Boards.ie, the leaving cert, cheating and Live line

A boardsie logs on and allegedly says:
yeah i cheated my ass of in most exams, had a fully programmable calculator with 1 gig flash card, my examiner was a dope (love her tho she was nice <3) im sitting at about 500 points i would say, and unless something MAJORLY goes wrong, i have my first choice in the bag.
Queue the unravelling as he’s identified, ridiculed, supported and everything else as the thread unfolds. Today, it hits Joe Duffy.
You can listen to that here. Starts at about 17.15 mins in to the program.
Storm in a tiny tea cup or national scandal? YOU DECIDE.
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5 Responses
Sucks to be him!
It’s not as though people haven’t realised how easy it is to cheat these days, they just don’t do it.
Most people do realise it’d be stupid to brag about it though.
Part of me want to defend the little bastid - the system should be better able to spot cheaters, etc, etc, but God what a feckin’ eejit. Cheating is one thing, but openly bragging about it just shows how much he deserves no chances.
Just think of the genuine people who have worked their asses off only to miss out on a college place because that thicko.
Darren: welcome to the new Ireland. Cheat and then brag about it, as if actions have no consequences.
actions have consequences?