With every test, it's tempting for a student
to take the easy way out and cheat. Usually, students look at another student's
answers or write them on the palm of their hand. Over time, students have become much more
sophisticated in their cheating techniques. With the advancement of technology, cheating
has become much easier. Computers, smartphones, and smartwatches are
all new tools to look up answers. However, you might be surprised of all the
other ways students have cheated. Of course, in the end, cheating is wrong and
no one should ever do it. It's not worth it. But, it doesn't hurt to see what others have
done. I'm Mike with List25 and here are 25 Creative
Ways Students Have Cheated On Tests. 25. A friend sat behind one Redditor and would
tap him on the back if he needed an answer. His friend would tap the side of his head
to give him the multiple choice answers. 1 tap was A, 2 taps B, etc... In return, if he needed an answer, he'd hold
the pen to his head and his friend would give him the answer by tapping him on the back. They never got caught. 24. In high school, since most math teachers asked
their students to hold up their calculators with a "cleared screen," Tyler Brown programmed
his to have the same screen when it really wasn't cleared. Then, he'd use his calculator like normal
with all the programmed formulas built in. 23. A guy with his masters in Econometrics who
did consulting work for various forms of government got a letter offering work but asking tons
of hypothetical questions. He soon realized the questions were from a
take-home exam; a student had mailed him for the answers. In turn, the guy messaged the surrounding
universities about it. He got a letter back from a professor saying
to do the work, as usual, cash the check, and put very specific answers on the test. Two weeks later, the professor wrote back
saying they busted the student. 22. One Redditor claimed a Biology student wrote
down all of his notes in tiny letters on a piece of gum and then ate the evidence. They must have eaten a lot of gum. 21. Ever wonder why cell phones are no longer
allowed in testing centers? One student's method, if they were taking
tests on a computer, was to take screenshots of the test as they took it and send them
to friends who were going to take the test later. 20. One student named John bought a bottle of
Snapple and removed the label carefully. He wrote the study guide on the label and
reapplied it to the filled Snapple bottle. While taking the test, he drank the bottle
and looked inside to see the answers. 19. Physics tests can be really tough. Hours of study are needed to ace them. But, one student on Twitter, posted his cheating
technique before his physics test where he taped the formulas underneath his long cosmetic
fingernails. 18. According to one Redditor, some female students
wrote the answers to a test on their thighs and wore black tights to the test. They could stretch their tights a little to
see the answers through the fabric, and of course, no teacher is going to come up and
check on that. 17. A math teacher allowed his students to have
a 3x5 card which they could write anything they wanted on one side for their midterms
and finals. Most students said they didn't even need the
card, but one student came in with the tiniest handwriting written on the card. The teacher couldn't read it at all. Turns out, the student was wearing both contacts
and his glasses, giving him a magnification effect to read the answers. 16. In preschool, a student who hated music tried
to switch clothes with a student who loved it so the student who loved it could go to
music twice. Impressed by this elaborate ruse, the preschool
teacher let the music-hating student go to art twice instead. 15. One Redditor said in their high school, one
teacher was a sucker for pretty girls that would hang around his classroom. One pretty girl would be in his room and take
pictures of the exam answer sheet when he wasn't looking. She handed it over to everyone and the whole
class started to do well. The jig was up when the kid who made single
digits started getting 100% scores. He ruined it for everyone. 14. On Quora, a student explained he was taking
a Sanskrit exam and struggling. He looked at another student's desk and they
were using sheets of paper with the entire chapter on it in tiny text. After asking him how he did it, the student
explained it was a micro photocopy. It blew his mind. 13. In first grade, one Redditor explained that
their class required they use binder blockers during spelling tests so students wouldn't
cheat off each other. This student instead just wrote down the hardest
words on the binder blocker and used it as a cheat sheet. They made it all the way to the spelling bee
and failed miserably. 12. A student in a drivers education course was
frustrated by the class, thinking there were too many things to memorize. Instead of studying, they found the answer
key to the test, recorded the answers on a CD, and during the test pretended to listen
to music. Supposedly, listening to music was okay while
taking a test at their school. They got a 95% just to make it look legitimate. 11. One Redditor explained they watched and memorized
their teacher's lunch schedules. When they left the classroom, they would sneak
in and steal other student's graded assignments in the filing cabinet. 10. In Thailand, a medical student wore glasses
with a tiny camera built into them. The feed went to other medical students and
they copied the questions and found the answers. Then, they sent those answers to the medical
students' Apple Watches as they took the exam. They were eventually busted and the exam was
canceled. Of course, the medical students involved were
expelled. 9. One Redditor helped her boyfriend cheat while
he went to school online. When he took tests, his camera was always
on and his browser was locked down as to not Google any of the answers. However, he connected his computer to a television
and she would sit out of view of the camera, researching the answers for him from the TV. She'd write down the answers on a piece of
paper and show him. 8. One student waited until their teacher's classroom
was empty and found a way to hack into their computer. They quickly installed a keylogger which would
record the teacher's every keystroke, giving the student access to test information. While it was initially successful, eventually
the school caught on and found the student who did it. They were swiftly expelled and forced to pay
a big fine. 7. A law student took her textbook into the classroom
to take an exam. That, actually, was allowed and wasn't the
problem. In the textbook were pages of notes she wrote
in invisible ink and used a small blacklight on her pen to read them. The cheater didn't last too long though as
she was seen by both other students and the teacher. 6. In Mahnar, a small Indian village, family
and friends were seen scaling the tall building of the Vidya Niketan school to pass cheat
sheets to the students during an exam. When authorities tried to stop them, they
threw stones at them. Thousands of students involved in cheating
at the school were expelled. 5. In an essay on cheating, published at the
University of Michigan, the author writes of a student who used a large and thick rubber
band to write all the answers on it. The student would stretch the rubber band
to write the answers so that when it wasn't stretched, the answers weren't there. Then, that student would use the rubber band
during the test and the teacher never caught on. 4. Rather than writing answers on their hands
or arms, one student wrote answers inside their fingers. If they were asked to inspect their hands,
they could keep their fingers closed. When the teacher looked for cheating students,
they would put their hand on their forehead in frustration to look at their fingers. 3. While cleaning the kitchen, an elementary
school age girl found a pencil broken lengthwise and noticed that it had carefully written
notes on it. She then realized it was her older high school
brother's pencil and called for him. He got into big trouble from their parents,
but she said she thought it was a pretty genius move on his part. 2. A student who was also a known athlete frequently
came into class wearing ace-bandage wrap for injuries. Rarely would the teacher suspect anything
of it nor check the wrap for fear of injuring the student. So, this student used that to their advantage
and wrote notes underneath the wrap and would check it during exams. 1. One student would find a way to put a smartphone
between their legs and hide it underneath. They'd adjust their chair just right and have
a lowered position so they could look at the test and screen without looking suspicious. If the teacher came close, they would just
close their legs. So, did you ever cheat in school? If so what's the craziest way you did? Let us know in the comments below, or tweet
your answer to us @List25. Enjoying our lists? Be sure to click that subscribe button on
the bottom right and the notification bell so you don't miss out on new ones every Monday
through Friday. Share them with friends and help us consistantly
conciliate curiosity. And if you want even more lists check out
these videos here or just head to our website at list25.com
