Abefrom's story reminds me of some school-related twattery
Suffice to say none of these individuals were me.

One bloke answered his german exam in french, presumably to show how he wasn't going to let the man tell him wht language he's got to speak, or somesuch. It's a shame, then, that it's the man who ultimately decides what kind of future he's going to have.

Another person I know, and strongly dislike, did his second year latin exam (yes, I did go to a posh school) with the text book open on his knees. He still contrived to get an E. Also, for those of you who don't know about the UK Maths Challenge, it's a multiple choice external paper of maths type problems that gets set every year. Five points for a correct answer, minus one for an incorrect one. Many of us left the exam hall confessing that we hadn't found it easy (except for the one who inevitably just picked his answers at random then took it as an opportunity for a couple of hours sleep), except for him, boasting about his l33t maths skillz and how he'd probably got 100%. Imagine, then, our glee when it actually transpired that he's managed to achieve the school's first ever negative score.

I've just realised that last rant was probably not quite on topic, but seeing as it's now less effort for me to post it than delete it, here goes.

Also, it's cathartic.
(WarneMarsh My priority for frivolity begets quality jollity, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 21:11, Reply)