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...that many student complaints," O'Connell says. "We do get joking complaints, that one [exam proctor] was a Nazi and one was a baseball coach, but that was mostly in fun I think...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, | Title: Where Do All Those Harvard Proctors Go? | 5/20/1998 | See Source »

...administration is very helpful," says Virginia M. O'Connell, who oversees the exam proctors. "They want to see the exams run smoothly...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, | Title: Where Do All Those Harvard Proctors Go? | 5/20/1998 | See Source »

Other difficulties, from construction noise to cramped desks, are also mentioned by students as classic exam distractions, but none with great frequency. Even rarer are incidents of actual cheating...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, | Title: Where Do All Those Harvard Proctors Go? | 5/20/1998 | See Source »

...only issue I had was a Spanish exam where eight TFs came in and started chatting in Espagnol," says exam proctor Dorothea S. Piranian...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, | Title: Where Do All Those Harvard Proctors Go? | 5/20/1998 | See Source »

Although Throntfeldt postulates that "it seems like it would be pretty easy to cheat on an exam," O'Connell, who has been conduct- ing exams for about 12 years, says she's seenvery few cases...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, | Title: Where Do All Those Harvard Proctors Go? | 5/20/1998 | See Source »

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