Writing after the end of an exam

That does seem extreme to be honest, especially if it was brief. But I think he may have been trying to keep him from having an advantage, though reporting him seems excessive.

The reverse happened in my exam the other day. Someone kept writing longer than that after the exam. Its pretty clear its probably more than one sentence, and the invigilator just waited! They weren't reported as far as I know though. This too seemed unfair.

There was a girl in front of my in my last history exam that was still writing as the invigilators were collecting the papers. One invigilator was stood by her for a minute or two as she carried on then just said "I'll come back for it at the end, don't worry". I wouldn't mind if she was finishing a sentence off or something but she had enough time to write an extra paragraph, it was totally unfair!

It's very over the top! I'm sure they won't penalise him. People in my exams finish their sentences all the time after they yell 'STOPPPP!!!' as theres simply too many of us in a room for them to sprint over and slam shut our books.

I remember last year I was on the front row and she said stop and i was just finishing my sentence and she whacked me on the head with a clipboard LOLembarrassing or what...

Our invigilators always say ''finish your sentence and put your pens down''
I think that's fair. I'd hate to have to stop half way through a sentence!

What are people's views on this?

Personally, I think if you're in the middle of a sentence and the invigilator calls time, you should be allowed to finish that sentence if it only takes a few seconds.

I was in my Physics exam yesterday, and had finished before the time limit so was just gazing around (as you do), and when the invigilator called time, he walked straight over to this guy in the middle of the hall who was still writing a few seconds later, said a few things to him and stuck his ID sticker (from his desk) onto his hand (as if to remember who he was).

When everyone else had left (I was still there because I was one of two who still had to sit Business :/), the guy who was caught had to stay behind and was talking to the invigilator.

Apparently after talking to one of my mates today, the guy might be reported to the exam board by the invigilator for not stopping.

Does anyone else think this is absolutely ludicrous? I would be livid if I got reported for finishing my sentence after the time limit was up.

To be honest, the invigilator seemed like a proper d***. He treated us as if we were 5 year olds, and was almost letting people out ONE at a time at the end of the exam (in a hall with in excess of 130 people in it)