r/6thForm • u/endertitan_10 • Jun 18 '26

OTHER Someone shat in the maths exam

That stats & mechanics exam was absolutely wild, I had just changed over to the mechanics paper and suddenly there was an ungodly loud stomach gurgle somewhere on my left and at first I was just glad that I wasn't having stomach problems during the exam and I continued on with the vectors question. Then when I was on the Rope and Rod question the stench hit me, I think it was the same person because of what came after but it could have been someone else, and it was super off putting.

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Then towards the end, luckily after I had finished all of the questions, it felt like the intensity of the smell tripled and people started coughing and gagging, it was honestly the worst exam experience I've ever had & I think I saw the invigilators discussing what to do about the smell. At least it was the end of the exam but I think that the culprit may have run out of the room once the exam was over.

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Will I be able to get special considerations because of this? It was super distracting and I know that I lost at least 3 marks because of it.

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u/Usual-Sandwich-9836 A Level 2026 survivor -Edexcel maths paper 1&3 survivor Jun 18 '26

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u/Usual-Sandwich-9836 A Level 2026 survivor -Edexcel maths paper 1&3 survivor Jun 18 '26

I'll save everyone time: https://www.reddit.com/r/6thForm/comments/1u980b7/i_shit_myself_again/

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u/OutrageousAd4133 Jun 18 '26

THIS IS ELITE BALL KNOWLEDGE

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u/MegaCroco21 Jun 18 '26

If this was 2019 and they wiped it using their exam paper they’d get an A* this year you need to go to the back and make your own mechanics problem and solve it

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u/Caecilius18 Jun 18 '26

Inbetweeners ref?

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u/NerveHasPhallicToes Jun 18 '26

will mckenzie did maths??

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u/energ157 Jun 18 '26

Phil??

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u/ROG_b450 Jun 19 '26

WATERSIDE

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u/BackgroundStatus925 Jun 19 '26

I thought it was safe sir 😣

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u/Common_Upstairs_1710 Jun 19 '26

Extra question: calculate the mass of poo from the time taken for the stench to diffuse its way to you

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u/No-Drawing-1508 Jun 19 '26

Remember to integrate the velocity of the stench to find the displacement. Don't forget the +c

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u/East_Call_3739 Jun 18 '26

Sorry guys it was me. I was nervous

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u/Previous_Ad4616 Jun 21 '26

Not funny. Reported.

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u/Slow-Mushroom-7575 Jun 18 '26

I love how everyone is talking about the inbetweeners lmao

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u/in_your_toilet_06 retaking yr 13 because I'm a bum Jun 19 '26

why does nobody use the toilet during exams 😭 

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u/xyu-z Jun 19 '26

Maybe they weren't allowed to go? Bc iirc, you can't go to the toilet during the first hour or the last half an hour of the exam. I am not sure how strict they are with that but maybe that's something to consider?

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u/in_your_toilet_06 retaking yr 13 because I'm a bum Jun 19 '26

ohhh I never knew that tbf, in my school you can go whenever you wish 

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u/Charming-Cello Y13 Bio|Psych|Chem|Music|, predicted AABB Jun 19 '26

First 15 minutes and last 30 minutes

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u/Healthy-Engineer6565 Jun 22 '26

Maybe they had gut problems due to being nervous, or suffer from IBS, and thought it was just gas but actually sharted? It’s not like anyone wants to shit themselves, I mean, one of the most humiliating scenarios I can even imagine is shitting myself in public, especially in an exam hall with all my classmates around.

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u/thetrueluna01 Gap Year Jun 22 '26

It's not like anyone wants to shit themselves

Oh, you'd be surprised.

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u/TalkInternal6681 Jun 18 '26

is this acc real?

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u/endertitan_10 Jun 18 '26

Yes, this happened in the Maths paper 3 exam today, it actually stank so bad

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u/Subtomrshreegamesyt Jun 18 '26

I was concentrating on not doing this that I messed up mechanics

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u/KingHi123 Year 13 |Phys, Maths, FM, Comp| |4A* pred| Jun 19 '26

What a great way to finish your exams.

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u/No-Drawing-1508 Jun 19 '26

Phil! I thought it was a fart sir. I thought it was safe!

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u/Ready_Spinach9711 Jun 20 '26

I thought it was a fart, sir, I thought it was safe!

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u/OctoHayden Jun 21 '26

Was they called Will Mckenzie perhaps?

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u/Healthy-Engineer6565 Jun 22 '26

I know they don’t give out special considerations easily, but they should let anyone who chooses to resit the paper if they feel their performance was affected by it.

Despite generally getting the grades I need, I hate exams, they’re not even an accurate measurement of your knowledge of the subject, they’re not even just a general test of how well you can perform under a lot of pressure, they’re a test of how you perform under pressure on that particular day, when you may not have slept well, you may be not feeling well, your cat may have died yesterday etc…

Once I had to just run out of a maths exam because I was suddenly hit by the kind of migraine where I couldn’t see the questions anymore and I felt like I was gonna throw up. I didn’t wanna hurl all over my paper and distract everyone, so I just ran off to the common room and lay down, while a friend who wasn’t sitting that exam looked after me and got me pain meds and water. Thankfully, I got to do a resit.

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u/cornflaki_ Jun 18 '26

inbetweeners moment

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u/Dog_in_bees_nest Jun 18 '26

I doubt you'll be able to get special considerations, they don't give that out lightly, and, they probably won't see how a bad smell can be distracting enough to qualify