Worst Exam Ever
When I was at uni, I'm sorry to say I didn't really study much. I went to (some) of my lectures and took notes, then relied on my encyclopedic memory (may not be 100% accurate) to get me through the exams. My papers were a combination of scraps, bluffs and irrelevant comparisons to things I did actually know about (famously in one paper, Monty Python).

Until my European Law exam.

I knew it wasn't open book, coz no-one else had books with them outside the exam hall. Everyone was chatting about the subject, and a few as usual were frantically reading through bits of paper.

When the time came, we all piled in to the hall and took our seats. I put my pens, bottle of water and sweeties on the desk, and looked to see what I'd be bluffing my way through this time.

All that was on the desk was the blank answer book we had to write in. No question paper.

"Ok", thinks I, "they haven't handed it out yet." Then the examiner looks at his watch and tells us all to start.

And the whole exam hall starts feverishly writing.

Except me.

I looked through that answer book from start to finish - blank.
I looked under the desk in case my answer paper had fallen onto the floor - nothing.
I glanced at my classmates to see if they had any extra bits of paper - nada.

I spent an hour in total bemusement before being the first one to go, leaving a pristine blank answer book behind me. (3-hour exam, you couldn't leave in the first hour or the last 30 mins)

It turns out the exam was to prepare an essay on a set topic previously issued in the course handbook at the start of the year then regurgitate it under exam conditions.

*sigh*

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(Flurble - The Innocent One, Thu 11 Jan 2007, 13:17, Reply)