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[–]Big-Baby-Jesus 499 points500 points ago

Those desks are 12 feet apart. That's a pretty effective way to prevent cheating by itself. The boxes seem totally unnecessary.

[–]andrewms 340 points341 points ago

You mean you don't bring opera glasses to all of your tests? Amateur.

[–]brandy606 31 points32 points ago

What are opera glasses?

[–]alahos 530 points531 points ago

Glasses full of hard liquor to cope with the boredom.

[–]masterdll7 60 points61 points ago

Dat link

[–]Apostolate 6 points7 points ago

[–]zulu90 22 points23 points ago

[–]DrJesusSingh 18 points19 points ago

First of all, welcome to the internet.

There is this handy website, www.google.com.

If you ever need to know something, just "google" it, and you can probably get the answer.

Hope I helped!

[–]HarcourtFentonMudd 27 points28 points ago

What are opera glasses?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=opera+glasses

[–]mayoandfries 6 points7 points ago

What is this sorcery?

[–]demenciacion 55 points56 points ago

not completely, the boxes also make any other kind of cheating harder, like using your phone, notes, ect.

[–]gazow 161 points162 points ago

not, if you, tape, your phone, to, the inside of the box, siri, whats the answer to question 4?

[–]radil 202 points203 points ago

I gave you an upvote for laughing, but know that I'm not happy about it because the punctuation in your sentence is atrocious.

[–]gazow 89 points90 points ago

there ive made everything better

[–]theholyllama 38 points39 points ago

i thought you were trying to imitate speaking slowly so the voice recog works...

[–]OutinFields 11 points12 points ago

my mum does that all the time. She has the iPhone 4, which has a voice command feature. It's so funny to listen to her try to use it.

'Play songs by Evenesance.' 'No match found.' 'Play songs by Eve-Ness-ance.' 'Calling 043237582...' 'arrg! Pll-ayy, sonngs, by Ev-err-ness-ance!' 'No match found.' 'I give up.'

[–]theholyllama 36 points37 points ago

'Playing Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley'

Rick Roll'd by Siri

[–]destatica -1 points0 points ago

beep beep "Playing songs by Catniss Everdeen"

[–]Jamnit 12 points13 points ago

I love you.

[–]kaptinkangaroo 7 points8 points ago

Always upvote when people are nice.

[–]DeathToPennies 2 points3 points ago

Dear god. It's still atrocious.

[–]GrantCaptain 1 point2 points ago

But, I think I, like it more, anyway.

[–]Goe_Jibbs 6 points7 points ago

Maybe he was doing an impersonation of the wheelchair kid (not Drake) from Malcolm in the Middle"?

[–]radil 2 points3 points ago

Well originally there weren't as many commas there. There were only the ones around the word "Siri."

[–]raspberry_cough 1 point2 points ago

You mean Stevie.

[–]Galactic 10 points11 points ago

TIL Christopher Walken is a redditor

[–]McBurger 7 points8 points ago

I tripped and stuttered about twelve times reading that

[–]Urination_Problems 4 points5 points ago

I just get William Shatner from this, and i literally just pissed myself reading it in my head.

[–]Tara8888 3 points4 points ago

Yeah, because no one will notice you talking to Siri during a silent exam.

[–]Big-Baby-Jesus 21 points22 points ago

There's like 25 people in the room. One awake teacher could handle it with no problems.

[–]demenciacion 16 points17 points ago

maybe he just wanted to sleep?

[–]Big-Baby-Jesus 12 points13 points ago

Then the boxes are pointless since you can just turn them sideways.

EDIT- The guy's asleep, right?

[–]Triviaandwordplay 2 points3 points ago

How would he look them all squarely in the face?

[–]Innfuryating 7 points8 points ago

Not if someone wants to use their phone. The box would help prevent cheating with a phone due to it being even more obvious when you're looking at your lap. Some teachers aren't very observant and won't catch kids using their phones for the tests. The boxes would help them out more.

