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Sociology exam luck or extreme unluck

So, I had my A-level Sociology AQA Paper 3 exam yesterday . And, um, let's just say my phone was ringing the whole time. I completely forgot to switch it off. Snapchat notification, Discord notification, Instagram notification, you can name it. From the start to the last hour, the phone kept on pinging. The teachers knew where the noise was coming from, but they couldn't tell which bag it was coming from. Thankfully, during the last 10 minutes of the exam, my phone stopped pinging. So, when we were collecting our bags, it stopped pinging. Teachers told us all to go to a separate room so they could check our bags one by one. And, I gave one of my friends a look and she knew it was my bag. She stood in front of me and I quickly powered it off and put it in my bag. I didn't get caught, but I'm just so scared they'll check CCTV. I'm so lucky I didn't get caught, otherwise I would have got disqualified in all my A-levels.

Reply 1

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by anitauz03
So, I had my A-level Sociology AQA Paper 3 exam yesterday . And, um, let's just say my phone was ringing the whole time. I completely forgot to switch it off. Snapchat notification, Discord notification, Instagram notification, you can name it. From the start to the last hour, the phone kept on pinging. The teachers knew where the noise was coming from, but they couldn't tell which bag it was coming from. Thankfully, during the last 10 minutes of the exam, my phone stopped pinging. So, when we were collecting our bags, it stopped pinging. Teachers told us all to go to a separate room so they could check our bags one by one. And, I gave one of my friends a look and she knew it was my bag. She stood in front of me and I quickly powered it off and put it in my bag. I didn't get caught, but I'm just so scared they'll check CCTV. I'm so lucky I didn't get caught, otherwise I would have got disqualified in all my A-levels.

You had no access to your phone. Its just an irritant to everyone else.
Next time - turn it off.

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by McGinger
You had no access to your phone. Its just an irritant to everyone else.
Next time - turn it off.

ik but at the end my headteacher and head of exams came and they said u will get disqualified i was so scared i couldnt even answer my last 20 marker

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by anitauz03
ik but at the end my headteacher and head of exams came and they said u will get disqualified i was so scared i couldnt even answer my last 20 marker

You just said that you didn't get caught.

Reply 4

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by McGinger
You just said that you didn't get caught.

thry might check the cameras and they will see

Reply 5

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by anitauz03
thry might check the cameras and they will see

See what - your phone pinging?

Reply 6

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by McGinger
See what - your phone pinging?

I think they mean the cameras will show when they powered off their phone after the exam

Reply 7

Was this exam sociology or English creative writing??? 😆

Reply 8

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by ageshallnot
Was this exam sociology or English creative writing??? 😆

PRSOM.

Reply 9

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by McGinger
See what - your phone pinging?

yh so they warend us specificlly not to open our bags but i had to risk it i turned around and i quickly powered off my phone right in front of the cameras

Reply 10

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by ageshallnot
Was this exam sociology or English creative writing??? 😆

lol omg it was sociology but obviously the english exam ended at 3:15 and sociology 3:30 my friend sitting english looked at me and laughed abt the phone pings and i mouthed, its my phone she then waited untill 3:40 to message me to check if i was okay

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by anitauz03
lol omg it was sociology but obviously the english exam ended at 3:15 and sociology 3:30 my friend sitting english looked at me and laughed abt the phone pings and i mouthed, its my phone she then waited untill 3:40 to message me to check if i was okay

Obviously. A nice climax.

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