Tuesday, September 21, 2010

A Sigh of Well Needed Relief (revised)

This past weekend I was absolutely frantic. I knew that I would be having two exams on Monday, so I studied every second that I could. My boyfriend even got irritated at me because I would not put my note cards with my history terms down. I thought that I would never be able to remember all of the terms, but I kept working hard and I finally had them all down. I woke up earlier than normal this morning to do some extra studying, and when it came time to go to class I felt pretty ready for my exam. When I arrived to my history class, I felt so nervous and nauseous. I have bad test anxiety, and I usually forget everything that I studied and blank out, but I didn't this time! Must have been all of that persistent studying! When I received my test, I felt so confident while taking it. I knew all of the material, and even though the essay took some extra time and thinking, I felt confident that I did great. It always feels so good to be able to fly through a test because you know all of the material. I think I made no less than a B, but I'm hoping for an A. I also got 4 bonus points from a quiz we took last week, so that will always help too. I also had a Biology exam today, which I had not even begun to study for since I was so wrapped up in History. I had an hour and a half to study before class, so I started answering questions on the practice tests my instructor recommended us buy at the beginning of the semester. I started to get irritated because it was taking so much time to do and I had a feeling most of those questions wouldn't even be on the test, so I just started reading over my notes. I read over my notes about 3 times, and it turns out that's EXACTLY what I needed to do. The test covered pretty much nothing but note material. I was so worried about failing the test due to lack of studying, but the test was easy and I felt confident. I also got all of the bonus questions right. I may have gotten lucky this time, but next time I have exams I will not wait until the last minute to study. I also learned that I take good notes, so I need to review my notes every day, that way I can have most of the material memorized before the actual exam. Today has been a great day, and a HUGE sigh of relief. I was dreading today because of these tests, but today made me realize I worry WAY too much. I was just fine :)

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