[–]the_silent_redditor 13 points14 points ago

They're not 12 ft apart.

[–]JJ4SON 6 points7 points ago

What the teachers dont know is that the anwsers are on the INSIDE of the boxes... Whos the joke on now HUH!?

[–]randombabble 4 points5 points ago

The preventive measures are just for those that didn't pay bribe money to the examiner. If you paid the money, you will mysteriously pass the exam even if you leave the paper blank.

[–]Triviaandwordplay 2 points3 points ago

I lost it in my 40s, but I had 20 13 vision.

[–]Hexode 112 points113 points ago

I like how the guy on the far right customized his.

[–]Whybother553 54 points55 points ago

Don't.

[–]Whybother553 1 point2 points ago

Thank you for reminding me why I need to watch that again.

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[–]Whybother553 1 point2 points ago

I Don't like

[–]KoreanTerran 129 points130 points ago

Reminds me of poor lookin' daft punk robots.

[–]noitsfine 43 points44 points ago

[–]Shinyteeth 6 points7 points ago

Hide.. Hide your neck.

[–]Rasberriez 1 point2 points ago

We are the robots the humans are dead.

[–]MinervasPhoenix 0 points1 point ago

Upvote for FOTC! I love this show so much...

[–]Captainpatch 234 points235 points ago

But if they just teach this testing method the children will never learn how to think outside the box!

[–]h3licase 87 points88 points ago

[–]burek_japrak 17 points18 points ago

Thank you for not using that stupid eel

[–]Jumin 1 point2 points ago

but I like the eel!

[–]Triviaandwordplay 2 points3 points ago

And it's non violent. A teacher doesn't have to box someone's ears in for cheating.

[–]alahos 1 point2 points ago

And for the whole class, it costs maybe 2 or 3 bucks.

[–]DforDrew 15 points16 points ago

When I was in class, we just used 3-fold poster board. So it stood up all the way around the table except on the side we were sitting at. Same effectiveness, and it wasn't annoying as fuck, as I assume a box constantly shifting around would be.

[–]JohnnyMaudDibby 1 point2 points ago

When I was in class, we just used books, but we studied from them before we took the test instead. If anyone cheated they pretty much screwed themselves over in real life later on because that shit doesn't fly after graduation. Not knocking your post, just the system that does this. In 20 years, you'll be posting the same comment when someone posts a picture of students seperated by holographic walls.

[–]EndTimer 2 points3 points ago

The purpose of the tests is assessing who's learning. You might say that the whole purpose is preventing people from screwing themselves over. If we wanted to do school on the honor system and simply leave it at "you should study if you don't want to be screwed over after you get out of school," then technically there's no reason for the tests at all.

Given that we're trying to find out what people have learned (and hopefully correct any substantial lack of knowledge), it's not an unreasonable procedure. It's not as though it cost them vast amounts of time, money, and effort to implement. It's probably VERY worth it, whether or not it appeals to your sense of honor and/or karmic justice for those who would otherwise cheat.

[–]thehalfdan 63 points64 points ago

My notes would be in the box :)

[–]centipedeseverywhere 39 points40 points ago

Boxes are administered immediately before the test.

[–]Jayers 137 points138 points ago

So is the sticky note I put inside the box...

[–]HeavenSk8 14 points15 points ago

Winner.

[–]SrslyNotAHipsterTtly 56 points57 points ago

Minecraft.

[–]DrummerHead 30 points31 points ago

What is this? A school for Minecraft people? (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[–]the5souls 42 points43 points ago

[˩ ▫ □ ▫]˩ ˄ []

FTFY

[–]CarnCarby 22 points23 points ago

[ºnº] sssssssss

[–]FreedomBadger 1 point2 points ago

RUUUUUNNNNNNN!

[–]DrummerHead 1 point2 points ago

I generally don't like "FTFY" comments but this one nailed it.

