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 Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 11:40 am
If you don't know already - and by GOD I feel as if I've ranted about it enough - I'm preparing for the first major set of exams in my life. x__x
Now, it's not so bad apart from the fact I keep wigging out. Sometimes it doesn't seem like much, at others it's just mind-BOGGLING. Especially History, which I'm supposed to be good at, so there you go. @ @
Now, does anyone have any advice? Good study or chillout - aka, stop FREAKING! - methods?
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 1:53 pm
I always found that working in smallish doses helped me. For example, I'd do maybe an hour of study, then go do something else for at least 20 minutes. So, maybe I'd watch an episode of Animaniacs or something - that way I knew my 20 minutes was up when the episode finished and I'd go back to work.
I like to listen to the radio, but it's best not to have a playlist of your favourite songs, because I tended to spend more time singing along than actually working!
Take time to eat properly, but have a few of your favourite treats around as a reward.
I, personally, am much better at working in the morning than the evening. So I used to stop work around 6pm and then spend the rest of the evening vegging out. No point getting overtired.
Sometimes it helps to study with friends, but beware that you don't end up chatting. They can also be really helpful when it comes to avoiding stressing out - often they're worrying about the exact same things as you are, so you're not on your own.
If there are any practice questions you could do, I find those tend to help. If you can get your tutor to correct a few, that's great.
Hope these help,
DW
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 3:08 pm
No arngry music, something calming in the background suposed to help you.
Take a brake every now and then or you'll get overloaded, and loads of caffine
After all I am very edumacated
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 5:02 pm
remember to take breaks and eat right as well as get enough sleep. Those things are JUST as important as anythung else. For your breaks I recomend doing the most relaxing thing you can think of for at least a half an hour. In the 24 hours before your first test I recomend takeing things as easy as possible.
BTW I get A's B's and C's awwweee right!
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The_Enigmatic_SEF Captain
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