50 Fun Things To Do
In A Final That Does Not Matter
(i.e. you
are going to fail the class completely no matter what you get on
the final exam)
- Bring a pillow. Fall asleep (or pretend
to) until the last5 minutes. Wake up, say "oh geez, better
get cracking" and do some gibberish work. Turn it in a few
minutes early.
- Get a copy of the exam, run out screaming
"Andre, Andre, I've got the secret documents!!"
- 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.
- Make paper airplanes out of the exam. Aim
them at the instructor's left nostril.
- 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.
- Bring cheerleaders.
- 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 ?"
- Bring a Game Boy (or Game Gear, etc...).
Play with the volume at max level.
- 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.
- Bring pets.
- 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.
- 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.
- Do the exam with crayons, paint, or fluorescent
markers.
- Come into the exam wearing slippers, a bathrobe,
a towel on your head, and nothing else.
- Come down with a BAD case of Turet's Syndrome
during the exam. Be a vulgar as possible.
- Do the entire exam in another language.
If you don't know one, make one up! For math/science exams, try
using Roman numerals.
- Bring things to throw at the instructor
when s/he's not looking. Blame it on the person nearest to you.
- As soon as the instructor hands you the
exam, eat it.
- 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 allowed
to stay.
- Every five minutes, stand up, collect all
your things, move to another seat, continue with the exam.
- Turn in the exam approximately 30 minutes
into it. As you walk out, start commenting on how easy it was.
- 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..).
- Bring a black marker. Return the exam with
all questions and answers completely blacked out.
- Get the exam. Twenty minutes into it, throw
your papers down violently, scream out "Fuck this!"
and walk out triumphantly.
- 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)
- Show up completely drunk. (Completely drunk
means at some point during the exam, you should start crying for
mommy).
- 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!"
- Comment on how sexy the instructor is looking
that day.
- Come to the exam wearing a black cloak.
After about 15 minutes, put on a white mask and start yelling
"I'm here, the phantom of the opera" until they drag
you away.
- 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.
- 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!!!"
- Bring a water pistol with you. Nuff said.
- 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.
- Start a brawl in the middle of the exam.
- 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.
- Come in wearing a full knight's outfit,
complete with sword and shield.
- 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 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."
- When you walk in, complain about the heat.
Strip.
- After you get the exam, call the instructor
over, point to any question, ask for the answer. Try to work it
out of him/her.
- One word: Wrestlemania.
- Bring balloons, blow them up, start throwing
them around like they do before concerts start.
- Try to get people in the room to do the
wave.
- Play frisbee with a friend at the other
side of the room.
- Bring some large, cumbersome, ugly idol.
Put it right next to you. Pray to it often. Consider a small sacrifice.
- Get deliveries of candy, flowers, balloons,
telegrams, etc. . . sent to you every few minutes throughout the
exam.
- During the exam, take apart everything around
you. Desks, chairs, anything you can reach.
- Complete the exam with everything you write
being backwards at a 45 degree angle.
- 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".
(if you're a flute, try one of the other 49)
- Answer the exam with the "Top Ten Reasons
Why Professor X Sucks"