[–]Matt92HUN 1 point2 points ago

Those are too round shapes.

[–]Nrthstar 33 points34 points ago

Why... why did this give me a boner?

[–]CoffeeHigh 47 points48 points ago

Do you happen to play minecraft?

[–]sushister 1 point2 points ago

because boxes.

[–]rednukleus 1 point2 points ago

Right? No need to explain.

[–]internets_said_so 7 points8 points ago

I do not like the Box of Shame.

[–]ozpunk 2 points3 points ago

[–]bombsonyourmoms 24 points25 points ago

air force academy?

[–]CoffeeHigh 10 points11 points ago

I was think the same thing...Private high school?

[–]the_silent_redditor 4 points5 points ago

Nope. They have epaulettes on their uniform.

[–]kg333 2 points3 points ago

I don't think so, since the uniforms don't look quite the right blue, and there's some insignia on the right shoulder I don't recognize.

Could just be crappy color balance and resolution though.

[–]terafunker 10 points11 points ago

It's the US Merchant Marine Academy.

[–]filthy_lucre 6 points7 points ago

Sea Org

[–]InsatiableOneUpper 2 points3 points ago

No, air force does not have white uniforms and the rank is not USAFA rank

[–]brandnew87 1 point2 points ago

You are correct. Ex-cadet here. Those are not USAFA uniforms, and that room looks nothing like any I've been in at the Academy.

[–]zekavemann 1 point2 points ago

It looks more like a private military academy.

[–]Slatz_Grobnik 1 point2 points ago

I'm guessing private military academy with honor code system, where someone tried to make a point by refusing the honor code, leading to this sort of group shaming. Just a guess though.

[–]cephalic666 5 points6 points ago

Canti!

[–]StoofBuzze 5 points6 points ago

I think they're taking an entry exam for a job at the box office.

[–]drawkbox 5 points6 points ago

When they finish they get up and dance: http://i.imgur.com/di3pd.gif

[–]FormerEbayAddict 19 points20 points ago

If I were their teacher, i'd bribe someone to play 'Dick In A Box' over the loudspeakers right about now.

[–]h2sbacteria 5 points6 points ago

just the melody without the lyrics.

[–]bigfatdanman 5 points6 points ago

No lie, I had a professor like that for calculus in college. He didn't put boxes on our heads, but he'd space the desks out like that in 3 rows, except the middle row faced the opposite direction. Also gave out three different versions of the test, changing question order and umbra within the questions. Also, If you looked up, even to glance at the clock, you were done. You had to look down at your test the whole time.

[–]Annoyed_ME 4 points5 points ago

For some reason this made me think of the robots from FLCL

[–]Drunken_Economist 31 points32 points ago

It's actually an LMFAO entrance exam

[–][deleted] 31 points32 points ago

Everyday I'm studying.

[–]douglasr007 2 points3 points ago

Engineer rocking is in the house tonight

[–]Shermanizer 39 points40 points ago

Every day i'm shufflin'

[–]19Steve20Sanders 17 points18 points ago

They don't want students thinking outside of the box.

[–]chaitan94 3 points4 points ago

At least I can sleep peacefully.

[–]Narhen 2 points3 points ago

You have to paint the sides of the box bright red so you know when someone is looking

[–]sonastyinc 2 points3 points ago

Motherfucker, you can fail me but you can't force me to wear something as ridiculous as that on my head.

[–]Duthos 2 points3 points ago

Am I the only one around here...

That never cheated, or wanted to?

[–]aHesketh96 1 point2 points ago

I never have or intended too. Too much hassle. Id rather not revise and blame the teacher for not teaching me properly. I mean it is 6/7 hours of my life they are forcibly taking from me.

[–]Snake1029 2 points3 points ago

Snake would be so proud.

[–]LethalAtheist 2 points3 points ago

As a master cheater, this might actually stop me. I tip my hat to the gentleman that devised this method.

