Craster wrote:
Wasn't an 'X' either 'didn't turn up' or 'unmarkable', implying you smeared poo all over the paper or something?
It's "No result". I refused to go to the exam, and they instead made me do it at the end of the day, after another exam. I protested, then sat down with the paper, flicked through it, and put my hand up. My (thoroughly, brilliantly excellent) old history teacher came over and asked what was wrong.
I explained that I could probably answer about two thirds of these pretty well, but as I'd had no teacher for nine months, and a senile lunatic who locked himself in cupboards and talked about rolls royce cars all day instead of teaching us for the remainder, I'd be buggered if I was going to. He looked very pissed off (not at me, I clarify), then gave a little smile and said to sign the paper and go. So, I did.
I think I put a quick note to the examiner explaining that the rest was blank to save time, but I only vaguely remember that, and possibly that was something else that happened in the mocks.