Never ever copy, either intentionally or even unintentionally during exams. All teachers have been saying this repeatedly, but I wonder if students take this advice seriously. Let me tell you of my experience.

I was  really not interested in copying, for one thing my father, himself a teacher had always advised me; and I also feared that I might be caught. More than all these I did not believe in it.

It so happened at my post-matric, pre-university exams. Maths was the paper. A student of general maths in school, I feared that I would not fare well in Algebra, trigonometry and analytical geometry.

I had done my paper fairly well. The boy sitting in front for no reason held up his answer paper spread fool'scap, I casually looked at the paper. I had always believed he knew better maths for he had studied Composite maths at school. I saw a problem in analytical geometry equated to zero by him in a different way. I knew I was right. But this excess faith in his knowledge impelled me to strike out my answer and do it the way he had done. HE WAS WRONG, AND I HAD TO WASTE ONE YEAR.

Be confident. Trust yourself, and never be misled by others. That is why I also advise NEVER LOOK AT YOUR NIGHBOUR'S PAPERS.  ---M.D.Jayabalan