[–]oblik 3 points4 points ago

long hair

bluetooth headset

talk to yourself "i wonder what the constant of gravitation is..."

[–]OCELLARIS_CLOWNING 5 points6 points ago

For a typing class in high school we had to place boxes over the keyboard to avoid "cheating". If I can type faster when I occasionally glance at the keyboard, why shouldn't I do that? I suppose box heads are justifiable though.

[–]OriginalityIsDead 1 point2 points ago

Exactly, Computer Keyboarding was complete B.S. Using the 'homerow' method was freaking ridiculous. I could only manage around 50 GWAM using their method, while using mine, looking down occasionally, even making mistakes, and random hand placement with right handed index finger typing, I manage a little under 100.

[–]Mavis__Beacon 21 points22 points ago

You shut your fucking mouth.

Without the homerow method you'd be back giving blowjobs behind the Kmart again.

Fuck you

[–]ddddamn 1 point2 points ago

RUN! IT'S... IT'S HER

[–]exor674 1 point2 points ago

Homerow method is bullshit.

I use all the fingers on my left hand ( in practice the pinkie is dedicated to modifiers but I believe I've sometimes hit keys with it, and thumb is spacebar only ) and only the index finger on my right hand for the letter keys ( other fingers for delete and return ).

I can type without looking at the keyboard at all, and I can usually type with fairly good accuracy even when I am not looking at the screen [ or keyboard ] at all.

[–]kaptinkangaroo 1 point2 points ago

I use home row as a starting/reference point and I consider myself to be a pretty good typist IMO. I think it's just one of those ”whatever works for you” kind of things. Just type mayn.

[–]EndTimer 1 point2 points ago

I have a "gamer's homerow" (what I call it) that got me lots of grief. Left hand fingers rest on shift-a-w-d-space, and right hand is generally free-floating, but often has the middle or pointer finger around the "i" key and a pinky that's beyond ready to punch the "enter" button.

When I think about how I type with my right hand, it's really quite amazing. I'm typing this without looking, at about 80 wpm (estimate), and employing all the fingers on my right hand except ring, oddly, which is only used for commas, periods and quotation marks, or the letter "o" if I'm pushing "i" with my middle finger.

It's very fortunate that my technical college keyboarding class did not grade on technique, but just words per minute on a keyboard with no lettering. I still got chastised for not doing it "right", though. Heh.

[–]OCELLARIS_CLOWNING 1 point2 points ago

FUCK YES

[–]cgycnd 6 points7 points ago

Meanwhile somewhere in Asia.

[–]CoolHeadedPaladin[!] 2 points3 points ago

They look like they are in the Army, so I'm sure this is an anti-cheating device that took sixty million dollars to develop and will three times as much funding to implement.

[–]cdbaker 5 points6 points ago

  • Step 1: Steal a box pre-exam
  • Step 2: Write hints/tips/answers inside the box
  • Step 3: ???
  • Step 4: Profit.

[–]lurkerturneduser 1 point2 points ago

Instead of stealing the box, it would probably be less risky to write something on a notecard, put tape on one side, attach it to the inner top portion of the box when putting the box on your head and keep your head angled down looking at the test. If the teacher walks by (s)he will have a vantage point from several feet above you so it won't be noticed. You can get caught stealing the box and if you replace the box with your notes, there's no guarantee it won't get mixed up and someone else ends up with it. If you keep the box, it is a lot more difficult sneaking a box into an exam than a notecard.

[–]EveryVillanIsLemons 4 points5 points ago

That wouldn't change a thing. My friends and I use a series of pen clicks to signal answers to anyone who happeneds to be listning.

[–]SpaceLasers 1 point2 points ago

Fucking brilliant

[–]bigsz 1 point2 points ago

Such a good idea. Folders do not want to stay up when you use them as walls.

[–]nepidae 1 point2 points ago

Passing a standardized test means you are ready for the real world.

[–]brendank92 1 point2 points ago

It kinda looks like it could part of a Saw movie...finish the test in 30 minutes or everyone dies.

