Sunday, July 11, 2010

Annals of Extreme Vigilance


Against cheating in exams:

No gum is allowed during an exam: chewing could disguise a student’s speaking into a hands-free cellphone to an accomplice outside.

The 228 computers that students use are recessed into desk tops so that anyone trying to photograph the screen — using, say, a pen with a hidden camera, in order to help a friend who will take the test later — is easy to spot.

Scratch paper is allowed — but it is stamped with the date and must be turned in later.

When a proctor sees something suspicious, he records the student’s real-time work at the computer and directs an overhead camera to zoom in, and both sets of images are burned onto a CD for evidence.

Hat tip to The University World News, which also pointed to this story about lab monkeys that made a daring escape, only to wait outside the gates to be lured back with peanuts.

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