Exam stress!
I'm in my first year of college, so I of all people know by now that exam time is a stressful period for everyone - SAT's for Junior school, GCSE's for Secondary school, A/AS levels for College and Degrees for Univertsiy. No matter who you are, you're bound to get a little bit stressed for the workload, the pressure and the exams themselves. I've been researching (instead of revising, feel priveliged) and I have some good tips for you all to try and help you relive some of that stress.
1. Manage your time. I know this sounds like an overly cliched thing to say, but honestly it is so important to organise your time carefully. Plan what you're going to do each night - how much and for what subjects. Don't bee silly and try to do like 9 hours a night, be realistic. You know how long you can focus for, so work with that. Maybe do the same amount of work as what you would do in lessons at school, take a break then continue. Just find what works best for you.
2. Revise the things you don't know first - it sounds like an obvious, but normally in revision, people look at the work they've done, realise they don't know it and then just revise the things they already know and are comfrotable with. If you don't know something, revise it, because if you don't and it comes up in the exam, you will be screwed. This brings me onto my next point...
3. If you still don't know something after revision - JUST ASK. This is probably like pulling teeth, but honestly, if you don't know something after revision, find a teahcer for that subject and ask them for help. You might feel silly, but you'll feel worse if you fail the exam and you don't ask them. If you feel bad because you missed that lesson for some reason or you weren't paying attention, all the more reason to ask, the teahder would rather you ask for help than suffer in silence.
4. Don't push yourself to breaking point - If you know you've revised to the extent that you know nothing else ios going to stick - stop. You'll do things that are just going to make you worse (panic attacks, stress overload etc..). If you've revised and tried your best, don't worry, that's all people can ask of you.
5. Revise in the way that works for you - Teachers drum into you that the best way to revise is reading, making notes and listening to yourself. If it doesn't work for you, don't do it. Revise in a way you know is going to work - mindmaps, teaching to a non existent class, turning notes into songs, whatever. Just do something that will help you and work.
6. Finally - DON'T PANIC! - Panicking only makes things worse. It just gets you stressed, meaning you can't think clearly and that doesn't help you or anyone. GCSE's and A levels and degrees do not make your life. Admitedlly it helps, but it doesn't mean you can't ever get a job, it just means you may have to work a bit harder, but so what. If the exams all go badly, in the wrose case scenario, you can try again at some point in your life. As logn as you tried your best, everyone will appreciate that and odds are they will still be proud of you anyway.
I hope this helped you all in some way, now good luck in your exams or whatever, I'm sure you'll all do fine, and remember: EXAMS DO NOT CHOOSE YOUR LIFE FOR YOU!
1. Manage your time. I know this sounds like an overly cliched thing to say, but honestly it is so important to organise your time carefully. Plan what you're going to do each night - how much and for what subjects. Don't bee silly and try to do like 9 hours a night, be realistic. You know how long you can focus for, so work with that. Maybe do the same amount of work as what you would do in lessons at school, take a break then continue. Just find what works best for you.
2. Revise the things you don't know first - it sounds like an obvious, but normally in revision, people look at the work they've done, realise they don't know it and then just revise the things they already know and are comfrotable with. If you don't know something, revise it, because if you don't and it comes up in the exam, you will be screwed. This brings me onto my next point...
3. If you still don't know something after revision - JUST ASK. This is probably like pulling teeth, but honestly, if you don't know something after revision, find a teahcer for that subject and ask them for help. You might feel silly, but you'll feel worse if you fail the exam and you don't ask them. If you feel bad because you missed that lesson for some reason or you weren't paying attention, all the more reason to ask, the teahder would rather you ask for help than suffer in silence.
4. Don't push yourself to breaking point - If you know you've revised to the extent that you know nothing else ios going to stick - stop. You'll do things that are just going to make you worse (panic attacks, stress overload etc..). If you've revised and tried your best, don't worry, that's all people can ask of you.
5. Revise in the way that works for you - Teachers drum into you that the best way to revise is reading, making notes and listening to yourself. If it doesn't work for you, don't do it. Revise in a way you know is going to work - mindmaps, teaching to a non existent class, turning notes into songs, whatever. Just do something that will help you and work.
6. Finally - DON'T PANIC! - Panicking only makes things worse. It just gets you stressed, meaning you can't think clearly and that doesn't help you or anyone. GCSE's and A levels and degrees do not make your life. Admitedlly it helps, but it doesn't mean you can't ever get a job, it just means you may have to work a bit harder, but so what. If the exams all go badly, in the wrose case scenario, you can try again at some point in your life. As logn as you tried your best, everyone will appreciate that and odds are they will still be proud of you anyway.
I hope this helped you all in some way, now good luck in your exams or whatever, I'm sure you'll all do fine, and remember: EXAMS DO NOT CHOOSE YOUR LIFE FOR YOU!
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