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During my son's computer science practical exam today and some of the questions involved maths stuff.
He wrote himself one in Java during the exam.
Does this count as cheating?
No, that counts as being a smart Alec, and no one likes smart Alecs!
😉
Bonus points in my opinion!
Showing my age slightly, but I went into a mock [b]English[/b] exam many moons ago with my new fangled Casio calculator watch and had a grumpy old teacher scrawl "using calculator" all over the exam paper... 🙄
..be funny if he later found a bug in his calculator program.
..be funny if he later found a bug in his calculator program.
... like [url= http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/28786/write-a-program-that-makes-2-2-5 ]this one[/url]?
(Ok, not a bug. But my inner Java geek loved it and had to share).
Hope he showed his working
*reported*
I have spare toes but he can't use my fingers as I'm typing this out..
Who needs 'em?
(...and why we're going backwards in the world's economies)
I'm good at mental arithmetic and have an uncanny ability to eyeball our shopping and guess the cost to within 1 pound, but an abacus is about as useful in the modern world as a horsecharge in the d-day landings.
All that abacus is going to teach those kids, is how to haggle quicker at market stalls.
Will he write you a spell check in his english exam? 😉
Ps this is my fist ever pedant post. It may well be my last...
Will he write you a spell check in his english exam?Ps this is my fist ever pedant post. It may well be my last...
I certainly hope so with all those errors.