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.
Though I am terrified for this year's exams, especially math, I am actually feeling a bit better this year because of a career opportunity I learned of during my last visit to New York. While it does seem a most profitable venture to become a traffic jam food peddler in New York, it seems that it may be an even more prosperous opportunity. You see, when it rains in New York, people magically appear at exits for Subway stations and office buildings with large crates of cheap umbrellas. It is my theory that these umbrellas are purchased for 50¢ apiece in Chinatown or from some sketchy umbrella wholesale establishment. Then, the umbrellas are sold to the helpless people caught out in the rain for $5 apiece, at a profit of 900%.
ReplyDeleteBecause of this career opportunity, I remain faithful that I can still fulfill my dream of living in New York City, even when I inevitably fail my math exam. So take that, education.