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Students in Germany can get »help« on tests through short messages sent to their cell phones
Forget folded notes stuck in sleeves and tiny handwriting on your palm - cheating has gone high-tech! Students have a new way of dealing with test-taking jams : Cheating by Short Message Service, which sends text notes to their cell phones. A week before a test, students can send a text message to 7 27 68 and give their name and age, as well as information about the class. On the day of the test, the student then can message the company with questions. The service is free, but the company, known as yoc, also sends out ads. Since it started in November 2001, more than 1,000 students have used the service. The German Teachers' Union is up in arms about the service, of course, and students may soon have to find another way to pass tests. In many schools, cell phones are strictly »verboten.«
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