cheat.
''It's not that hard to leave the exam room and read over your notes you have in your pocket inside a locked cubicle for a minute or so,'' he said. ''I'm not saying I have done it personally but it's possible and I'm sure many other students have, as I've heard. Two minutes to gain knowledge for a 15-mark question sounds like a good deal to me.''
The chief executive of the Board of Studies NSW, Carol Taylor, has a warning for the note concealers and the ostensibly weak bladdered: presiding officers and supervisors are on to you.
''Supervisors don't ask students to empty their pockets, nor do they search their clothing,'' Ms Taylor said. ''But they are vigilant. They patrol the exam room and if they see any kind of activity going on that they think is suspicious, they will certainly watch that student.''
Toilet breaks are monitored and registered. ''Students are allowed to go to the toilet but they are accompanied by a supervisor when they go to the toilet and each visit is logged in the presiding officer's diary,'' she said.
''If a student is going to the toilet too often and there is no illness that might account for it, then that will be recorded.''
Last year, 10 students were found to have breached the rules, which include taking unauthorised notes into the exam.
Another 28 were found to have supplied a reproduced response, such as memorising an essay from a website and using that in response to an exam question.
The board does not scan exam answers to check for plagiarism as it is usually picked up by markers. But it has other high-tech methods to deter cheats. Last year it introduced tamper-proof packaging and barcodes for papers so they could be tracked.
''We do have to keep coming up with new strategies but, in context, we have over 70,000 students who do over 500,000 papers, so the number of students who are penalised for cheating is relatively small,'' Ms Taylor said. ''The majority of them go in there and don't even consider cheating. But, in any community there will be some who do and our message to them is that they'll be caught.''


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/educ...-hsc-cheats-20121014-27kyk.html#ixzz29HNtOrwb

deswa1, congrats, you are now e-famous, can i have your signature?

 

[enoilgam]

That's bullshit - they conveniently ignore the hundreds of posts which des has made AGAINST cheating.

 

[Absolutezero]

That's bullshit - they conveniently ignore the hundreds of posts which des has made AGAINST cheating.

Of course they do. It doesn't fit the angle. And to be fair, it's not stating that deswa is condoning it, only that it's easy, and that there are students talking about doing it.

 

[wootwoot1234]

hahahahah, anything for a story. the bos and smh should go and shove the hsc up their ass

 

[enoilgam]

Of course they do. It doesn't fit the angle.

I'm not naive - I just wanted to point out that it's shit because, well it is.

 

[Obvious]

This is absolutely hilarious. I can't believe they actually get payed to write such garbage.

 

[SpiralFlex]

Saw this 10 mins ago it is out of context

 

[enoilgam]

They catch 28 people for plagiarism, but "the markers can usually detect it". Go BoS, the ultimate plagiarism fighters.

 

[nerdasdasd]

An reporter actually contacted me the other day, I refused.

 

[Parvee]

An reporter actually contacted me the other day, I refused.

For what?

 

[OzKo]

That's Media 101 for you.

 

[nerdasdasd]

 

[enoilgam]

That's Media 101 for you.

What is even more funny, is that BoS thinks of itself as being good at detecting cheats, whilst they only caught 28 last year. I can guarantee you, thousands of students (if not tens of thousands) cheat during the HSC or use some kind of underhanded tactics.

 

[Parvee]

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Oh wow

 

[Azure]

A very disappointing article. In my personal opinion, it was poorly worded and hyped up into something that it ultimately isn't.

 

[OzKo]

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Predatory journalism at it's finest.

 

[wantingtoknow]

lol why does she keep hanging around here

wouldn't she need consent from deswa1 to quote that

 

[Parvee]

lol why does she keep hanging around here

wouldn't she need consent from deswa1 to quote that

This is a public forum so I guess they can use quotes without consent

 

[4025808]

when I saw this thread....

Seriously, SMH, are you THAT desperate to do such a thing??? =_=

 

[DAFUQ]

everyone should harden the f*ck up. brb im fueling up with redbulls, caffeine pills, chocolate, nootropics to get through this all nighter so i can absolutely destroy that english paper 1. Also, im applying muscle cramp cream on my cheeks so i dont fall asleep.