Panic. Upon hearing this word, people automatically think of things like work, social interaction, that one thousand word essay due tomorrow or for some, those dedicated, avid chemistry students: PANIC- Postive is Anode, Negative Is Cathode.
Easter holidays have now begun, and the looming prospect of exams is coming closer and closer and closer. From GCSEs, to mocks or just exams in general. It's a very stressful time for all of us students.
Here's a piece of advice: 'Don't leave stuff you don't know as stuff you don't know. ' -Haikyuu, Haruichi Furudate
It might sound like common sense, but billions of us cannot be bothered to exert the effort to research and find out that information on a checklist we know nothing about it, because the satisfaction of revising what we already know overwhelms us. Yet that part that you did not revise on your Maths Revision list because you had absolutely no idea what it was on about, is probably going to be the 6 marker in your test.
Remember to also not leave everything until the very last minute- and I am being an absolute hypocrite because I have published this article the day before it's due, but leaving everything and learning everything the day before and pulling all-nighters will not help you achieve the best results. Speaking from experience, my Japanese Orals are in a few weeks, and I have yet to write my answers to them. 'Of course, I'll write them, tomorrow' I say to myself. But that tomorrow turns into the day after next, to a week, to a month and now they are merely three weeks away.
In the end, just do your best. Even if you completely fail one of your mocks, it's not going to be the end of the world. Improve and do better next time. Don't compete with anyone but yourself.
'That one vocabulary test I failed in because I didn't revise and stressed over weeks after, I realised it won't ruin my life. It made me work harder next time. - Anonymous
By: Yii-Ling Deng
Newstead Wood School
