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lol. if you're going to mess with the graders...do something interesting?
The test readers cannot count anything that is crossed off... So if you write "this is sparta" and cross it off with one line, the test readers use that in their grade..</p>
<p>But I didn't write that... forgot</p>
<p>I put This is Sparta on the last question of the AP Physics B test.</p>
<p>I crossed it out with one stroke.</p>
<p>I also put an answer for the question but I was pretty sure it was wrong.</p>
<p>Man, I wanted to do this today on my Environment test but forgot to. Bummer.</p>
<p>I did this. Then, I thanked the grader for taking the time to read my last AP exam. Kind, right?</p>
<p>BCO09, that's hilarious...</p>
<p>Whoa, tennisboy, calm down: a parent just posted a question on a forum. These forums are for everyone. She wasn't at all overbearing, and I think you're making illogical leaps of faith in your assumptions. No need to be hostile :)</p>
<p>I forgot to do this on my Physics C: E&M test where I completely blanked out on the FRQs and it would've worked out. I still have two tests left, but I don't know if I want to do it when I actually feel confident in the questions.</p>
<p>PrescitedEntity, you are my hero</p>
<p>Stats and Starcraft in one post. You rock.</p>
<p>why would you guys write THIS IS SPARTA!!! in your paper?!</p>
<p>you know what? THIS IS MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>:cool:</p>
<p>i've written this a total of... 10 times? more?
and a couple of long-winded rants on blank pages</p>
<p>have contributed to the confusion of biology, u.s. history, and english language scorers. this is madness!</p>
<p>The best way to do it on stat::</p>
<p>Ho: This is madness
Ha: This is SPARTA</p>
<p>p = 0. Since p < .05, there is significant evidence to reject the null hypothesis that this is madness. This is sparta.</p>
<p>single strike-through through the entire thing, or a large x.</p>
<p>I wrote wayy too many THIS IS SPARTAAAA!! and the long cat thing on my AP Micro/Macro. My proctor looked at it and gave me a weird smirk. grr.
I told her I was "personalizing" my FRQ :D</p>
<p>jimmorison, that is GENIUS. Though even if I did think of doing that during the stat exam, I probably wouldn't have had the time to write it all out just to cross it out later. It was almost impossible to complete all the FRQs in time! Nonetheless, I did manage to write "THIS IS SPARTA!" about twice in Stat, once in Eng. Lit, and once in Eng. Lang. I remember last year I drew a bunny in Chem, but that was totally my idea, I proudly admit.</p>
<p>As for a few concerns brought up in this topic (by whom, I've forgotten by now), here are my thoughts:
1) How can we get in trouble by doing this if the rules clearly state that anything crossed out is disregarded?
2) Even people who knew the answers to the questions put these fun phrases in their responses. It's not just people who "know they'll fail" who did this.
3) Yeah, that was pretty weird when the topic went on an extreme tangent about overbearing parents... But um, my stance on that issue has been said by jamesford, even though the OP didn't seem overbearing at all.
4) Why do this even if it is stupid and overrated? Because we're teenagers and we like doing stupid and overrated things. Besides, I needed a smile every once in awhile while taking those mind-frying exams.</p>
<p>almost everybody at my school did this. </p>
<p>but then again, this girl wrote an entire story on an angel who went in search of her wings on the USH exam to our teacher when she knew that she was going to fail (she wrote it on the green booklet). other kids drew cartoons depicting my USH teacher as the devil. He laughed his head off!</p>
<p>Collegeboard almost was asking for it by making Greece part of the DBQ on world history lol</p>
<p>^ I was thinking the same thing. I was tempted to write it, but I didn't want to jeopardize my score in any way.</p>
<p>CollegeBoard definitely was asking for it on the AP Latin Lit exam. One of the essay questions had a short-answer section that asked in the passage what woman was referred to. The answer was Leda, who was the queen of Sparta! I so wanted to write, Leda, who was the queen of a certain land. This is Sparta. </p>
<p>It soo would have worked! They couldn't possibly dock points of from that because it was the right answer! But I was too chicken to anyway.</p>
<p>I did it in my AP Human Geo test :^)</p>
<p>AP Spanish Language: ¡ESTO ES SPARTA!</p>
<p>Calc AB and Bio.</p>
<p>I was part of the facebook group. Honestly? It made me enjoy the 4 hours of torture a little bit more.<br>
And I didn't do it because I thought I was bombing (I'm fairly sure that I did decent on Calc, and good on the Bio MC section). It was just amusing and it will probably either really frustrate the graders or give them a good laugh.</p>
<p>So - I wonder if we're going to hear anything about this come July (ie a grader mentioning it in the news or something). That would be amazing.</p>
<p>^^ Esto es Sparta?</p>
<p>I thought it was "Este es Sparta!"</p>
<p>^ Esto is used when the antecedent of the pronoun is not clear. In saying "This is Sparta!" the antecedent for "this" isn't clear.</p>