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Fun Things to do in a Final That Does
Not Matter
(i.e. you are going to ace
the class completely no matter what you get on the final exam).
[A personal favorite]
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Bring a pillow.� Fall asleep (or pretend to)
until the last 15 minutes.� Wake up, say "oh geez, better get cracking"
and���� do some gibberish work. Turn it in a few minutes
early.
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Get a copy of the exam, run
out screaming "Andre, Andre, I've got the secret documents!!"
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If it is a math/science exam, answer in essay form.�
If it is long answer/essay form, answer with numbers and symbols. Be creative.�
Use the integral symbol.
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Make paper airplanes out of the exam.� Aim
them at the instructor's left nostril.
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Talk the entire way through the exam.� Read
questions aloud, debate your answers with yourself out loud.� If asked
to stop, yell out, "I'm SOOO sure you can hear me thinking." Then start
talking about what a jerk the instructor is.
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Bring cheerleaders.
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Walk in, get the exam, sit down.� About five
minutes into it, loudly say to the instructor, "I don't understand ANY
of this. I've been to every lecture all semester long! What's the deal?
And who the hell are you? Where's the regular guy?
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Bring a Game Boy (or Game Gear, etc...).� Play
with the volume at max level.
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On the answer sheet (book, whatever) find a new,
interesting way to refuse to answer every question.� For example:
I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that it conflicts with
my religious beliefs.� Be creative.
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Bring pets.
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Run into the exam room looking
about frantically.� Breathe a sigh of relief.� Go to the instructor,
say "They've found me, I have to leave the country" and run off.
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Fifteen minutes into the exam, sand up, rip up all
the papers into very small pieces, throw them into the air and yell out
"Merry Christmas."� If you're really daring, ask for another copy
of the exam.� Say you lost the first one.� Repeat this process
every fifteen minutes.
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Do the exam with crayons, paint, or fluorescent
markers.
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Come into the exam wearing slippers, a bathrobe,
a towel on your head, and nothing else.
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Come down with a BAD case of Turet's Syndrome during
the exam. Be as vulgar as possible.
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Do the entire exam in another
language.� If you don't know one, make one up!� For math/science
exams, try using Roman numerals.
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Bring things to throw at the instructor when s/he's
not� looking.� Blame it on the person nearest to you.
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As soon as the instructor
hands you the exam, eat it.
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Walk into the exam with an entourage.� Claim
you are going to be taping your next video during the exam.� Try to
get the instructor to let them stay, be persuasive.� Tell the instructor
to expect a percentage of the profits if they are allowed to stay.
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Every five minutes, stand up, collect all your things,
move to another seat, continue with the exam.
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Turn in the exam approximately 30 minutes into it.�
As you walk out, start commenting on how easy it was.
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Do the entire exam as if it was multiple choice
and true/false.� If it is a multiple choice exam, spell out interesting
things (DCCAB.� BABE.� etc..).
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Bring a black marker.� Return the exam with
all questions and answers completely blacked out.
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Get the exam.� Twenty
minutes into it, throw your papers down violently, scream out "Fuck this!"
and walk out triumphantly.
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Arrange a protest before the exam starts (i.e.�
Threaten the instructor that whether or not everyone's done, they are all�����
leaving after one hour to go drink).
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Show up completely drunk.� (Completely drunk
means at some point� during the exam, you should start crying for
mommy.)
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Every now and then, clap twice rapidly.� If
the instructor asks why, tell him/her in a very derogatory tone, "the light
bulb that goes on above my head when I get an idea is hooked up to a clapper.�
DUH!"
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Comment on how sexy the instructor is looking that
day.
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Come to the exam wearing a
black cloak.� After about 30 minutes, put on a white mask and start
yelling "I'm here, the phantom of the opera" until they drag you away.
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Go to an exam for a class you have no clue about,
where you know the class is very small, and the instructor would recognize
you if you belonged.� Claim that you have been to every lecture.�
Fight for your right to take the exam.
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Upon receiving the exam, look it over, while laughing
loudly, say "You don't really expect me to waste my time on this drivel?�
'Days of our Lives' is on!!!"
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Bring a water pistol with
you.� Nuff said.
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From the moment the exam begins,
hum the theme to Jeopardy. Ignore the instructor's requests
for you to stop.� When they finally get you to leave one way or another,
begin whistling the theme to the Bridge on the River Kwai.
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Start a brawl in the middle of the exam.
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If the exam is math/science related, make up the
longest proofs you could possibly think of.� Get pi and imaginary
numbers into most equations.� If it is a written exam, relate everything
to your own life story.
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Come in wearing a full knight's
outfit, complete with sword and shield.
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Bring a friend to give you a back massage the entire
way through the exam.� Insist this person is needed, because you have
bad circulation.
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Bring cheat sheets FOR ANOTHER
CLASS (make sure this is obvious...like history notes for a calculus exam...
otherwise you're not just failing, you're getting kicked out too) and staple
them to the exam, with the comment "Please use the attached notes for references
as you see fit."
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When you walk in, complain
about the heat.� Strip.
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After you get the exam, call the instructor over,
point to any question, ask for the answer.� Try to work it out of
him/her.
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One word: Wrestlemania.
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Bring balloons, blow them up, start throwing them
around like they do before concerts start.
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Try to get people in the room
to do the wave.
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Play frisbee with a friend at the other side of
the room.
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Bring some large, cumbersome,
ugly idol.� Put it right next to you.� Pray to it often.�
Consider a small sacrifice.
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Get deliveries of candy, flowers, balloons, telegrams,
etc... sent to you every few minutes throughout the exam.
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During the exam, take apart everything around you.�
Desks, chairs, anything you can reach.
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Complete the exam with everything
you write being backwards at a 90 degree angle.
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Bring a musical instrument with you, play various
tunes.� If you are asked to stop, say "it helps me think." Bring a
copy of the Student Handbook with you, challenging the instructor to find
the section on musical instruments during finals.� Don't forget to
use the phrase "Told you so".
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Answer the exam with the "Top Ten Reasons Why Professor
So and So Sucks".
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