Fun Things To Do In A Final Exam That Doesn't Matter
[i.e. you are going to fail the class completely no matter what you get on the final exam or you are going to ace the
class even if you fail the final exam.]
- After you get the exam, call the instructor over, point to any question, ask for the answer. Try to work it out of
them.
- Answer the exam with the, "Top Ten Reasons Why Professor xxx Sucks"
- 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)
- As soon as the instructor hands you the exam, eat it.
- Bring a Game Boy (or Game Gear, etc.) and play with the volume at max level.
- Bring a black marker. Return the exam with all questions and answers completely blacked out.
- 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.
- 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."
- 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."
- 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.
- Bring a water pistol with you. Nuff said.
- Bring balloons, blow them up, start throwing them around like they do before concerts start.
- Bring cheerleaders.
- Bring pets.
- Bring some large, cumbersome, ugly idol. Put it right next to you. Pray to it often. Consider a small sacrifice.
- Bring things to throw at the instructor when they are not looking. Blame it on the person nearest to you.
- Come down with a bad case of Turet's Syndrome during the exam. Be as vulgar as possible.
- Come in wearing a full knight's outfit, complete with sword and shield.
- Come into the exam wearing slippers, a bathrobe, a towel on your head, and nothing else.
- 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.
- Comment on how sexy the instructor is looking today.
- Complete the exam with everything you write being backwards at a 90 degree angle.
- 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.).
- Do the entire exam in another language. If you don't know one, make one up! For math/science exams, try using
Roman numerals.
- Do the exam with crayons, paint, or fluorescent markers.
- During the exam, take apart everything around you. Desks, chairs, anything you can reach.
- Every five minutes, stand up, collect all your things, move to another seat, continue with the exam.
- 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!"
- Fifteen minutes into the exam, stand 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.
- 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.
- Get a copy of the exam, run out screaming, "Andre, Andre, I've got the secret documents!"
- Get deliveries of candy, flowers, balloons, telegrams, etc. sent to you every few minutes throughout the exam.
- Get the exam. Twenty minutes into it, throw your papers down violently, scream out, "Fuck this!" and walk out
triumphantly.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Make paper airplanes out of the exam. Aim them at the instructor's left nostril.
- 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.
- One word: Wrestlemania.
- Play frisbee with a friend at the other side of the room.
- 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.
- Show up completely drunk. (Completely drunk means at some point during the exam, you should start crying for
mommy).
- Start a brawl in the middle of the exam.
- 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.
- Try to get people in the room to do the wave.
- Turn in the exam approximately 30 minutes into it. As you walk out, start commenting on how easy it was.
- 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!!!"
- 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?"
- 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
allowd to remain for the entire exam.
- When you walk in, complain about the heat. Strip.