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Things To Avoid

Here is a list of things to AVOID doing when cheating.

1) During a test, never, ever, ever, EVER look at the teacher while cheating. This is a dead giveaway. You want to look like you are taking the test, and absolutely oblivious to everything else around you. Be calm, be cool, be collected and be focused. Looking up at the teacher to see if he/she is watching you just lets the whole fucking world know you are doing something wrong and you know it. Don't even bother with a glance; there are probably 30-200 students in your class, depending on if you are in high school or college or what not. The teacher isn't gonna bother looking at you unless you give them a reason to. SO DON'T DO IT.

2) Don't make your cheat notes too small. If you force yourself to squint at the cheat notes, constantly move them around, etc, you will give yourself away. Make your notes large enough to be readable. Test your notes out, by sitting at a table at home, putting them in your lap, and making sure you can SEE them. It's also a very good idea to use bold/italic to emphasizing certain topics of importance. Also, related to this, don't make your notes too big either! I think the reason for that is pretty self-explanatory.

3) Don't go around bragging to the world. If you wanna tell a few friends of your plans, either before or after the act, well, go ahead. But in all reality, I don't see why ANYONE needs to know. This is something to keep to yourself. The more people who know, the higher your chances of some bitch telling the professor you cheated. Why do that to yourself? Keep the number of people who know you cheated to an absolute minimum.

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4) Avoid sitting in the front of class, OR in the back. If you sit in the front, its pretty obvious why that's not a good idea. That's where the teacher can most easily see what you are up to. Sitting in the last row is also not smart; teachers are always suspicious of students who sit to the rear of the class, even when they claim to have "eye problems." Sit NEAR the back, but 2-3 rows from it, that way, you are far enough from the teacher to be able to pull off some maneuvers, and not raise their suspicion level.

5) Don't try to use those 3-ring binders with translucent covers. Common, how dumb can this be. I've seen more than one person put an entire 8.5 x 11 page of cheat notes on the front of their binder cover. Normally, a teacher makes you put all your books/binders etc on the floor. Have you tried reading from that distance? It's pretty difficult unless you make the font size fairly large. It just is not going to look right, and if the teacher decides to walk around the class you are really gonna be screwed.

6) During an essay, whether in-class or a homework assignment, avoid plagiarism. This may surprise you, but teachers KNOW. If you absolutely must plagiarize, do so in small amounts, not an entire paper. Many teachers now go online routinely to make sure your work is really yours, and not something you downloaded or bought off the internet. In addition to that, every student has their own unique writing style. If you've been writing a certain way all semester long, and suddenly your style is totally different, well, any alert teacher will notice this change.

7) Don't cheat when it doesn't count for much. Why bother cheating on some homework assignment worth 2 points when you have a big exam worth 100 points the next week. No reason to risk getting your professor suspicious about you over some worthless assignment. They will be on you like a hawk during the test. Save your cheating skills for the stuff that really counts.