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Wed 25 Jun, 2003 09:01 pm
A bit late to help with this test as it starts in about 65 minutes. I know I've done the work and I don't even need that good a score to pass the subject but I still suffer from nerves which seem to be getting worse with every test. Any techniques to deal with it would be helpful.
An utter comtempt for the instructor and the entire educational system with their paltry, ill-contrived and poorly executed intellectual traps used to do wonders for me . . . but, then, it is necessary to be a callow, ignorant and arrogant youth to pull that off . . . sorry not to be able to help Wilso . . . i have confidence, however, in your steady character to see you through . . .
As the most terrified student that ever existed on this planet to take tests, I would be of very little help. Devotion to study didn't seem to work for me.
c.i.
Think of it this way -- nerves are GOOD. All of that adrenalin coursing through your system, sharpening your thinking. The tests I did worst on were the ones that I was convinced I'd ace with no problem, and didn't get worked up about; the tests I did best on were the ones that terrified me.
Embrace your nerves! They are your friends!
Because I'm on anxiety medication, I've been given special consideration for exams. I get to do the exams in a room by myself, I get an extra 15 minutes per hour, I can get up, walk around, go outside and have drink and a smoke, go to the bathroom- Should all help.
I didn't know you smoked Wilso!!!
Wilso, Smoking is not good; it plugs up your brain cells from oxygen and blood circulation. Try a strong cup of coffee; it'll help with your adrenalin, and your heart pumping at twice the normal speed which feeds with brain with all that extra blood and oxygen.
I also read or heard many years ago that vitamin E is good for your brain.
I smoke as well, but I didn't think Wilso did.
cicerone imposter wrote:Wilso, Smoking is not good; it plugs up your brain cells from oxygen and blood circulation. Try a strong cup of coffee; it'll help with your adrenalin, and your heart pumping at twice the normal speed which feeds with brain with all that extra blood and oxygen.
While all that is true, not a good idea to be experiencing nicotine withdrawal on top of nerves that are shattered by the exam experience.
For the next time, Wilso, for the next time. Heck, it took me three cold turkey tries before I quit, but that was over thirty years ago.
Only smoked in my dreams since then.
I've got to quit those damn things myself.
I hope smoking in our dreams is not bad on our health.
You know what they say about second-hand smoke.
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