[–]SunSage 1 point2 points ago

Testcraft.

[–]Flightle 1 point2 points ago

Ah, flight students.

[–]OldTrailmix 1 point2 points ago

  1. Acquire reasonably sized desks.
  2. Put boxes on the desk.

[–]Canadian_Infidel 1 point2 points ago

"Expelled for refusing to wear box on head"

I would like to see that one stand up.

[–]ucdkwmiller 1 point2 points ago

Looks like a LMFAO cd cover

[–]Loaderini 1 point2 points ago

they need qr codes attached on those boxes

[–]AP3Brain 1 point2 points ago

I like how one of the boxes even says "Don't" on the side.

[–]Sir_WigglesWorth 1 point2 points ago

Daft punk: the high school years.

[–]very_very_sneaky 1 point2 points ago

Work It

Make It

Do It

Test Us

[–]Zinnwaldite 1 point2 points ago

I'd love to run along the aisle and rap each of them on the box, then accuse them all of cheating when they look around to see who did it.

[–]spazmodic- 1 point2 points ago

It is the future...

...the year TWO THOUSAND.

[–]DFP_ 1 point2 points ago

Until they line the insides of the box with notes.

[–]fiveballcascade 1 point2 points ago

Look at the right handers, always thinking inside the box.

[–]donwess 1 point2 points ago

It's an obedience test. They all passed.

[–]chadwickipedia 1 point2 points ago

does anyone else think of The Wall

[–]lindn 1 point2 points ago

wtf who the fuck designed those desks?

Are these desks normal? How the fuck do you not go out of that room with a broken neck from having sat like that for the duration of the test?

[–]anarchophil 1 point2 points ago

Do you know how cussed out the instructor would be for even suggesting some shit like that to me?

[–]Anthonyman94 1 point2 points ago

That seems somewhat effective but how would you cheat by using peripheral vision anyways? All these boxes stop is looking to the right or left without turning your head. with the desks that far apart the only way you can cheat is to turn your head and squint, how do the boxes stop that? I do have to admit though, that is pretty funny.

[–]LargeWhale 1 point2 points ago

Meanwhile in America...

[–]tonythetiger1 1 point2 points ago

My first thought when I saw this:

Creepers studying to get their green color and explosive qualities.

[–]vinfx 1 point2 points ago

I had teachers who just shuffled the questions and answers so there were 2, 3, or even 4 versions of the test. Copying off another person's test was playing a game of Russian roulette.

[–]billybuckner 1 point2 points ago

As a teacher, I've done the same thing. It works like a charm!

[–]big_star 1 point2 points ago

Looks like a metaphor for institutionalized education in general.

All in all, we are just bricks in The Wall...

[–]aLusaLu 1 point2 points ago

Every day i'm shuffling?

wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah?

[–]Rockerdude34 1 point2 points ago

What if a kid has lice?

[–]ImAWhaleBiologist 1 point2 points ago

I'd write answers on the inside of my box. What now?!

[–]glassy125 1 point2 points ago

what a bunch of squares

[–]burek_japrak 1 point2 points ago

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

[–]SamuraiTom 1 point2 points ago

But you could have answers on the insides of the box! :D

[–]hudsen 1 point2 points ago

Looks like a great album cover if you ask me.

[–]Okamigrif 1 point2 points ago

Pyramid Head never forgot those awkward middle school days. Never again would he conform to the rest......

[–]HoboWAS 1 point2 points ago

Hmmm. Every student failed for once, strange.

[–]LightOfDay_ 1 point2 points ago

Let me find out they're Asian

[–]cmoonbeam1 1 point2 points ago

[–]MrRebeccaSlumber 1 point2 points ago

is this a deleted scene from The Wall?

[–]Wtfscroba 1 point2 points ago

Need a fixed that has the teacher somehow prevented from filling in the answers that the kids leave blank...

