Caught Cheating!

I was in 6th std. We were sitting in our classroom writing the first science unit test. I was sitting next to NS, the most popular girl in the class and SC was sitting next to her. I was aimlessly staring at random objects in the class and was thinking very hard. Now I don't remember exactly what it was that I was thinking about but it sure was something critical. So much that I felt like I had lost 5 senses for a few minutes.

I had seen and analysed almost everything in the class. Eventually, my eyes fell upon NS's "Components of a Flower" diagram for a moment. That was the last question and she had drawn the diagram quite nicely. An additional factor was that she had coloured the diagram. Green for the sepals, pink for the petals, yellow for the pollen, etc. I had not done all that. The question only said "sketch", so I had only made a sketch. My thoughts went back to my previous school. We had had something similar in our 4th std syllabus and I remember JK and A_ (I don't remember her last name!) drawing something similar and colouring it. The teacher had appreciated them a lot. But truly, why do these people try so hard to seek the teachers attention! What do they gain out of it! The question only says"sketch"so just sketch! So NS is also one of those attention seekers! She just wants to do a little extra to impress the teacher! What will happen now is that the teacher will see her diagram once and will throw away everyone else's papers! Overnight she'll become the teacher's pet and the rest of us will simply exist!**

Some students had some doubts I guess so they were asking the teacher. I also see NS calling X. X sits in the bench in front of us. She calls X and the speak a few words. Most of it is just muted signals.

Cheater!!! Being an attention seeker is acceptable! But cheating like this for attention is sick!! Hah! Anybody can score a 100% by cheating! I hope the teacher finds out! In fact, I'm gonna tell her mysel...

Suddenly in the corner of my eye, I see NS shoot up and shout,"Ma'am!!"

Oh what now! Started your 'attention seeking' already? Wait until I start talking!! He he ha ha ha!! 
}:-D

NS,"Ma'am!!! She's copying from my paper!!"

What! SC too?? Oh so AS n NS had planned it and SC got in the way? 


Suddenly, I heard the invigilating teacher shouting,
"You girl in the last bench! How dare you copy! That too in 6th std itself!"

Ahah! SC got caught! I thought I saw her too talking to X in the front bench....

"Cha! Your old school has spoilt you so much! You dare to copy in 6th std itself!"

Old school? Maybe SC too joined with me only.... I was planning to complain about her cheating myself... Good thing she saw it herself!

The teacher marches to our bench.

"Next time I see you cheating, I'll take you to the Principal's office!"

Yes! There goes her "colourful" parts of a flowers down the drain... Seriously, why do people want to show off with all those colours when the question clearly asks us to only "sketch"... Maybe she was trying to get into the teacher's good books... But you gotta be honest first! Like me! :)

"Hey! I'm talking to you! How dare you sit like a stone!"

This SC does deserve this! Surely NS will also get caught, she and SC being best friends and SC was copying from NS. NS was herself copying from X..... Why are you looking at me?!

"Aren't you ashamed?! You won't even say 'sorry' ! This is the last warning for you! If I see you copying ever again you will be given TC!"

But bu...

And the teacher storms away!

OK, this is what really happened.

I thought I saw NS colouring her drawing for just a minute, which was true considering the fact that I had looked at her drawing only for a moment and had started thinking about everything else. I was so caught up in my thoughts that I was blankly staring at her drawing even after NS called had the teacher. I didn't realise this till the last moment!

The scoldings actually continued for some more time. It left such impact on me that I never tried to (rather was afraid as hell to) cheat in exams for all of my remaining school life. Kinda got over the phobia now! ;) :P

**I always thought one has to do some extra academic work to impress the teachers. But lately, I have been proven terribly wrong! Seems its enough to just be a stool pigeon! :(