Referencing: NANODA
Practically speaking, we wouldn’t let you test and your board could deal with those questions.
Not sure as to how Johnny’s case would work but my guess is that it wouldn’t come up in the testing incident.
That aside, I do see the value of your questions. I’d have to think a bit longer about them to form a firm opinion. Until then, I’d like to see any discussion that ensues.
Wonder what the reasoning is. Short sleeves mean you aren’t hiding info there. With long sleeves, you can be covering stuff on your arms and looking at it fairly discreetly. We ask people to pull up long sleeves so we can inspect their arms. (with no touching of course)
Do you know what the uni’s reasoning is?
It’s the University of the South Pole?
Still waiting for a cite to this remarkable claim.
He already retracted.
I haven’t actually seen the written rules for it, but I can imagine the reasoning: it stops temptations to cheat, and covers both the uni’s and the student’s backs, in that they can say that no writing or tattoo could possibly have been used to cheat in that exam. No need to ask students to pull up their sleeves and possibly reveal something which would disqualify them from the exam.
And as for why it should be a problem: the people invigilating the exam will almost definitely not be the people who mark the exam. They may not have any science background at all. They won’t be able to tell if your tatoo is a cheat or not. Open arms means you can OK your tattoos beforehand.
I’m confused. Did you originally mean to say that the uni requires short sleeves? Because long sleeves would seem to exacerbate these issues, not solve them.
Oops! Yes, I did.
Do you know why you have to remove wristwatch and any bracelets?
Ah HA! That’s why I was confused. So GF’s uni is following the same reasoning we do regarding short/long sleeves.
The same reason Bluetooth earpieces are not allowed?
No, that’s more involved.
The watch and bracelet rule is simply that people make noise when they’re wearing them and using a mouse or keyboard.
There are all kinds of little rules that seem like they might be for one reason, but are really for quite another.
But suppose the tattoo was in invisible ink ? One have a bottle of lemon juice, takes a swig, surreptitiously licks oneself, and by the time the invigilator glances at one the writing which at first was as clear as red flame has all but disappeared…
+1 for the Tolkien reference, but unfortunately isn’t lemon juice the invisible ink itself, not the agent for revealing the hidden message? Though perhaps if it was a practical chemistry exam one might be able to inscribe crib notes in lemon juice and then use the bunsen burner to reveal them. :eek:
No liquids permitted in testing room. Plus what Appollyon said about this, specifically.