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How to stop being afraid of exams?


If you're expecting the following to be a "standard list of recommendations" that deal with inner calm and serenity on the eve of an exam, you're going to be slightly disappointed. There is none of that in this article. Why write a hundred times each about what every kid in kindergarten knows. "Put a nickel in your shoe," "put your textbooks under your pillow on the eve of exams" - whatever people come up with to calm down on the eve of a session or credits.

The most surprising is that sometimes such ways really work, but the problem is not in the magic power of student omens and customs, but in programming yourself through these customs that they certainly help to pass the exams.

But it is not omens and customs that help. First of all, you help yourself. Those people who have weak willpower and easily "shaken" character, simply have to resort to external sources of additional self-confidence. But this is not the way out. Such manipulations (walking around with a nickel in your shoe and sleeping on your textbooks) are required all the time for the final result to be there. It just was.

However, if you forget at least once to "sleep on your textbooks" (or perform another ritual before exams), you will wake up in the morning with a certain (and quite large) degree of excitement. You forgot to do the thing that always brought you success and good luck on the exam! Oh, crap! That's it, you're definitely not going to pass now.


And as practice shows, such people who are sure that their final positive result (i.e. passing exams) was ensured by "mysterious student rituals", as a rule, fail exams and they have to spend some more time in order to close the session. Who wants to retake everything several times? Of course, everyone wants to pass the exam and quickly forget everything they learned to pass it. Such is the philosophy of students, what can you do :)

How can a student not be afraid of exams?


There is a logical question: is it possible to somehow make it so that you do not depend on external "helpers" in the form of rituals, customs? The answer: you can, and even should. Look. If you depend on someone from outside, then all your actions are somehow tied to that external factor.

As soon as you lose contact with your "helper" (you forget to put a nickel in your shoe), your sense of confidence is gone right away. It's the same as a student's financial dependence on his parents' allotted money. No money, no comfort.

So, what, after all, do you need to do in order not to depend on anyone, and stop being afraid of exams on a regular basis? There are not a lot of options here. If you don't want to depend on someone or something from the outside, develop your confidence within yourself!

Generate confidence in your abilities, get used to not being afraid of anything, and then no exam will be a hindrance to you.

The question arises: how can you do this? Today there are many ways to improve your self-esteem and develop an "iron" confidence in yourself. We have already written about this in our other articles.

Self-confidence is the cornerstone of any accomplishment. You can have poor knowledge of the subject, you can give too little time to prepare for the exam, you can even rarely attend classes at your university (which we, of course, do not advise to do, because knowledge is still useful to you), but you just need to develop in yourself an ironclad confidence in your abilities!


Resources:


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 What makes a student lazy?


Recall that there is a concept: "Laziness is the engine of progress. We can partly agree with this reasoning, if we remember the same great mathematicians and physicists who did not like to study. But in the case of today's students this is a real chance to "fly out" of university, like a cork, and remain without higher education and prospects for the future.


Situation one. Let's imagine that the student partied and had fun all night, and fell asleep only in the morning and not quite sober. Of course, the alarm clock remained unheard, and the first three pairs were in pleasant dreams. And how do you make yourself study?

Conclusion: during the semester less fun, more responsibility and striving for new knowledge, and then the desire to learn at the university will not leave at all.


Situation two. The student does not get accustomed to the team, so that study at university one day suddenly became for him a real hard labor. What remains for a "martyr" - just skipping classes and thus make trouble with the dean's office.

Conclusion: pull yourself together and remember why you came to university, and there are always enough ill-wishers in life (not only at the university). They must be perceived as small difficulties in life, but not a global cataclysm.


Situation three. There is another option, when love overtakes the already absent-minded student, and his thoughts about studies completely disappear from the horizon. In this case, it is important to understand that romantic feelings should not interfere with further study, because, as you know, "love comes and goes," and higher education forever remains.

Some students start the study on the background of unrequited love, and also make a mistake, because this way the second half is still not return, but the future can be crossed out in one fell swoop.

Conclusion: Learn to combine business with pleasure, because a romantic feeling and well-distributed free time will never be an obstacle to higher education.


Situation Four. There are students who simply have no time to study, because the additional work becomes the main source of income for the whole family. Honor and praise to such students of higher education, but they should also understand that the lack of higher education in the future will not make them a successful career, and about a stable income can not even dream

Conclusion: Of course, the job, as long as it brings an income, is not necessary to quit, but you should not forget about your direct responsibilities as a student. In addition, professors always make concessions for working students.



I think we came to the general conclusion that laziness is bad and dangerous to study, we just need to figure out how to get rid of it correctly and quickly. The question of how to force yourself to study is still relevant!


Motivation as the main method of combating laziness

Only an incentive can make a student to study, and this fact has already been proven. If at school the student was stimulated by parents, then the desire to learn the student is supported by the state.

Yes, yes, in this case it is worth remembering about the state scholarship, which is paid monthly and allows the student to feel at least a remote financial independence from his parents.

By the way, the incentive can be an increased scholarship, because here we are talking about something else - a more solid amount of payments.

