So, with exams starting next week Black River Students engage in the usual behavior of getting nervous and starting to study (or in the case of Ian McKnight, freaking out, groaning and believing that he did so bad, he will end up selling rotten fruit on the side of a freeway). Two of my toughest exams this year are both my AP classes, AP Lang and AP Euro. Whenever exams come along, I usually do the same thing and it almost always helps me. When reviewing for an exam, I usually just go through all the material that and see what I know and what I need to review. I then go and review the stuff I didn't know until I feel confident that I can do the exam. I also make sure that I don't procrastinate and get distracted by other stuff.
For people who are freaking out over exams (Ian, I'm talking to you) just take a deep breath and calm down. Honestly, freaking out over the exam is worse than the actual exam. I remember a scene in Breaking Bad where Walt says he used to wake up at 3 in the morning and worry about a ton of things happening, but now that he has cancer, he sleeps soundly. Its not so much the actual things that freak people out, its the anticipation that gets people. The best thing to do is calm down and just get the exam done and out of the way.
