Online Degree Guide | Cram Exam
following week with lesson # 2...and then with lesson # 3 and so on and so on...by the time exam week rolls around.. you only need to review what you already know and those few points that may have gotten a little blurred over the semester.
But along the way, you had the time to figure things out, to ask questions, etc; Your ANXIETY is reduced...the tension...the stress are diminished...You know what to expect..you know what's been taught...and you understand what should have been learned.
You'll be able to rest [and maybe even GO OUT!] the night before exams...confident that you know what to do and that you will most likely perform well. But once again, merely promising yourself that you will do this and actually DOING it are, indeed, two entirely different things! You've got to make up your mind [even if you honestly don't care much for school] that you DESPISE the feeling of test anxiety...of dreading exams..and of being semi-clueless the night before.
Consider how much time and energy you'd save spending 15 minutes per week review-studying as though you were going to have a quiz the next day. FORCING YOURSELF TO "CRAM" early...and routinely...rather than all in one shot. Over a 12 week semester, we're talking about a total of 3 hours time [15 minutes X 12 weeks]...Over a 16 week semester, that's still only 4 total hours of time invested by just spending approximately 15 minutes each week at it.
More importantly, you'll have learned the steps of the ladder on the way up--instead of trying to jump to the top --all in one huge leap--the night before. Just think of what happens when you try to shove an entire hamburger in your mouth at once...and chew as fast as you can without swallowing.
Why go through all of that when you can enjoy a far more comfortable "scholastic meal"---taking one bite at a time...one cram session each week...until you reach the end of the hamburger..or, in this case,...the end of the semester!
If you can fully admit that you don't want to feel like you're stuffing your brain at the last minute ever again....and if you can completely understand how cramming for 4-5 hours the night before isn't as EASY as cramming for 15 minutes each week over 12-16 weeks...then you're on your way to creating new study habits. And, of course, you COULD always go for higher grades and spend MORE than 15 minutes each week..making sure you understand EVERYTHING !!!
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