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German Teenager Gets Job Offer By Trying To Use FOI For His Exam Papers

Posted by samzenpus on from the looking-for-an-edge dept.

Bruce66423 writes "A German schoolboy has taken exam preparation to ingenious new levels by making a freedom of information request to see the questions in his forthcoming Abitur tests, the equivalent of A-levels in the UK." and SATS in the USA. The media attention from his FoI request has already garnered him an offer of work from another transparency-related organization, the research website Correctiv. “If I have time before university starts I’ll definitely do it,” he said.

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  1. LOL TEENAGE GENIUS LOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    When at (English) school I learned about data protection and freedom of information, the first thing I wondered was, "Can I use these to get copies of my marked exam answers?" (to check whether it's been done properly) and secondly, "What about copies of my exam questions?"

    The answers were respectively no and no. In fact, there were explicit mentions of academic data.

    The German reputation for ruthless efficiency in finding solutions is really a Prussian reputation for Realpolitik - in this case, of the ability to sell yourself as far more impressive than you really are.