Popular artists shared with KP.RU the secrets of their school cheat sheets. Photo: personal archive.
On Knowledge Day, which this year falls on September 2, popular musicians, bloggers and actors admitted that they often used cheat sheets while sitting at their desks. At the same time, artists suggested who they could work with at school: among celebrities, our publication found potential teachers of literature, art, chemistry and even a school psychologist.
Lyusya Chebotina
Lyusya Chebotina. Photo: personal archive.
The 27-year-old singer is currently one of the most successful young artists in Russian show business. The singer of the songs “Sun of Monaco”, “For the Ex” and “Hollywood Cried” admitted in an interview with KP.RU that during her school years she copied from her classmates and does not consider it a bad thing. Lyusya Chebotina also speculated on what subject she would become a teacher in if she were suddenly offered a job as a teacher:
– We always copied everything from each other, and it was never something shameful. I copied myself too. Somehow, my colleagues and I always supported each other in this matter. If I were offered to be a school teacher, I could be a music, literature or fine arts teacher. These articles are the closest to me.
Anastasia Volochkova
Anastasia Volochkova. Photo: Elena Galitsyna.
The ballerina even admitted that she was an excellent student who never used cheat sheets. Anastasia Volochkova, in a conversation with our publication, also expressed her desire to create and teach her own school subject.
“You know, I didn’t copy from anyone, I was an excellent student and graduated with honors from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet,” the ballerina boasted. “That’s why I was often copied; I never refused.” I would become a teacher of integrity at school, of the ability to pass all life’s tests with honor and dignity, of the ability not to return evil for evil and to preserve humanity. Perhaps I would have invented and taught this subject.
Maria Pogrebnyak
Maria Pogrebnyak. Photo: personal archive.
The 35-year-old blogger shared with us that she was a tomboy at school and therefore was not very worried about her grades. Moreover, in those years, Maria Pogrebnyak learned to copy imperceptibly, which helped her. At the same time, she also had a favorite subject, in which she even dreamed of becoming a teacher:
– First, I had a sports class, we ran long distances, and I was still a tomboy, always wanting to go for a walk in the yard, so my academic performance was not going well. I have never cheated in maths, but I confess that I did in other subjects. I used the cheat sheets carefully and I was never caught.
When I was little, I always dreamed of being a math teacher. At home, I would set up their toys and teach them exact sciences. And when I came to school, I had a math teacher, an incredibly beautiful woman. Always with makeup, hair, elegant outfits and jewelry. And I was always worried about how she managed to get herself together and get to school at 6:30 in the morning. She was an incredibly charismatic woman, and when she explained something, she always made gestures with her hands, and on each finger she had incredible rings: big, voluminous. I always listened very attentively and I didn’t want the lesson to end because I was looking at these rings and absorbing all the material.
Anna Semenovich
Anna Semenovich. Photo: personal archive.
The 44-year-old celebrity is not only a singer and actress, but also a successful figure skater in the past. Due to her sports career, Anna Semenovich had to take exams as an external student. At the same time, the singer expressed her desire to become not just a teacher, but a school psychologist, as she has enough experience in this.
“I didn’t often manage to cheat,” the artist admitted. – Due to a busy sports life and constant training camps, I studied for a long time, as they say now, remotely. Therefore, I had to take the subjects externally, one on one with the teacher. Getting a cheat sheet was problematic. Although I did them regularly. But as my math teacher used to say, if you open a textbook and write a formula on a cheat sheet, consider that you have already memorized at least something. By the way, this is true.
I think I could be a good school psychologist. I have been studying this science for many years, even sharing my knowledge with other people. I think I would have also found contact with children. In general, I think a school psychologist is a very important person. It is a pity that this position did not exist during my school years.
Olga Seryabkina
Olga Seriabkina. Photo: personal archive.
The singer and former member of the SEREBRO group said that she also dabbled in cheating during her school years. But Olga Seryabkina would like to teach a rather banal topic for an artist:
– Of course, I copied him. In general, at school I thought that this was normal, it was that cleverness. I sat at the same desk as the smartest classmate and we were friends. Therefore, we can say that I did not cheat, but he simply helped me! If I were offered to be a school teacher, I think I would continue to do what I love no matter what the outcome of my career would be, so it would be music.
Olga Seryabkina in childhood. Photo: personal archive.
Seville
Seville. Photo: personal archive.
The singer, speaking to KP.RU, recalled in detail how she used to cheat on exams during her school years. At the same time, the member of the duo Artik & Asti boasted that she can change her profession and become an English teacher, and she also has experience.