[–]Bangaa 2 points3 points ago

What the hell.. the desks are so far apart they don't need the boxes.

[–]doneddat 3 points4 points ago

That's just to prevent out of the box thinking.

[–]the-fritz 7 points8 points ago

I've always felt that there's far too much hysteria these days about so-called cheating... If you can take advantage of a situation in some way, it's your duty as an American to do it. Why should the race always be to the swift or the jumble to the quick-witted? Should they be allowed to win merely because of the gifts God gave them? Well, I say cheating is the gift man gives himself!

[–]eugal 7 points8 points ago

Also it took skill, I swear I would spend more times figuring out ways to cheat (in middle school) that I did studying for the test.

[–]Achilles210 1 point2 points ago

I'm pretty sure this is a bunch ROTC cadets, so having been through the same process to become and officer: I think/hope this is a joke. Or you have no integrity at all and can't be trusted-so I hope you don't get your bars.

[–]Jeremy252 1 point2 points ago

Pretty sure the kid in front is either masturbating or texting.

[–]yomama1997 1 point2 points ago

You see the party rock robot, I see creepers.

[–]youvedoneamansjobsir 1 point2 points ago

This looks like a cut scene from Brazil or 1984.

[–]Devilsdance 1 point2 points ago

There are too many kids in too small of classrooms to spread out that far, but nice try

[–]The_game_is_over 0 points1 point ago

I could have really used one of those in high school. I certainly would've been much more focused, less distractions.

[–]RadioActiveKitt3ns 0 points1 point ago

I'm just imagining the arts and crafts day they had the class before testing day to make all those :-)

[–]Siethron 0 points1 point ago

my neck hurts just looking at this.

[–]piss_artist 0 points1 point ago

Blockheadz™

[–]funkymoose 0 points1 point ago

What's written on the boxes?

[–]andy1413 0 points1 point ago

You could just point the desk in the opposite direction.....

[–]fadebysun 0 points1 point ago

Until we all get google glasses

[–]spunkymarimba 0 points1 point ago

Boxhead

[–]infidel78 0 points1 point ago

STEP ONE:

cut a hole in the the box

[–]sandman369 0 points1 point ago

Except it looks like the guy in the middle up front is holding a smartphone under his desk. I might be seeing that wrong though. Also a couple guys along the wall have one hand under their desk, could be Googling too.

[–]turtlekitty30 0 points1 point ago

I bet it's steamy in those helmets

[–]debbiedoesdallasonce 0 points1 point ago

also works for relationships

[–]jcpuf 0 points1 point ago

I make my tests open-note, so I don't have to worry about cheating.

[–]Mettkatrel 0 points1 point ago

Boxhead

[–]padthai93 0 points1 point ago

Feel like I've seen 100 posts like this here and across the Internet

[–]abrynnel 0 points1 point ago

We're sexy and we know it.

[–]xk45hm1rx 0 points1 point ago

We don't need no education!

[–]SpineBuster 0 points1 point ago

DON'T

[–]deloreanfan 0 points1 point ago

Looks similar to my flight school uniform. Well, aside from the box.

[–]fa_cube_itch 0 points1 point ago

LMAO!! I'm showing this to everyone at school on Monday for our teacher workday.

[–]jpdemers 0 points1 point ago

LEIDER GEIL!

[–]destatica 0 points1 point ago

I think it would also make some minute head movements far more likely to be noticed as well.

The teacher won't notice of you crick your head to the side for some answers but he'll for sure notice a fucking box moving.

[–]WelcomeMatt 0 points1 point ago

Cheat sheets inside the box.... this teacher is amateur you could write anything in there.

[–]ThisTownNeedsGuns 0 points1 point ago

This would look so cool if someone drew it.

[–]flyingcaveman 0 points1 point ago

FAA instrument rating final.

[–]bucketmonster 0 points1 point ago

That looks rather demeaning.

[–]pfernando27 0 points1 point ago

The box of shame