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A lot of "coughing" in exams
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Reply 20
I noticed this in a few of my exams, it seems to ripple through the hall from front to back
Reply 21
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adam_1234
The foundation people always seem to talk in our exams and get away with it.
And one of our invigilators had to leave the French listening exam when she had a coughing fit as no one could hear the tape.
And one of our invigilators had to leave the French listening exam when she had a coughing fit as no one could hear the tape.
We were doing the listening in a classroom with a teacher, and then this invigilator came in 1/2way through and started jingling her jewellery.
Reply 22
OOOH NO, jingling jewelry, how could you POSSIBLY cope?
Reply 23
Some guy was coughing during the french exam so then afterwards, me and my friends beat him not because he was german but we just didnt like him.
Reply 24
Vixxen
OP
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Bagration
OOOH NO, jingling jewelry, how could you POSSIBLY cope?
If extra time/grade concessions are given to people with low attention spans and minor ADHD causing them to be easily distracted and unable to concentrate, then surely the same treatment should be given to people who have the same "symptoms" when it comes to noise in the exam room?
Personally I think no extra time should be given to anyone, but since the exam process is so unequally assessed then why not?
Reply 25
This happens loads in our exams, just don't be such a weirdo and have a silent chuckle then carry on working - seriously you must have the attention span of a goldfish if you can't cope with someone coughing.
Pathetic in my opinion.
Pathetic in my opinion.
Reply 26
A similar thing happened in my english exam. And I found it incredibly hard to be creative in my writing when all I could hear was coughing. I'm pretty sure I've dropped at least a grade because I was so distracted. One girl started it but she was genuinely coughing, and then all the lads began doing it too.
Reply 27
Why don't you take earplugs in? You're definitely allowed to.
A girl in our mocks was coughing really hard and almost continuously - we were all commenting on it because of what seemed weirdly severe coughing.
A few days later she cracked a rib coughing and was diagnosed with pneumonia...
A girl in our mocks was coughing really hard and almost continuously - we were all commenting on it because of what seemed weirdly severe coughing.
A few days later she cracked a rib coughing and was diagnosed with pneumonia...
Reply 28
isi333
Why don't you take earplugs in? You're definitely allowed to.
A girl in our mocks was coughing really hard and almost continuously - we were all commenting on it because of what seemed weirdly severe coughing.
A few days later she cracked a rib coughing and was diagnosed with pneumonia...
A girl in our mocks was coughing really hard and almost continuously - we were all commenting on it because of what seemed weirdly severe coughing.
A few days later she cracked a rib coughing and was diagnosed with pneumonia...
Ouch.Reply 29
upturnedpalms Ouch.
Ouch.Yeah, it was a bit of a shock to us too
Reply 30
Vixxen
1nm = 1 billion metres
LOL there must have been A LOT of coughing to be 10^18 out on the right answer :P!
Reply 31
Someone I know organised his entire year to cough at 10 in a GCSE English exam. Needless to say the results were hilarious.
Reply 32
gosh yesterday was horrible. i had the flu, and I just sneezed and I just knocked everything of my desk. >.< so embarassing.
Reply 33
Pepe Le Poosh
Someone I know organised his entire year to cough at 10 in a GCSE English exam. Needless to say the results were hilarious.
the sound must have been deafening
Reply 34
ashy<3
gosh yesterday was horrible. i had the flu, and I just sneezed and I just knocked everything of my desk. >.< so embarassing.
Aw, that is a bit harsh
Reply 35
Vixxen
OP
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isi333
Why don't you take earplugs in? You're definitely allowed to.
A girl in our mocks was coughing really hard and almost continuously - we were all commenting on it because of what seemed weirdly severe coughing.
A few days later she cracked a rib coughing and was diagnosed with pneumonia...
A girl in our mocks was coughing really hard and almost continuously - we were all commenting on it because of what seemed weirdly severe coughing.
A few days later she cracked a rib coughing and was diagnosed with pneumonia...
I heard that you weren't allowed earplugs in case it was a listening device or something lol
But I'm def going to take some for the last 3 exams, maybe not for history and french, but for physics definitely. Darn I wish I'd had some for the other exams too!
And I don't understand the "weirdo" comment, about having a "silent chuckle" then carrying on working? So you suggest I should not carry on working? I had to make the best of the situation. I already said I know I'm pathetic, I hate that I have a rubbish concentration, but its not my fault, you wouldn't call someone with ADHD pathetic would you?
Reply 36
I did loads of exams this week and I have a bad flu and I cough a lot. I know how you feel OP and that is why in my exams, I tried to avoid coughing by drinking hot tea in the morning and eating lot of mints...and it helped... I only coughed twice in the exams... Didn't want to annoy people...
Reply 37
f45
Some guy was trying to do that in the english lit exam.
And one guy to the right of him went "Shut the **** up or I'll smash your face in"
the invigilators let it pass, because he made an excellent point.
And one guy to the right of him went "Shut the **** up or I'll smash your face in"
the invigilators let it pass, because he made an excellent point.
LMFAO. Excellent point.
Reply 38
cough medicine is the solution
Reply 39
10
I find stiffing much more annoying personally. But sometimes I think people who are ill should be invigilated separately.
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