is this flambouyant?

[Mel]

So I posted this in the "jackass at the exam" thread but it didnt even draw a comment...makes me wonder if I am like the "jackass". Would you be upset about this?

at my exam center for FSA level, there was one guy who
1) set a clock on the desk that beeped three times dueing the morning half. Someone complained at lunch so his alarm was turned off in the afternoon, but really...shouldnt someone have said something the first time it happened.
2) same guy, wrote his candidate number on a few pages after pencil down was called while we were all putting our pages in the envelopes. Did this both morning and afternoon. I believe someone told one of the proctors during lunch break, but that guy wasnt there at the end of the afternoon, so who knows if anyone besides those of us sitting near saw it.
3) during read through, same guy had pencil in hand and was sort of using it as a pointer to read. Would be really easy to underline too.

Overall it was just annoying that he seemed to be so flamboyantly breaking rules. I am the person who pushes the pencil completely away during readthrough and after pencils down. And how is the clock beeping not similar to phone or pager going off, which supposedly disqualifies.

[atomic]

I think the word you're looking for is "flagrant," not "flamboyant"--unless the candidate in question was twirling the pencil as he used it as a pointer.

[Hugh Jass]

yeah, flamboyant would be if he started singing show tunes or something. But even replacing flamboyant with flagrant wouldn't make much sense as a thread title. Maybe something like "Is this an egregious breaking of SOA exam taking rules?" would be a nice title.

And to the OP, yes, that would bother me and I would hope the proctor noticed it. If you report on him, that would probably have zero credibility with the SOA, though.

[atomic]

Originally Posted by Hugh Jass

yeah, flamboyant would be if he started singing show tunes or something. But even replacing flamboyant with flagrant wouldn't make much sense as a thread title.

Originally Posted by Mel

Overall it was just annoying that he seemed to be so flamboyantly breaking rules. I am the person who pushes the pencil completely away during readthrough and after pencils down. And how is the clock beeping not similar to phone or pager going off, which supposedly disqualifies.

Just to clarify, it was not merely the word choice in the thread title that I was responding to, but this particular sentence as well.

[Hugh Jass]

Originally Posted by atomic

Just to clarify, it was not merely the word choice in the thread title that I was responding to, but this particular sentence as well.

yeah, I see that. Flagrantly would fit there.

[kamek85]

Wouldn't "blatant" be most appropriate?

[Solitude]

Yes but one has to think of a word that fits both the title and the sentence, belligerent maybe?

[Mel]

I think I meant flagrant or blatant...and managed to combine

Regardless, as mentioned above, this activity was reported over lunch period to proctors, but some items didnt seem to change in second half. Maybe they were just noting it and not talking to him about it though. I was totally shocked that it was taking place at FSA level exams though.

Really, really??

[kamek85]

Originally Posted by Solitude

Yes but one has to think of a word that fits both the title and the sentence, belligerent maybe?

The word "blatant" need not be used with an object, so it could be used in the thread title.

[_BullDog_]

Originally Posted by Mel

I think I meant flagrant or blatant...and managed to combine

Regardless, as mentioned above, this activity was reported over lunch period to proctors, but some items didnt seem to change in second half. Maybe they were just noting it and not talking to him about it though. I was totally shocked that it was taking place at FSA level exams though.

Really, really??

Proctors do not need to stop the behavior, they only have to report the behavior.