For those who want extra marks in their exams...

fluffball

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4527129.stm

They all count!

i have to do a 4 min talk 2mro.... i wonder if my non-existant dog 'dies' ill get away with just handing in the power point file and not doing the talk... :rolleyes:

Reply 3

Feefifofum

16

You get an extra 1% just for having a percentage, but onyl 5% if your mum or dad dies?

Reply 4

feefifofum

You get an extra 1% just for having a percentage, but onyl 5% if your mum or dad dies?

my imaginary dad is due to die before my exam. thats once i start to take my medicine :biggrin:

Reply 5

IceFleur

2

I get terrible hayfever - what, do I just tell the teacher I have hayfever? That would be strange. 'Um, I have hayfever, can I have 2% added?'

Reply 6

glance

17

Only 5% for the death of a parent? If it's one percent for a headache, I'd have thought it would be quite a bit more for the death of a parent.

Reply 7

fluffball

OP

1

And I thought tales such like, "If someone dies in the exam then everyone gets an A" were just urban myths!

Reply 8

northern_lass

1

what do u do, just write, "my dog died this morning" on the top of your paper and they add it in?!

keraziness!

Reply 9

Won't *everyone* now have a headache?

Reply 10

northern_lass

what do u do, just write, "my dog died this morning" on the top of your paper and they add it in?!

keraziness!

LOL!

"Dear Mr Examiner,
I'm having a rough time today. I had a row with my boyfriend last night, and he stormed out of the house and drove off really quickly. Whilst doing so he ran over my cat, dog, tortoise, and hamster. It was truly terrible, I am sure you can see the tear-stains on this page. As he relaised what he had done, he reversed the car to come and assist me, unfortunately he ran over 4 immediate relatives, and 4 more distant relatives in the process...
I really can't go on, but by my calculations I have now gained 100% in this exam.
Sincerely,
A very troubled young lady."

Reply 11

Dreama

LOL!

"Dear Mr Examiner,
I'm having a rough time today. I had a row with my boyfriend last night, and he stormed out of the house and drove off really quickly. Whilst doing so he ran over my cat, dog, tortoise, and hamster. It was truly terrible, I am sure you can see the tear-stains on this page. As he relaised what he had done, he reversed the car to come and assist me, unfortunately he ran over 4 immediate relatives, and 4 more distant relatives in the process...
I really can't go on, but by my calculations I have now gained 100% in this exam.
Sincerely,
A very troubled young lady."

Reply 12

stratomaster

PWAHAHAHAHAHAHA..

What is it all coming to. Hmm, yes I have a headache :rolleyes:

How does this work, do you tell an exam officer or something? Seriously i'm interested lol

Reply 13

LawQueen

14

what if my best friends dog died on the morning and i witnessed it-does that qualify for 2%? I just asked my Dad if he would die around my exam but he said no. So selfish.

Reply 14

ruthiepooos

So selfish.

How horrible.

Now I wonder if my Great Great Uncle can just hang on until June 21st...

Reply 15

LawQueen

14

:O I might stick with buying a goldfish.

Reply 16

IceFleur

2

I don't understand how you can say it! If you just ask them to put extra marks on, they would think you were being callous, considering the last thing that's crossing your mind after the 'traumatic' event is extra marks. How do you go about it?

Reply 17

saiyamanadingdongbanana

do seamonkeys count as a pet?

*a jar = 100 seamonkeys! = 100%*

wohoo, i'm a genioous

Reply 18

ruthiepooos

:O I might stick with buying a goldfish.

That's a point. Seriously if you bought a hundred fish, stopped feeding them about 3 weeks before the exam... Would that count?

Reply 19