“And she copied and let me copy – this is a sacred rule,” Sevilla said with a smile on her face. – In physics classes, I always prepared cheat sheets with formulas in advance and for my classmates, so that they wouldn’t distract me during the exam. But with chemistry I already needed “help in class”, I was already cheating. Usually, the cheat sheets looked like small pieces of paper with finely written information… that was how it was until ninth and tenth grade. And then the pieces of paper were replaced by mobile phones with pictures of crib sheets. Oh, I remembered my geography training. I recorded the names of cities and their capitals on a voice recorder, then put the receiver in my ear, hid it with my hair and waited for the country and capital I needed. I wrote the correct answer in my notebook… But one day the teacher exposed me. “The teacher, of course, is an idiot, but the team is with him, with him.”
I can proudly say that I am a teacher, educator and translator of the English language. I defended my master’s degree and taught at school. I had 4 classes and made sure to include creativity in every lesson: I learned words through songs, made bright drawings to visualize, danced to The Beatles; I liked it and the kids did too.
Valentina Rubtsova
Valentina Rubtsova. Photo: personal archive.
The actress, known for her leading role in the series “SashaTanya”, also admitted that she cheated at school. But if Valentina Rubtsova had the chance to become a teacher, she would choose the subject of sports:
– Who didn’t cheat at school? Of course, she copied me and they copied me, they tried to help each other. If I was offered to be a school teacher, I would teach physical education, of course.
Marcos Tishman
Marcos Tishman. Photo: personal archive.
The singer told KP.RU in detail how he managed to pass the chemistry exam. According to the artist, luck was on his side:
“And he would cheat, and he always let me cheat, it was the custom between us; the class was friendly, and it was a time, less individualistic or something.” I remember the final exam in chemistry, which I didn’t know very well. Since I was also late for the exam, a classmate managed to hand me at the last minute a single cheat sheet: ticket number 13. It doesn’t happen that way, but that’s exactly what I got. If I were offered to be a school teacher, I think it would be English, Spanish or Geography.
Mark Tishman as a child. Photo: personal archive.
Dmitry Koldun
Dmitri Koldun. Photo: personal archive.
The Belarusian contestant of Eurovision 2007 not only admitted that he cheated in school exams, but also told in detail how he did it. At the same time, 39-year-old Dmitry Koldun said that he could start working as a school teacher at any time:
– As for cheating, I had my own interesting methods. For example, I took two sheets of paper, placed them on top of each other, and wrote a spur on the top one, pressing hard with the pen. And on the second sheet there were prints that could be easily read from a certain angle. But from the teacher’s eyes it was hidden: just a blank slate. But one day I was trying to grab that very corner so that I could read the secret signs on a piece of paper, at that moment a teacher passed by, who became interested in what I was trying to discern in an empty notebook. But somehow I got out of there saying that I was just thinking, that he didn’t understand anything and didn’t catch me.
I am a chemist by training, so I could even teach this subject at school level now. Of course, I can teach music now, although I still have difficulties reading music. But at school level, I am sure I could manage. I could definitely explain the basics of singing.
Duo “ELiPS”
Duo “ELiPS”. Photo: personal archive.
One member of the group, singer Suren Platonov, said that he was a real ace at cheating:
– I did it professionally. Everyone, including the teachers, was used to seeing me on stage from early childhood. Therefore, the formal suits I wore to the exams did not raise unnecessary questions for anyone. I skillfully used ties and wide shirt cuffs to hide the cheat sheets in them. I must say that I was never caught. Now, in Gnesenka, of course, everything is more complicated. You cannot write a cheat sheet for your voice.
Her duet partner, Elgiza Karazhanova, also used spurs:
– Of course, there were subjects that were easy for me and there was no need for cheat sheets. But there were others… I had to rule them out. We had a whole general system of cheating in different subjects and with different teachers. Somewhere the options were photographed and distributed in general chats. There was an established system. I think the teachers guessed everything. But they didn’t interfere. During the term they knew perfectly well who was dealing with the subject and this was also taken into account in the final score.
Anastasia Romantsova
Anastasia Romantsova. Photo: personal archive.
The singer, who performs under the pseudonym NST, admitted that she cheated not only in class, but also on the Unified State Exam. Anastasia Romantsova also said that under no circumstances should she be a mathematics teacher:
– I didn’t cheat like I did at school. I cheated on the Unified State Exam and the inspector caught me. But this kind and wonderful woman gave me the opportunity to “finish” and pass my test. Thanks to her for this! Otherwise, I would have studied at a vocational school. I would definitely become a music teacher. There is no other option. Or I could form a school choir. But if I became a math teacher, there would be a few more people in the world who wouldn’t know how to count…
Anastasia Romantsova in childhood. Photo: personal archive.
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