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Do you ever write STUPID things in exams?

I have this tendancy to write something that at the time seems to be sensible and then when I think over what I wrote when I get out it seems soooo wrong!

In my Psychology exam I was writing about Freud's theory on the stages of development in children and I meant to say "Children go through a faze where they put toys, their hands etc in their mouths to recieve pleasure", but I actually put "Children go through a faze where they like to recieve pleasure orally" - I hope my examiner isn't dirty minded!!

In Biology I knew that concept to do with oxygen dissociation had something to do with a Scientist called Bohr, and they asked for the name of the enzyme produced so I just put Bohrase (because enzymes always end in "ase"), realising afetrwards I may aswell have written Albert Einsteinase and would have been equally likely to get the mark! The actual answer was something like Carbonic Anhyrdase :rolleyes:

So does anyone else do this?

Reply 1

Ashura

All the time. On Friday I had my Japanese exam, and one of the questions was something like, "where did they work?" and I put "for the children."

:confused:

Reply 2

crankycaz

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I do essay subjects, so I probably write rubbish half the time!

Reply 3

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In biology, i answered a 2 mark question the wrong way round :s-smilie:

Asin it asked why translation was faster in a prokaryotic cell but i wrote the answer for a eukaryotic cell :frown:

Reply 4

Scott Storch

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Lol.

The examiner might think your a sicko, based on that statement you wrote.

Reply 5

Karvel

There was a question in my AS Edexcel General Studies exam about why women have less take-up of education than men and I said they were too busy working in the kitchen :wink:

Reply 6

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Lmfao... in your statement of results they will include a court summons.

Reply 7

starfish321

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Scott Storch

Lol.

The examiner might think your a sicko, based on that statement you wrote.

I know, it sounds awful doesn't it. The kids I were writing about were like aged 2-3 aswell! Ewww!
I hope they have a good sense of humour then. :p:

Reply 8

Vesicle

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Constantly!

I realised after the exam that I wrote weight when I really meant mass for my physics exam. Such a fundmental error!

Reply 9

starfish321

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Karvel

There was a question in my AS Edexcel General Studies exam about why women have less take-up of education than men and I said they were too busy working in the kitchen :wink:

Let's hope it's a male marking your work then and not some kind of raging radical feminist!

Reply 10

Candy_Shop

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No not really. Although in my last exam I did leave a smiley face for the examiner, I could afford to be cocky, I knew the exam went well :p:

Reply 11

tristanperry

ChrisRH

Lmfao... in your statement of results they will include a court summons.

LMAO!

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I only tend to write stupid things during essay subjects/essay questions, sometimes just to babble a bit and fill up space :p:

I remember for GCSE English Lit. I said that Lennie (in Of Mice and Men) doesn't like talking much, and can be shy around women (or similar). I then went onto say 'hence, this could mean Lennie is homosexual' - or something like that! A bit of a stupid thing to say, and it was supported by God-awful reasons. But there we go, I get an A* :p:

I also forgotten how to spell the word "plane" (as in aeroplane... how I forgot that I don't know) in my GCSE physics exam. This is a copy of what my answer came out as:

Give an example of where static electricity can be dangerous
When fuelling ~~plains~~ ~~playens~~ ~~playns~~ ~~plaines~~ big aluminium flying machines, a spark could result in an explosion.

Heh, not good :p:

Reply 12

TheBellJar

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Ha ha!

I wrote in my History exam "Guns make us prepared. Butter makes us fat" - Hermann Goering. He could talk.

Ah such a fool. I should have written hypocrite, I sound illiterate.

Reply 13

annamaria

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ChrisRH

In biology, i answered a 2 mark question the wrong way round :s-smilie:

Asin it asked why translation was faster in a prokaryotic cell but i wrote the answer for a eukaryotic cell :frown:

Snap

Except mine was differences and similarities between the two. 3 marks down the drain. :rolleyes:

Reply 14

Bribo

Do you reckon examiners mind you being a bit cheeky etc even if it shows some connection and enthusiasm?

Reply 15

Franc Vouloir

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TheBellJar

"Guns make us prepared. Butter makes us fat"

Should've listened to Schacht; those damn warmongering Nazis!

Reply 16

nelab2

my friend once wrote in the back of her maths exam answer sheet "this school can't teach maths" and the exam board told the school. She got in trouble for it

Reply 17

starfish321

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Bribo

Do you reckon examiners mind you being a bit cheeky etc even if it shows some connection and enthusiasm?

I bet they don't actually if it has rellevance. I know i've made a few sarcastic comments in exams while criticising Sociologists work - you never know whether to risk it though.

Lmao tristanperry...I always forget how to spell easy words too! :p:

Reply 18

Jo1989

In my statistics mock I wrote coefficient of friction instead of coefficient of skewness. Just shows that the mechanics and stats mocks were too close together!

Reply 19

VAI2007

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I do science/maths and I always do something stupid like miss out a power of 10 or something.

Do you ever write STUPID things in exams?

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