May 12th 2020
Today was an interesting day.
I had one 4-hour class, had a (digital) meeting with a uni-psychologist and I was almost reported to the Board of Examiners for suspected fraud (whoops). The first two, not that interesting/special, but the last did elevate my heartbeat.
So the fraud, it turned out to be one big misunderstanding, so I'm fine, but if you want ro know the full story (as I would want), here it is:
One of my exams last April was on Dynamics, which I'm terrible at. It had a set of strict anti-fraud rules, since it's quite easy to cheat at because of the way they let us take the exam. It involved uploading multiple files, staying available for Zoom calls for 5 hours after the test ended, etcetera.
About 90 minutes into the exam, I realized that I wouldn't come anywhere near a passing grade, so I decided to stop trying and I did not hand in my exam, nor any of the anti-fraud documents. I thought this wouldd result in less work for me and the lecturers. (But apparently the system submits your exam for you.)
Fast forward to today, where I opened my inbox (after a few days of not having looked at it) and was greeted with an email telling me to please be available for a call today at a set time for questions about my anti-fraud documents. It also kindly told me that if I would not attend, I would be reported to the Board of Examiners.
Now I had my psych appointment at that exact timeslot, which meant that I would not be able to be available for this anti-fraud call. I decided to email my lecturer this exact story, that I sadly couldn't make it to the call and that I would like to see if we could reschedule my anti-fraud call. I quickly got an email back telling me no additional information was required and that I wouldn't be reported as they would ignore my exam results, just like I wanted.
So yes, all turned out fine, but one thing I learned: NEVER FORGET TO CHECK YOUR EMAILS.
Stay healthy ❤
