I've never heard of that exact thing, but in 8th grade in health class, we had these electronic babies that we took home overnight and had keys that went into their backs every time they started crying. There was one key for feeding, diaper, etc. For me, the baby cried like every hour, which was bad compared to most people, but if the health teacher really didn't like you, she would give you a colicky baby... that would just be terrible. My friend threw hers out a window. I remember that night when I took a shower, I kept jumping out to make sure the baby wasn't crying

I think I got about three hours of sleep that night.
Is yours like a whole semester? I would shoot myself. Good luck with it!