[dynamic1]

Students could be made to sit their exams in special rooms blocking mobile phone signals to stop them cheating.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ne-cheats.html

Does anybody take a mobile phone with them to an exam and leave it in their bag or pocket switched off? Or is there a completely zero tolerance policy of no mobile phones at all allowed at your exam centre?

[Adam92]

What a stupid idea.

There should just be more regulation to catch cheaters out.

[Champagne Supernova]

Pointless/costly.

At my school, your phones are asked to be left with the examiners before an exam. After this, if you're caught with a phone, you're stuffed.

[BillV3]

Originally Posted by Champagne Supernova

Pointless/costly.

At my school, your phones are asked to be left with the examiners before an exam. After this, if you're caught with a phone, you're stuffed.

Pointless yes, Costly not necessarily think of a Faraday Cage, as far as I know they block mobile signals and aren't overly costly.

[dynamic1]

Most of us are in love with our iPhones, Blackberry, and various other handsets, we rely on them for the time, well alot of us do lol music, internet, facebook etc

So you leave it with the examiners? What if it gets mixed up with somebody elses? So it is acceptable to take a mobile phone, but it must be left in your bag and be switched off?

[GuitarMilesy]

Yeah, that doesn't really seem like a cost effective answer. To be honest, I don't think it's that big a problem - I don't know of anyone who got caught with a mobile who took it in the hall for the purpose of cheating.

[Champagne Supernova]

Originally Posted by BillV3

Pointless yes, Costly not necessarily think of a Faraday Cage, as far as I know they block mobile signals and aren't overly costly.

Fair enough. Thoug exam halls are pretty large generally, and at the schools with the worst offenders for cheating may not be able to afford such large insulation-y ideas. Though, I realise that's a very big generalisation and may not be the case in some (or most) places.

[patrickthestarfish]

But our assemblies are in the same hall as our exams. This would mean having to sit through 20 minutes of hymns and school board announcements with no phone

[Champagne Supernova]

Originally Posted by dynamic1

Most of us are in love with our iPhones, Blackberry, and various other handsets, we rely on them for the time, well alot of us do lol music, internet, facebook etc

So you leave it with the examiners? What if it gets mixed up with somebody elses? So it is acceptable to take a mobile phone, but it must be left in your bag and be switched off?

Well, we don't bring bags in with us. Also, we have raffle type tickets with numbers on, one for the examiner and one for us. You keep the other half of the ticket and get your phone back at the end.

And if you rely on your phone so much that you need it 24/7 and so much so, you take into an exam, then that's just a little weird, in my opinion.

[Nick_000]

Originally Posted by Champagne Supernova

Well, we don't bring bags in with us. Also, we have raffle type tickets with numbers on, one for the examiner and one for us. You keep the other half of the ticket and get your phone back at the end.

And if you rely on your phone so much that you need it 24/7 and so much so, you take into an exam, then that's just a little weird, in my opinion.

I can't get your Kings Of Leon Spotify playlist to work.

[georgia]

Why not just leave your phone at home that day? That's what I always did.

[dynamic1]

I guess I will just leave my phone at home, and rely upon my digital watch to tell the time! I think you get so used to looking at your mobile to tell the time and the calendar features reminders etc.

[didgeridoo12uk]

we had our exams in the school hall. so i'd just leave it in my locker. and go get it out after the exam

[Champagne Supernova]

Originally Posted by Nick_000

I can't get your Kings Of Leon Spotify playlist to work.

Thanks for telling me, I'll have a quick look in a little while for you.

[DDS]

old news is old.
2006

[GodspeedGehenna]

It wouldn't surprise me if the whole Faraday cage idea was made in jest, prompting the Daily Mail to print headlines like "ZOMG FARADAY CAGES DUE IN 2011 COSTING TAX PAYER £15GAZILLION".

[Meliae]

Originally Posted by dynamic1

Or is there a completely zero tolerance policy of no mobile phones at all allowed at your exam centre?

I thought that was in the exam board regulations and so is the case at all exam centres?

We were supposed to leave ours in lockers.

[Champagne Supernova]

Originally Posted by Nick_000

I can't get your Kings Of Leon Spotify playlist to work.

It should be working fine.

[Nick_000]

Originally Posted by Champagne Supernova

It should be working fine.

It keeps coming up with "playlist not found".

Dammit, I want my sex to be on fire!

[Champagne Supernova]

Originally Posted by Nick_000

It keeps coming up with "playlist not found".

Dammit, I want my sex to be on fire!

Lemme have a little experiment with it, I'll try putting in my sig again
Rather than seeming to spam up this thread, I'll PM you when I think it's ok

And, it will be