Exam Week
October 19, 2004
This is an exam week in Lahore School
This is an exam week. Do you feel a lot more stress during mid-terms? A certain amount of tension is expected and normal during an exam period. Actually, a little anxiety helps to heighten the awareness and can enhance your performance.
The exams are the application step of the study efforts and not a threatening new experience, which every student should be able to cope with: Rest, exercise and relax between exams, adopt a positive approach and keep the spirits up.
Have you considered preparing a general schedule? Display the date sheet on your study table (good old way), plan how much time you can allot to studying for each course; remember that your hardest course will require more time. This will avoid last-minute cramming. Use the odd moments -- in the shower, riding to the campus, walking across campus -- for recall and review. Run through the information frequently; this will ensure that you remember it and will broaden your understanding. Do not study for two similar courses consecutively. It is better to break the pattern with a completely different study approach. Respect your concentration span. Starting your exam period with impossibly long study periods is likely to leave you exhausted before it is all over.
Stick to your normal daily routine as much as possible. If you do get off your routine and need extra time, avoid staying up all night; go to bed at your regular time and get up a couple of hours earlier than you normally would, to continue studying. You will be able to understand and remember more when you are rested than you would if you postpone rest. The shorter you are on sleep the less clearly you will be able to think and write what you know while sitting in the exam auditorium.
Last but not the least, take care of yourself. In addition to taking an organized and calm approach to studying, you need to make common sense and moderation a general life style during this and other times of stress.
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10/19/2004 10:11:00 AM,
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