Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Of Exams and Anxiety

Had my second midterm exam today and I was not all that worried about it. I've taken this material twice before and I just felt like it was all a big review. But...

Everybody else was seriously wiggin out over this exam. I mean really really up in arms and nervous about it. They were all so intimidated by the 11 chapters of material that they over focused themselves on so much of the material instead of taking a more general sense.

I saw one of my classmates with typed note cards and her friends were trying to get her to stop before the test...she didn't until she got the test in her hand. She was tapping her pen, fidgety, swinging her legs. I couldn't believe how anxious this girl was over this exam.

As I suspected (and of course this is all subjective), the test was not bad at all. I was really happy with the way I did on it and I expect to have a high grade for it.

I'm not sure why everybody gets so anxious over tests. I've never been one to let an exam get the best of me. I'm not sure if thats the right attitude to have since the majority of people get so anxious over exams, but it sure makes my life easier.

I'm tired and worn out. I would like to have a day to sleep in please. My sunday was blown because of a meeting. So now I'm just in a haze.

More reading to do...night ya'll! :)

1 comment:

Liz said...

Congrats on the calm test-taking. Atta girl! :-D Rock those grad students' world!