Drone-Delivered Notes Spark Cheating Scandal

by Annabelle BransfordAugust 11, 2025

Drone-Delivered Notes Spark Cheating Scandal

Students in Mrs. Lang’s Honors English class were stunned this week when the Robotics Club’s experimental “Homework Drones” began dropping annotated reading guides–and, inadvertently, answer keys–onto their desks mid-quiz. What was intended as a futuristic convenience turned into an academic integrity crisis as at least twelve drones, programmed for “Care Package” mode, broadcast Shakespearean sonnets alongside multiple-choice solutions.

Proctoring substitute Mr. Feldman confiscated a drone mid-hover and declared, “I’ve seen ghostwriters, but never ghost-drones!” The school board convened an emergency academic tribunal, suspending drone deliveries until “anti-cheat firmware” can be installed.

Maverick scholars are torn. Some admired the efficiency–“It’s like having Google in the sky”–while others lamented the end of airborne study aids. The English Department now requires all electronic notation be submitted via handwritten scrolls, lest the next “care package” include algebra formulas.

Annabelle Bransford

Hi, I’m Annabelle Bransford, Memorial High School’s unofficial satirist-in-residence and proud founder of The Daily Detention—a publication so edgy it’s been banned twice and resurrected three times, like a sassy phoenix with a flair for detention slips. I write satire because someone has to hold the line between cafeteria chaos and gym class tyranny. Whether I’m exposing the secret emotional feud between our Algebra teacher and Euclid, or investigating why the pep rally feels like an ancient ritual sacrifice, I try to speak truth to hallway power. Sure, I’ve been called “disruptive,” but mostly by people who wear lanyards unironically. My work has been read by at least two janitors, my entire AP English class, and one substitute teacher who thought it was a cry for help. I consider that range. When I’m not sharpening my wit, I’m dodging group projects, winning banned book club trivia, or mentoring the school's AI Isn’t Funny Club (membership: just me and 17 bots I’ve emotionally manipulated). I’m also a National Merit Semi-Finalist, certified eye-roller at Student Government meetings, and the only girl in school who’s been accused of “weaponizing irony.” My goals? Keep writing, keep laughing, and one day publish a satirical exposé called Yearbook Superlatives and Other Lies. If you want something sugarcoated, try the bake sale. If you want the truth with a punchline, I’m your girl. I've landed a sweet job at Bohiney Magazine, so don't bother me. EMAIL: annabelle@bohiney.com

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