We did it fellow students, we survived finals. The worst
week and a half of the term is OVER. It feels good, oh so good! I am both relieved
and proud that I made it through the endless hours of studying and stressing
over final grades. There is no better feeling than hearing the bell ring at
12:05pm, Thursday afternoon. For me, I didn’t feel relaxed until the next day.
I woke up Friday and realized that I didn’t have anything to do, nothing at
all. There weren’t any concepts to study, math problems to complete, or papers
to write. I could just lie in bed and watch movies. It took time to fully relax
because I was so wound up from the week but before I knew it I was in heaven. I
didn’t care about my grades anymore because I did my best and there wasn’t anything
I could change now. What’s done is done.
Looking back at the days following up to finals I was just a
big ball of stress. It’s weird how during finals you actually want to study and
you want to have more time to do it. This is definitely not the case during any
other time of the year. I was so motivated to do well on my tests and projects
that I felt like superwoman; running on
little sleep while shoving three months of information into my brain. The motivation
to succeed is crucial to survive during finals because it’s the only way you
will get everything done.
Finals definitely take days off my life, especially because
we have them three times a year. Even though having to go through the hell of
it, I’m somewhat glad we have more practice. Compared to schools that go by semesters,
we will take four more sets of final exams. This is like having two extra years
of practice. In college, finals are the majority of your grade and if you don’t
know how to study for them then you will not get the grade you wanted. Practice
makes perfect. Well, perfect practice makes perfect.
Many other students would agree with me that it’s so relieving
to be done with finals but now another term starts and so does the worrying. We
are right back at where we started. To here’s to 3rd term; may it be
all we ever dreamed of. Well maybe that’s stretching it. (403)
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