NO CHEATING........FIRST OFFICIAL WARNING.
And how come no 1 else saw this thread??
I am going to disagree. This is NOT cheating.
Schools are supposed to hint what kind of experiments can come in practicals. It's their job. Our school, however, is new to the system and thus don't understand what to tell and what not to. So, they tell us nothing. Meanwhile, in other countries (and I am sure about this), students get the help/hints they need and have already done many related experiments via guessing, etc. We suffer as the threshold is always up there, you know (I did brilliant in my paper 1 and 2, but failed to achieve decent marks in paper 3). In addition, practicals are all about practice, so we need all the practice we need. If we know what apparatuses will be used or just a hint, we can try doing all possible experiments, etc. It's not like we have the question paper or anything. It's like pre-exam preparation, which is essential as we don't really know what to do before a practical. At least, I don't. lol.
Anyway, if you feel otherwise, please elaborate.
Thanks.
pz