In many of these cases I feel like just doing the assignment would be easier than the "hack" ie writing a computer program that corrupts a file. And I am sure many teachers are on to these tricks, we just don't get paid enough to care or fight with you

I had to write a paper on the brake up of church and science in uni. As my friends were having a house party, I went to my uncles caravan to get it done. My uncle turned up - he had taken early retirement and decided to get the degree he always wanted. He had the same paper title to complete. Thing was, I was doing biology, he was doing theology. There was much wine and much argument, but no writing. I knew I couldn't get an extension, but I went to apologize to my lecturer. He was really interested in what path our arguments had taken. After I told him, he said I would definitely have gotten an A for that if I'd written it. He gave me a B anyway. To be fair, guy was a legend - being dyslexic in the 90's ment low grades, he often let me top up with an oral explaination.

Okay, when I forgot my homework (which is 90% of the time) I would ask to go to the bathroom. This was second grade, okay? I just waited there in the stalls for about 5 minutes. When I came back, the teacher was always past the homework check and teaching the class. I may have missed out on a LOT of knowledge, but still-

The issue with these is when stuff like that legitimately happens, teachers are sceptical. Like I submitted an assignment, it fell behind the folder when it went in the slot. I had to argue with my prof and finally get the dean involved to overturn the mark i had received. I had to show that it was written before the due date. I had to find the receipt from the on campus printer. They had to remove cl the folders to see it there and then they needed to verify that the ink date stamp on it matched the one used that day (my uni changed the colours everyday and I submitted my assignment a day early so it was different than all the other assignments handed in last minute). Like i had to jump through so many hoops... because some people are fundamentally dishonest.

Thinking you're tricking people, and then being smug, is gross behavior. A lot of people just don't have the time, or energy, to fight you on it. It's also frustrating from a person who worked my ass off despite awful situations to know how many people *consistently* get free passes. Especially when I know a lot of teachers would work with you if you were struggling, or just screwed up once. A handful of mistakes, needing a pass, is much different than scamming entire classes. This whole thing just seems sad.

Junior year of high school we had a semester long English project that we were supposed to work on and turn in at the end of the semester. I only had about half my work done and the day before the assignment was due, someone broke into my car. I told my teacher they had stolen my backpack, which had the whole project in it. She gave me an A for the assignment... (She was also a terrible teacher so there's that...)

Most of these would not work at all with most teachers.

These seem mostly about not doing te work rather than outsmarting the teacher. I got one. Uni circuits class. Old prof with a thick accent and Old hand written notes. I sat through 2 lectures and I came away more confused then I went it. I started just went to the library, read the book, and did the assignment during the lecture. Took me half the time as class and aced the mid term. When I showed up 9 weeks later for the final he asked who I was (he knew and took it personally). I proceeded to ace the final. I thought I outsmarted the prof until he gave me a C-. So much for the focus being on learning the material rather then paying homage to ego.

Not so much got passed a teacher but got past my parents... Back in the 80s, schools started to print out report cards instead of using a "report card". So back then I was a little wild and hated school. My freshman year of high school I took computer lit, think ms dos basically, and got the brilliant idea I could do the same thing! So long story short, as long as I really passed the classes and didn't get my absences in the red zone, I could print out my very own report card. Parents were non the wiser. I did this all thru high school. Now I wish I'd have paid attn in math and science.... Oh I never turned in a science project either. So basically just bs'd my way thru... Teachers loved me tho...