In China, there’s a growing market for renting smart glasses to help you cheat on your tests.

  • osanna@lemmy.vg
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    20 hours ago

    Sigh. When I was at uni, we actuallly had to study to pass the course. We LEARNT. I pity the next generation who are gonna have doctors and scientists who cheated on the exams. Got cancer? Oops, your doctor cheated on that exam. Guess you just gotta die then.

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      18 hours ago

      I mean, this could have a roundabout benefit of us having to rethink education not as teaching kids to regurgitate facts but maybe as taking a more hands-on approach.

      You learn more from experience anyway so maybe we do need to overhaul our education systems.

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      19 hours ago

      If you think passing a multiple choice test alone allowed them to be practicing doctors, I have news for you as well.

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        15 hours ago

        Yeah. I feel like doctors have more hands on shit that would still create a heavy filter.

        I’m more concerned about the people building cars, planes, trains, etc.

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        8 hours ago

        I remember going to a church school in the deep south for 1 year. Guys had to wear long pants and button down shirts. Girls had to wear long skirts or dresses. The rules book still stated clearly that rock and roll was the devil. I have some good memories, but it was definitely a rough time for me.

        A classmate used to lean over and copy my answers and wouldn’t stop when asked. I’m no snitch, but I got sick of it one day, so I added +1 to each answer before I wrote it down. Then after he turned in his test I pretended to check my work and subtracted 1 from everything. Teacher must have been really confused by the guy who was one off on every answer. :D

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      19 hours ago

      Cheaters have always existed. You already know this. Why are you making this stuff up?

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        15 hours ago

        I use to spend more time and effort puting cheat sheets into my TI-85 than i would have spent just actually learning the material.

        But, by the time I was done. I usually had covered everything I needed that I rarely even looked at the notes I put in it.

        Test anxiety was a major issue for me. And just knowing I had notes would really calm my nerves. Which basically just made me calm enough to not even need them.

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      19 hours ago

      If you think chinese students did not cheat on exams pre-smart glasses, then I have news for you.