markwit Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 ...in your O Levels/GCSE's? For me, it was a couple of formulae scratched lightly on the surface of a see through plastic ruler. That said, I will now never forget SOHCAHTOA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I never cheated. I just memorised complete essays then broke them down until I could express the whole essay as a series of letters. Then when I got in the exam I would choose my questions, write down the memorised letters by each question then just expand the letters back into the full essay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speeed Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I just talked to the person next to me! Nice and easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantaspook Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 No need to cheat, just learn the rhyme. Silly Old Hens > Sine = Opposite over Hypotenuse. Can’t Always Have > Cosine = Adjacent over Hypotenuse. Their Own Acorns > Tangent = Opposite over Adjacent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absynthfairy Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I never cheated. I earned every single one of my grades and wouldn't have had it any other way. Even when I was rather ill whilst taking my A levels I refused extenuating circumstances because I preferred to know I had earned my grades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticusFinch Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 No need to cheat, just learn the rhyme. Silly Old Hens > Sine = Opposite over Adjacent. Can’t Always Have > Cosine = Adjacent over Hypotenuse. Their Own Acorns > Tangent = Opposite over Adjacent. My dad used: Tom Often Adds (Tan) Sylvicrin On His (Sin) Curly Auburn Hair (Cos) I was taught SOHCAHTOA at school though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBouncer Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 No cheating here either.... hence I got D's mainly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerky Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 u all sound like goodie too shoes i don't think i should tell u what i did...... just in case someone knows where i live..... oh what the hell we were all allowed for a toilet break so as i went in, i revised the bullet points i had on a piece of paper and then flushed it. hehe it got me a B grade in RE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoeshine Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I took my 'O' Level GCE's in 1958....3 hour exams in each Subject I seem to remember.....no "Coursework" taken into account in those days. All Theory. Exams were taken in the Main School Hall, with examinees sat at well-spaced desks to deter reading the work of others on each side, front and rear, and a very, very strict Invigilator system. The Invigilator constantly patrolled the students to ensure scraps of paper, notes on palms or wrists etc were impossible to use. No talking allowed at any time.....total silence throughout. Toilet breaks, only allowed if absolutely essential, required another Invigillator to visit the Toilet Area with you to make sure no contact was allowed with others taking a similar break during the exam. Permission was rarely allowed for this purpose. Calculators did not exist in those days. The "Pass" Grade of GCE was based on a "Floating Mark" system, i.e the pass level marks were adjusted to allow only a certain proportion of pupils to achieve a Pass.....it could be 40% one year, 50% another year to allow for difficulty/ease of individual exams. Nowadays, 15% in a written exam paper can get your GCSE, it has been reported. No calculators existed in those days, and would not have been allowed anyway. If you didn't know the subject....you didn't get the Qualification....simple as that. And being a good boy, I wouldn't have cheated anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I didnt take any form of gcse, a levels ect. I worked from an early age and become use to self taught with a few kicks in the arse from bosses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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