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Do I need to comply or is my professor just an asshole?
I answered my exams in pencils, because I had no pen. Pencils wasn't exactly off limits as long as your answer was in pen anyways. I didn't have a pen, I asked people around me if they had one but said no extra and the exams started so I couldn't disturb people. I had to finish it. Finished it, asked the professor watching over us if it was okay to submit my paper like this and she said yes. I was relieved. My test score returned and my score was invalid cus my final answer wasn't in pen. So I asked my professor to excuse me, like "hey I didn't have a pen with me so I hope you can understand sir" And he says "when did I ever let u guys use pencils as ur final answers?" I'm aware but like I'm telling u I didn't have a damn pen? The instructor said it was okay?? Like it's MIDTERM EXAMS!! making my score invalid there is like shitty, mind you a lot of students have failed his exams. Still a score of something is better than 0. It's like bro doesn't want anyone to graduate college
I think is the first time hearing this actually happening. In my country is the same, bc exams are basically considered a document you can NEVER turn it in if its written in pencil. Im more shocked that a professor told you it was okay to do so
To take any exam is basically going "do i have my ID, pen and paper" a 100x before even going in the room...... 1 reply
I think it's crazy you went to an important exam unprepared. How could you not have a pen????? He was also crazy for telling you to do it in pencil but you're both to blame here. 1 reply
I'm not sure which country you're in but in mine, it is made explicitly clear that tests and examination answers are to be written in non erasable or bleed-able black pen. This is information students are made fully aware of as early as the start of the year, and especially so during the exam period and right before you enter the hall.
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I don't know how ppl are seeing the professor as justified when u clearly stated that you asked before hand if it was okay and you were told it was okay without them telling you points would be deducted. Also your human forgetting things is normal especially on days when there's more than likely to be high levels of stress. So honestly i think your...... 2 reply
the question here is why didnt you have a pen if you know theres going to be an exam? using a pen for exam is the common sense. i think this one is kinda on you gng. even if the instructor said no what were you gonna do anyway? theyre not gonna wait for you to get a pen and rewrite your whole answer 1 reply
i agree with most of the comments like why you don't have a pen in university...why you need to rely on other people and you already know your exam schedule, be prepared next time. for me it's really basic to bring calculator, 2 pens, pencil, eraser and ruler in bag 1 reply
No ur not overthinking that logic is dumb asf, like, so what if someone uses a pencil? Is it ever that deep to give someone a zero? teachers make up the most braindead rules oat 1 reply
icl you should've asked the professor for a pen, and you definitely should've at least checked you had a pen before the exam was starting. in future, pack spare pens! its an exam bro (￣∇￣") reply
It sucks that you’ll receive a 0 but think of it as a learning lesson. Tests are normally never allowed in pencil because students can erase and correct answers after receiving their graded test in order to contest the grade. That’s why “final” answers must be in pen. reply
