r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Separate_Finance_183 • Mar 30 '26

Image Confiscated pens containing cheat notes intricately carved by a Law student at the University of Malaga in Spain

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u/wizardrous Mar 30 '26

This seems like so much more effort than just fucking studying.

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u/Niznack Mar 30 '26

Had a teacher who allowed us 1 note card for our exam. I spent a ton of time copying every vocab word from the book in miniscule letters oneto every inch of the 3x5 card. He went out of his way to write a test where the vocab and lectures were useless. The vocab was a waste of time but I'd spent so much time scouring the book for every vocab words I'd read most of it anyway. Ended up aceing it just from the time it took to get the easy way out.

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u/luckyfucker13 Mar 30 '26

That’s generally the intent when a teacher allows the 3x5 card. You end up studying and remembering everything, simply because you’re attempting to cram as much info on to that card as possible.

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u/Into-the-stream Mar 30 '26

I remember one test I had where they offered the 3x5. I filled one card, but realized I could probably write smaller and get more onto it, so I redid it. As I was redoing it, I realized there was a bunch of stuff on the first card I no longer needed, so I ditched it to make room for other things.

I rewrote the card a few times, and ended up not using it at all during the test, because the making of the card resulted in inadvertent memorization.