I love studying-- Just kidding.

So, I have my first exam Monday. I'm feeling overwhelmed and completely nervous. It's for my American History class and that means I've got to know my facts. Compared to the majority of college exams, it's a pretty small one. I've only got to learn four chapters-- Although, with the subject of history every page of every chapter has important information that needs to be learned.

Fortunately, I've been pacing myself. I've been studying a little bit each night for the past couple of weeks.

In high school, my middle name was procrastination and I was not about to take that name with me to college. I think that not procrastinating until the day before the exam was definitely a revelation. In the past, when procrastinating until the last possible moments, I would feel pressured and just give up studying all together. Pacing myself has allowed me to comprehend the information I've studied and has taken the feelings of pressure and claustrophobia away .

It's definitely not an option to give up in college. Failing one test could mean failing the class. Which brings me back to why I'm feeling so overwhelmed and completely nervous. Well, I'm off to the library to study some more!

Labels: exams, failing, Procrastination, studying

Posted by Jen on 9/23/2007 06:12:00 PM
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