Invalidated PE Exam (!!!)

[dkent]

+1 .....they watched us like a hawk. The dang woman proctor that was in my section kept walking around and messing with the stuff on my desk (like my ID, the yellow letter, the name plate, etc.). She kept straightening stuff. About halfway through the morning session she stops next to me and proceeds to look real close at the books I brought in, like she was seeing something wrong. Then she just walks off. She did this a couple more times before the test was over. Talk about a distraction. Later on she threw out the guy behind me because she saw he had brought his cell phone in after lunch.

If you're buddy had my proctor, he probably would have been thrown out of the test.

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What I don't get is how he could even do it! I know that at my test location there is no way that I could have used a pen to do anything. They were "strict" to say the least! :smileyballs:

 

[megoo98]

my proctors didn't notice much. the guy sitting next to me had no less than 10 pens and pencils on his desk. he asked me a question about it and appeared shocked when i told him that he was only allowed to use the pencils provided.

 

[bpeltzer]

If you're not kidding about the "discrimination card" I really hope that he does this.

And that the reply he gets is along the lines of "yes we do disciminate, against fools who can't follow directions"

Serioulsy, didn't we all take the test in elementary school where we are given an exam that says to read the entire test before beginning nad the last instruction is to turn the test over and don't do anything besides fill in your name? I thought we were all through with this. Maybe we need to export reading comprehension to this guy's country.

 

[LXZ]

Sorry to hear that sad story. Everyone got to be careful.

 

[Timmy!]

OK guys, I was only joking about the "...play the discrimination card" part, but nowadays a good attorney can [unfortunately] work wonders [see "Simpson, OJ"].

Yeah, I figure he's dead in the water. The only saving grace is that Clemson, SC should hope and pray that his father is not some General in charge of the nuclear arsenal in some third-world country...

I can see the headlines now..."Due to excessive radiation levels within our office, the October 2007 PE exam will be indefinitely delayed".

 

[Techie_Junkie_PE_LEED_AP]

A) The "illiterate" card wouldn't work. How could he understand the test questions (fairly complex) if he couldn't understand the instructions?

B) I wouldn't want to hire a PE if he couldn't follow a simple instruction about a writing tool.

C) He switched from pen to pencil for the answers. Why?

 

[Timmy!]

Guys, given the pathetic university graduation rates for engineers in the US, in 20 years from now the PE exam instructions will be issued in Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and Farsi. Anyone who speaks English will sit there, not knowing whether to scratch their watch or wind their ass.

 

[Dark Knight]

Why did he use ink to write his name?

a. He did not know it was a violation and he was so sure he was going to pass he wrote in ink so no one could frame his test.

b. He knew it was a violation but he knew that thre was no chance in hell to pass and he decided to do that. Now he has an excuse before his friends and relatives: : "These fudging nazis invalidated my test because I used ink to write my name"

c. He did know the rule but made a mistake. Wrote with the pen because he thought it was the pencil.

d. He did not understand English, he had no clue, and did what he used to do at his country; "ink" the name

e. WGASA

 

[Undertaker]

OK guys, I was only joking about the "...play the discrimination card" part, but nowadays a good attorney can [unfortunately] work wonders [see "Simpson, OJ"].

I dont mean to be rude but that is a clear and present issue in our nation. We are flooded everyday with thousands of inmigrants and guess what is their favorite card everytime something doesnt go their way? Exactly. "I have been discriminated". :true: Dont make an issue of this because it is not. Thats the plain and simple truth. About the good attorney? Agree.Our justice system is going south. Justice is just an ideal.Here, what matters is how good is the attorney, how well he can sell his points to the jury. :210: If that guy goes to the courts and for some reason in NCEES policy they dont specify the word "pen" I think the guy, being the dumbass he is for violating the most idiotic rule", has a chance of winning. :smileyballs:

 

[DVINNY]

I agree with Undertaker.

I don't agree with discriminating against anyone, but that obviously is not what happened here. If the guy can't follow a rule that everyone else has to, then he should have to take the test again in 6 months and follow the rules that time.