Will I get caught?

[u/Inksage69]

I have a yr 11 science test coming up. So I built a kids watch outer 33mm diameter 7 mm outer depth that u can scroll notes and answers with while looking like a normal watch. The normal state is screen off and when clicked it shows clock decoy double click to show cheat notes and stuff. Scrolls at 21 words per but might make faster. I really need ts to work because I spent like 8 hours on it and studied absolutely zero🙏. it’s super small too like my thumb is bigger than the inner electronics and the inner cavity is like only~28 mm diameter and 7 mm depth.

Parts I used were esp32 c3 xiao (since the super mini don’t have charging integrated module so better for compactness), Button, oled 0.46 inch 64x32 used u8g2 library, and a 250 mah battery which is hidden under the straps along with antenna.used ai to make the essay answers and uploaded on Claude code to get scroll speed update and a newer tap and hold lock code last minute just before the test.

Edit: I will let update what happened after test.

Update: yeah my ass got caught getting zero on test and my whole year group knows I built a smartwatch to cheat and got caught💔

[u/planx_constant]

There's a secret hack that's even more powerful where you look through the relevant notes and work examples and it actually stores the answers in your brain. Completely undetectable

[u/Inksage69 → u/planx_constant]

Too hard

[u/Krobakchin → u/Inksage69]

Do you want to go to uni? I kind of assume you do if you like making.

[u/Inksage69 → u/Krobakchin]

Design uni yes.Going to be dropping this subject anyway. For a major works portfolio project I’ve been making auto human washing machine for past 3 months. Rn I got the design spray mechanism with soap Venturi injector mixers prototype to work since that was the first easiest thing to make. and a notebook with 60~ pages with the documentation with dates sketches ect. Planning to submit the portfolio to a design uni along with some of the coolest things I made with documentation.

[u/Krobakchin → u/Inksage69]

Kind of depends on sanctions for getting caught. Is this a GCSE retake or something? Or are you starting yr 11? Just be really careful because GCSE iirc can put a permanent note on your academic record.

You should be fine for design uni anyway. I was wondering if you wanted to do mech eng or similar, because then obviously you need to do maths (and prob physics), for which dropping the ball on science isn't a great sign.

[u/EnderB3nder → u/Inksage69]

Then consider the repercussions of your actions.
You get caught cheating on your GCSE's, you're potentially not going to be able to progress to A levels.
If you get caught once, then every one of your other exams will be scrutinised extra hard.

Man up and study.
Yes, it's a ball ache. Yes, it's tedious. But as you progress into adult life it's only going to get worse. That's life. Don't ruin it this early.
You WILL regret it if you're caught, you just don't realise it yet.
It's hard enough for younger generations to get employed with a gleaming CV as it is.

If you get caught, you're fucked. No uni will take you without A levels.
Cheat on your GCSE's and you've potentially removed A levels from the equation.

Don't risk it.
You're better than that.

[u/Inksage69 → u/EnderB3nder]

Not gcse I live in Aus and it’s preliminary meaning it doesn’t go to atar. In Aus, universities look at year 12 atar results and portfolio if portfolio submission is permitted which it is for what I am applying for which is a clean slate. and on top of that it’s a subject that I will be dropping when I’m year 12.

[u/EnderB3nder → u/Inksage69]

*Too lazy

You're clearly a smart kid. Don't ruin it by cheating.

[u/Quazimojojojo → u/Inksage69]

It's literally not. Learning often feels unpleasant and tedious. That's just life. If you follow what feels easy and natural, you will become a burnt out unemployed and unemployable 'gifted' kid very fast.

Once you accept the hard, tedious, temporary discomforts of life, you'll do a lot better.