These week are going by so fast and know it is time for my first test and I do not feel like I am handling it properly. I am too distracted by everything else that is going on. I am in a sorority. I have major schoolwork (more than I thought I would have). Hours just slip by. Now I am so STRESSED. I am so stressed in fact I can barely spell the word stressed (in fact I misspelled it when I was writing the title. I am so worried, because even if I get the smallest points off I get stressed. I am so worried about every little thing. I worked so hard in high school and I feel that it is hard to obtain that extremely high level of achievement in grades that I previously had. This weekend I went home and I did not get anything done. It was nice to get away from everything, because I feel so much less stressed, but I have not gotten anything accomplished. I am so worried for my exams. I have one this week, one next week, and one the week after that. I am glad they are so spread out. The hard part is that I don’t know what they are going to be like, because one of my teachers gives us examples and then tells us that it is going to be harder than the example. I don’t know how hard it will be! I am so overwhelmed and I cannot wait until this testing is done. I have not talked to another person who is not stressed in some way. I have heard so many stories about how awful people do on test and it only makes me feel worse. Hopefully, it turns out okay, because here we go!
Try to think of it this way: This year, you may learn the most important lesson of your life: How to deal with intense stress without the daily support from your family. Don't sweat the small stuff and I'm sure you'll get through it!
ReplyDeleteHey Margot, I feel exactly the same way, this week has been pretty difficult, I had 2 exams, and I alays went to bed like at 5AM, to wake up at 8AM... sad. But Don't worry about the exams, they are not as difficult as they say, in fact I did very well on my first two, wish you do well too. (JAYNE)
ReplyDeleteI know exactly how you feel about the time just flying by. Whenever I have alot of homework I find myself getting too distracted as well. If I am trying to do my homework in my dorm room and my roommate is watching tv, I find myself doing more watching than homework. Also if an assignment is supposed to be done online, I almost always end up surfing the web and forgetting about my homework. To fix this I have to puit myself in a better studying environment. I either go to a library or to a study room in the basement of my residence hall. When I do this I dont get as distracted and I usually get my work done faster. It works for me so maybe it will work for you too. Try not to stress out too bad and good luck with your exams!
ReplyDeleteWell luckily the chemistry test was a joke so if you had that test you probably will feel a little better. I know exactly what you mean when you say that the hours just slip by, in high school I never did homework. I did not need any time outside of class to finish anything, I did not think that homework could actually take this long. In high school the homework was a breeze so I never spent more than ten minutes on an assignment, much less a good 10 hours total at least for my first chemistry assignment. I look at the clock sometimes and see how many hours have gone by and then look at what I have finished, and it is not a good feeling, but things have been getting better recently so hopefully that is a sign of things to come.
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Definitely, times flies by. I spent three hours on all these math assignments for 162 one day and still couldn't get two problems. I feel like the best places for me to study are totally random, like the lobby of the ME building, the basement of the Union, and at my sorority house. I have to have some noise in the background or I cannot concentrate, I know its weird. I was so stressed out, but when I finally took the test it was not that bad. I just made it a much bigger deal in my head and was so worried that I would have no idea how to do anything on the test. One test down, two more to go though (hopefully those will be fine as well). It is all good now. Finally, the weekend is here and I can relax/start doing for next week! (Jayne)
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