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THE PRESSURE to do well
_ in schoo! often causes a lot of

"stress for students, especially

when exam time comes,

{t's probably the most stressful
“time of the school year. In the few
days left before exams, many stu-
dents spend every hour cramming,
trying to recall information taught at
the beginning of the semester. Grade
1 ts and 12s are the students who feel
the most tension: After all, their final
marks will be recorded on their tran-
- scripts. Those students writing
’ provincial and scholarship exams
really feel the heat.. ‘

‘However, in some cases, students
who are well prepared don’t have to

~ feel stressed out. I interviewed a

~“number of students at Sutherland

: Secondary to find out their views
_ fegarding exams. © |
QUESTION: Do you feel pres-
"sure during exams? .
ANSWERS: “I feel so nervous
- when exams start because | know
“that my mark really depends on it.
Usually I’m in between ‘passing and

‘failing, so twenty percent could be a’.

big difference for me.” — Melanie
- Crudgington, Grade I;

oe > “T don’t feel that much pressure
. because if you pay attention in the
“glasses, you should know the basics

on the test and the exams don't have

“the difficult stuff.-in schetarship

_ exams you have to worry about them
a litle more.” — "Sandy Mann, a

“Qs What part oft the exams caus:

es the most stress?’
“A: “Probably when you find’.
~ something on the'exam that you ©.
- don't know, like math exams. With -”
. the open-ended questions, it gets
kind of difficult, because there's

; nothing there that you can guess at.”

t

=> Kerry Kang, Grade 12;
“T think that the parts of exams
. that cause the most Stress are the
essays or the open-ended questions
because they take up the most time
-and you don't have any references to
look at.” —- Kristen Cummings,

.. Grade [1.

Q: How can you Prepare your-
self for exams? -

CAD “Starting to review ‘ahead of |
‘time."going through previous exams

“and asking teachers what kind of

questions will be on the exams are
really helpful” —- Nikta Razav,
Grade lt;

* “Don? ‘study everything the night
before; it’s just cramming and it'll

_ only make you more nervous. Take
deep breaths. Just concentrute on

relaxing and when you're writing the

exams, make sure you have every-.

thing you'll need. Wear comfortable. *

‘clothes.’ Don't worry, about looking
‘good. It really doesn’t: ‘make a differ-
ace as long as you're comfortable.”

“a Jill Machell, Grade 1.

QO: How well do you think you ‘i

do on Jour exams? ?
_ A: “BF hope to do reasonably well:
Sat don’t really care at this point.
‘ut’s about my state of mind
scause 1 know that [ve studied all
eahat Tcan so fae Heather Pilgrim,
Grade Bo
“l don’ Uknow because el haven't

“started studying 2 yet. | think [should
: do okay.

—- Fimily Smith, Grade |:

-22- Friday, June 23, 1995 ~ North Shore News

Q: Can you think of other ways
of evoluating a student's progress
throughout the year?

A: “No, Exams are to prove that

~ the student didn’t just cram the night

before, memorize for hall-an-hour
and then just forget about it after-
wards. At least it’s a way of finding
out if they actually know their stuff."
— Lyanne Westie, Grade 12:

“As for the validity of exams for
evaluating a students progress, |
think it's absolutely ludicrous. [ think
that it would be much better if stu-
dents evaluated themselves and each
other. Some people do way better in
the real world than they do on tests.
Tests aren't the real world; they're a
very narrow way of measuring intel-
ligence and knowledge." — Jill
Machell, Grade | t.

Q: Do you think that the majori-

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ty of students have started studying?

A: “I don’t think that the majority
of sue nts have started studying yet
because exams are a week away and
it hasn't quite set in.” —— Emily
Smith, Grade 1);

Usually, if you've studied and
prepared as much as you can, you'll
probably feel less anxiety about the
exams. However, if you've been
slacking off and putting the books
aside, major stress is more likely.

I you haven't started studying.
then it’s probubly too late to review
all that you leamed from the begin-
ning of the semester. My advice for
the next time, is to start studying
ahead before exams come around,

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