Wait, so you break the rules once in your school and your basically done? Flunked out for one misbehavior?

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Oh, one more thing that might make things a little bit better next time, assuming that your teachers have a sense of humor (yes, they do...)

Duct tape your mouth for the next test It might break a little test anxiety

If the teacher could hear you say the answer form his desk, what's not to say everyone else heard it too? Sure they already knew it, but still, that could of been why he ripped it up.

I do hope you're joking... not only does Tourette's not work that way, but the aspect you're thinking of - coprolalia - is relatively rare in people with Tourette's and most symptoms are motor tics. Not a good disorder to use if you want to get away with things. Plus the teacher or the school would likely ask / require a note from a MHP regarding the condition. I have a physical disability and I had to give both my high-school and college a lot of paperwork to have them accept it - mental disorders are equally as difficult, if not more so, for schools to accept.

I was here, most certainly. Don't remember the thread, but two minor incidents that directly involved you acting against school rules does not, in my mind, warrant even the hyperbolic use of "worst school ever." Now, if your school was falling down around you and the teachers didn't care about your education very much (like those in certain inner city areas I could mention) then you might have a point.

Yeah... no.

If you knew you would be banned from all the other exams if you talk, then you're gonna be quiet.

It's a good way to get the kids to shut up.

Why do I read these thread, things like this just irritate me :swear:

People have already given good adise, that is ridiculous and you shouldnt stand for it, you need to talk to someone who will do something about it.... AND ON A BONUS QUESTION!? >:(

He broke the rules, pure and simple. He knew about the rule - and while the teacher's ripping the test up in front of the class was probably over-reacting, giving the OP a zero is not, if that is what the rule dictates.

Why couldnt he ignore that and just give another bonus question, the man sounds like an ass.

Because it was still against the rule, No talking during a quiz, and as far as I know, the bonus question was still within the quiz, thus he was very justified in giving the OP the 0.
Sure riping it up was over the top, but hey it teaches the class not to talk during one of his quizzes.

Because if you say the answer to a test question out loud, it's considered cheating. For all the teacher knows, he may have been saying answers quietly the entire test. It's perfectly reasonable to give students zeros in situations like this.

I do believe that all of you talking about "well he did say an answer" should sincerely go sit in the corner. This was a bonus question people. A Bonus question. As in, does not count against you. Maybe my careless regard for the rigidity of rules is downfall but it's okay to make a mistake every now and then.. Example: When cops simply give you a warning when you accidentally go over the speed limit. None of us are perfect.

I'm sorry, but have schools changed that much since I graduated? I've seen a teacher put a student against a wall, get into shouting matches with students complete with expletives, throw books, blackboard erasers etc. across the room, I've had a teacher dump the contents of my desk onto the floor because it wasn't "organized to her standards" If this happened when I was in school, it wouldn't even have made it into lunchroom pvssyr.

I get tickets, and a court date if I choose to contest. You may have gotten off lucky a couple of times, but I have yet to, along with my other friends, even when it was 5 over what the sign says on the freeway.

Uhh, what kind of school did you go to? I've heard some crazy stories about the Catholic schools around here, but there is no way that kind of stuff would fly in a public school nowadays.

Im glad I went to the school I did, I cant remember a single mean teacher or abuse of power.

And it irritates me Reneer because if we have the whole story, it is greatly unjust what the teacher did. He sounds like a total tool. And the person who said the answer sounds like he was doing that thing we all have done where we whisper under our breath to ourselves when we know something, his intent wasnt to cheat and he gets a zero because of it??

Totally unfair. and eindecker, just because things arnt as bad as they were doesnt mean they are right. Idk if thats what you were trying to say but no matter how schools used to discipline, what the teacher did was still out of line.

Public Schools. I dunno, we broke the rules, and there were consequences. I guess nowadays correcting a student must take quite a bit of patience, and a steady hand, lest the lawsuits come raining down. Shame really. I attribute my uncanny ability to dodge flying objects to my schooling.

@ FrozenAffairs, I'm not saying it was right, but something like this doesn't register on my sympathy-o-meter due to my experiences. I'm still friends with some people from school, and we don't seem any worse for the wear.

I think hhe went a little over-kill with that. I mean, if you whispered it to yourself, ok, i'd cut you some slack and not say anything. but if you raised your hand and started jumping in your seat saying "OH OH IT"S HILLARY CLINTON AM I RIGHT AM I RIGHT?" then i probably would have maybe taken a point off or maybe changed the question.

Well it's high school so I think there is a tutorial lying around here somewhere.

Ahh, here are the steps in order:

• Remember, its highschool, the most important things is to overreact.
  - This might mean causing a deafening amount of noise about the subject, ensuring all will hear the problem, maximizing the people that will help and resolving this in the least amount of time.
  - Threats. Threats help those on the other side of the issue to understand how important resolving the issue is, and again result in everyone understanding and coming to your aid.
  
• Call lawyers.
  - If not already done in step 1, do it now. A copious amount of lawyers can make any situation better.
  
• Do not attempt direct communication with the teacher.
  - This is impossible, the teacher is a bloodsvcking vampire and will not listen to any explanation or reasoning you have to offer, leave this to the lawyers.
  
• Never admit wrongdoing of any kind.
  - This weakens your case
  - Furthermore slander is a viable tactic to force the teachers hand.
  
• At this point you have momentum, you need to keep it. The act of realizing how important you are, in comparison to the teacher, will help to solidify this.
  
• Steamroll the school shortly after winning the case.
  - An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, theses previous techniques should to well when applied wholesale to the faculty.

A teacher did something similar to me once when my friend went to the bathroom during a test and when he came back he was limping, so I asked 'are you ok?' and my teacher took both of our tests and threw them in the trash. It svcked, but it is against the rules to talk to other students during a test, so there wasn't much we could do about it. :shrug:

That teacher just taught you a valuable lesson. Know when to keep quiet.

im not gonna try to be mean but man you deserved it
never shout out answers if whispers keeps you concentrated do it but don't do it at an audible volume

No its not, its a teacher who was just abusing his power, yes there are rules, but this guy took it to far, his punishment should have been equal to the crime. It was a bonus question, worth nothing. Its not reasonable at all, [censored] an eye for an eye the guy went eye for a head.

I don't think the Hammurabi Code is legally binding, at least not nowadays :laugh: . I could just be lucky but every teacher I've had loved me (though I'm not sure why- I'm lazy and skip way too often), so I've never had this problem. But anyways, the moral of the story is to svck up to your teachers while you have a chance :angel: .

It was still a part of the quiz. It does not count against you, but it is extra credit if you answer it properly. Even if the OP whispered it, I can almost guarantee you that the other students also heard him say it if the teacher did. Which then invalidates the question for those students and the teacher can't tell who legitimately knew the answer versus someone who heard the OP. Thus, the question is useless for grading. Plus, there's the rule against no talking during a quiz, which the OP violated, if softly.

We have? I don't mutter answers under my breath. Never have. The OP broke the rule - no talking during a quiz. There is nothing "unjust" about what the OP told us - he messed up and got called on it by the teacher. The rules say that if you talk during the quiz you get a zero - likely a "no tolerance" rule too.

What the teacher did might have been a bit of an over-reaction, but it certainly was not out of line. So the teacher ripped up a student's test - a little humiliating, yes, but not "out of line" in the slightest.

I still say it was uncalled for and out of line. Its like getting a ticket for littering when you didnt even know you dropped something as you take something else out of your pocket. Just cause the action was against some sort of law or rule doesnt make the punishment just or right.