>>>Subject: 50 ways to flunk out a course during the final exam >>> >>> >>> 1. Bring a pillow. Fall asleep (or pretend to) until the last 15 >>> minutes. Wake up, say "oh geez, better get cracking" and do some >>> gibberish work. Turn it in a few minutes early. >>> >>> 2. Get a copy of the exam, run out screaming "Andre, Andre, I've got the >>> secret documents!!" >>> >>> 3. If it is a math/science exam, answer in essay form. If it is long >>> answer/essay form, answer with numbers and symbols. Be creative. Use the >>> integral symbol. >>> >>> 4. Make paper airplanes out of the exam. Aim them at the instructor >>> >>> 5. Talk the entire way through the exam. Read questions aloud, debate >>> your answers with yourself out loud. If asked to stop, yell out, "I'm >>> SOOO sure you can hear me thinking." Then start talking about what a jerk >>> the instructor is. >>> >>> 6. Bring cheerleaders. >>> >>> 7. Walk in, get the exam, sit down. About five minutes into it, loudly >>> say to the instructor, "I don't understand ANY of this. I've been to >>> every lecture all semester long! What's the deal? And who the hell are >>> you? Where's the regular guy?" >>> >>> 8. Bring a Game Boy (or Game Gear, etc...). Play with the volume at max >>> level. >>> >>> 9. On the answer sheet (book, whatever) find a new, interesting way to >>> refuse to answer every question. For example: I refuse to answer this >>> question on the grounds that it conflicts with my religious beliefs. Be >>> creative. >>> >>> 10. Bring pets. >>> >>> 11. Run into the exam room looking about frantically. Breathe a sigh of >>> relief. Go to the instructor, say "They've found me, I have to leave the >>> country" and run off. >>> >>> 12. Fifteen minutes into the exam, stand up, rip up all the papers into >>> very small pieces, throw them into the air and yell out "Merry >>> Christmas." If you're really daring, ask for another copy of the exam. >>> Say you lost the first one. Repeat this process every fifteen minutes. >>> >>> 13. Do the exam with crayons, paint, or fluorescent markers. >>> >>> 14. Come into the exam wearing slippers, a bathrobe, a towel on your >>> head, and nothing else. >>> >>> 15. Come down with a AD case of Turet's Syndrome during the exam. Be as >>> vulgar as possible. >>> >>> 16. Do the entire exam in another language. If you don't know one, make >>> one up! For math/science exams, try using Roman numerals. >>> >>> 17. Bring things to throw at the instructor when s/he's not looking. >>> Blame it on the person nearest to you. >>> >>> 18. As soon as the instructor hands you the exam, eat it. >>> >>> 19. Walk into the exam with an entourage. Claim you are going to be >>> taping your next video during the exam. Try to get the instructor to let >>> them stay, be persuasive. Tell the instructor to expect a percentage of >>> the profits if they are allowed to stay. >>> >>> 20. Every five minutes, stand up, collect all your things, move to >>> another seat, continue with the exam. >>> >>> 21. Turn in the exam approximately 30 minutes into it. As you walk out, >>> start commenting on how easy it was. >>> >>> 22. Do the entire exam as if it was multiple choice and true/false. >>> If it is a multiple choice exam, spell out interesting things (DCCAB. >>> BABE. etc..). >>> >>> 23. Bring a black marker. Return the exam with all questions and answers >>> completely blacked out. >>> >>> 24. Get the exam. Twenty minutes into it, throw your papers down >>> violently, scream out "Fuck this!" and walk out triumphantly. >>> >>> 25. Arrange a protest before the exam starts (i.e. Threaten the >>> instructor that whether or not everyone's done, they are all leaving >>> after one hour to go drink) >>> >>> 26. Show up completely drunk. (Completely drunk means at some point >>> during the exam, you should start crying for mommy). >>> >>> 27. Every now and then, clap twice rapidly. If the instructor asks why, >>> tell him/her in a very derogatory tone, "the light bulb that goes on >>> above my head when I get an idea is hooked up to a clapper. DUH!" >>> >>> 28. Comment on how sexy the instructor is looking that day. >>> >>> 29. Come to the exam wearing a black cloak. After about 30 minutes, put >>> on a white mask and start yelling "I'm here, the phantom of the opera" >>> until they drag you away. >>> >>> 30. Go to an exam for a class you have no clue about, where you know the >>> class is very small, and the instructor would recognize you if you >>>belonged. >>> Claim that you have been to every lecture. Fight for your right to take >>> the exam. >>> >>> 31. Upon receiving the exam, look it over, while laughing loudly, say >>> "you don't really expect me to waste my time on this drivel? Days of our >>> Lives is on!!!" >>> >>> 32. Bring a water pistol with you. Nuff said. >>> >>> 33. From the moment the exam begins, hum the theme to Jeopardy. Ignore >>> the instructor's requests for you to stop. When they finally get you to >>> leave one way or another, begin whistling the theme to the Bridge on the >>> River Kwai. >>> >>> 34. Start a brawl in the middle of the exam. >>> >>> 35. If the exam is math/science related, make up the longest proofs you >>> could possibly think of. Get pi and imaginary numbers into most >>> equations. If it is a written exam, relate everything to your own life >>> story. >>> >>> 36. Come in wearing a full knight's outfit, complete with sword and >>> shield. >>> >>> 37. Bring a friend to give you a back massage the entire way through the >>> exam. Insist this person is needed, because you have bad circulation. >>> >>> 38. Bring cheat sheets FOR ANOTHER CLASS (make sure this is obvious... >>> like history notes for a calculus exam... otherwise you're not just >>> failing, you're getting kicked out too) and staple them to the exam, with >>> the comment "Please use the attached notes for references as you see fit." >>> >>> 39. When you walk in, complain about the heat. Strip. >>> >>> 40. After you get the exam, call the instructor over, point to any >>> question, ask for the answer. Try to work it out of him/her. >>> >>> 41. One word: Wrestlemania. >>> >>> 42. Bring balloons, blow them up, start throwing them around like they >>> do before concerts start. >>> >>> 43. Try to get people in the room to do the wave. >>> >>> 44. Play frisbee with a friend at the other side of the room. >>> >>> 45. Bring some large, cumbersome, ugly idol. Put it right next to you. >>> Pray to it often. Consider a small sacrifice. >>> >>> 46. Get deliveries of candy, flowers, balloons, telegrams, etc... sent >>> to you every few minutes throughout the exam. >>> >>> 47. During the exam, take apart everything around you. Desks, chairs, >>> anything you can reach. >>> >>> 48. Complete the exam with everything you write being backwards at a >>> 90 degree angle. >>> >>> 49. Bring a musical instrument with you, play various tunes. If you are >>> asked to stop, say "it helps me think." Bring a copy of the Student >>>Handbook >>> with you, challenging the instructor to find the section on musical >>> instruments during finals. Don't forget to use the phrase "Told you so". >>> >>> 50. Answer the exam with the "Top Ten Reasons Why Professor xxxx Sucks" >>>