There is a category of students, for whom the main incentive to study is teachers and their attitude to their subject, the educational staff.

So much depends on the right pedagogical approach: the hours set aside for despots-lecturers students ignore in every way, while the cheerful teacher necessarily come on a couple, at least to lift the mood.

About beautiful and glamorous laboratory assistants it is not necessary to talk, because the demand for their classes is already high, especially among students.


Resources:


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 Student omens before the exam


Topical tips for the student

As a rule, all teachers clearly believe that the best omen for the student can only be a learned and prepared exam, because then no exam assignment will not cause ridiculous surprise, and in emotionally unstable students - tears in their eyes.


However, students at all times are looking for easy solutions to their problems, and instead of cramming notes, they try to find that effective sign, which will allow "for free" to get a positive mark in the credit book.

Everyone has long understood that such omens do not work, but from this understanding the students' faith in their power does not decrease. And this is understandable: it is much easier to believe in all sorts of nonsense, scientifically unfounded, than to finally engage in tight preparation for the subject.


And here the students are divided into three categories, where the first are sure that superstitions can not be trusted, the second - doubts the effectiveness of precepts, but is afraid to bring the "wrath of God", but the third is convinced that even perfectly learned the subject without precepts pass with a positive mark, alas, will not succeed. And in general: almost all students of higher educational institutions believe in such predictions, or they want very much to believe in it.


My omens from student life

I learned about the existence of omens, when I was a first-year student, namely - on the eve of the first session. Of course, I had perfectly prepared the examination program, but just in case I slept overnight on a medical reference book, and in the morning I forgot to wash my hair as if by chance.


I came to the exam, and I wanted to be, I could not stand it. And then to enter the audience: a friend pushes to the side, saying, "On the right foot come in, otherwise you will not pass. I was so nervous, I mixed up my legs and did everything as usual. I slept through the whole exam: no, of course, I created a semblance of presence, but in the shower I was asleep and did not even think of waking up. The result - the first "fail", and stamp - bad luck worked.


Since then I, like all my classmates, blindly believed in omens, and the audience came only with the right foot. By the way, to be on the medical directory I never stopped, and with a washed head at the exam and never saw me no teacher. And what, in fact it is much better to use several omens at once, that one worked.


Common omens among students

Well, it is now clear that you can enter the exam only from the right foot, otherwise the exam is simply doomed to failure. However, among other no less effective omens, the following points should be highlighted:

  1.  If on the way to university you meet a future mother, you should stop her and politely ask any number. The value that she will say, and will correspond to the number of the exam ticket. So such a hint helps to prepare in advance for the answer to that ticket.
  2. Before you go to the exam, don't forget to ask your family, friends and acquaintances to remember you at a certain time "with unkind quiet words". As you know, if a person is scolded, it means that to pass even the most difficult exam he will not have great difficulty.
  3. Before leaving, it is recommended to all students to put a nickel under the heel, which, in theory, should bring luck, good luck, mental clarity and the ability to get out of any situation. Yes, by the way, it is desirable that it should not jingle and do not attract extraneous attention.


Perhaps these omens are the most common, although there are plenty of superstitions for modern students. You should not take someone else's omens, and it is better to choose for yourself your own, which have already been tested in practice more than once and really contribute to the successful passing of exams.


Resources:

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Tips: How to become an excellent student


1. Concentrate on your studies.

The most important thing you can do to become an excellent student is to concentrate on your studies. What does this concentration entail? Firstly, it is focusing your efforts on academic affairs, i.e. you should always prioritize your studies.

What activity should you choose if you want to become an excellent student? You probably thought that of course you should concentrate on writing your internship report, because the grade depends on it, etc.?

No! You do not always have to choose the most obvious! And, if this trip is organized by the teacher to whom you have to pass the same report? So we advise you to always be aware of university affairs in order to make the right decisions. Concentrating on your studies is good, but building a long-term strategy for getting excellent grades is more important.


2. get along with your professors.

No one disputes that sometimes there are situations when either the teacher is talking nonsense, or the theme of the class is not very interesting. What to do in this case?

First of all, you should not show with all your sight that you are sick of what is happening in the class/pair. Teachers see everything perfectly well and are sure to notice your gloomy, droopy face. By doing so, you will be saying to your instructor: "I don't give a damn about what you dictate and tell. Let's knock it off, or I'm already hungry.

Your facial expression and lethargy will do the opposite to your teacher. Perhaps without even realizing with his mind, the teacher will try to get you to be more active. To do this, he may ask some question about the topic of the lesson. He will do this only because he is, to put it simply, offended and annoyed that you treat his class this way. Naturally, you won't be able to answer his question because you've been floating around in the clouds waiting for this tedious lesson to be over.

It is clear that if you want to become an excellent student, now you will feel uncomfortable with the fact that you could not answer the teacher's question. This situation will cause you internal tension and resentment, which for no reason should not show outside. Learn to restrain yourself in the most extreme situations.

Try not to pick on the teacher's way of presenting the material. Believe me, it is almost impossible to change a habit that has developed over several years of teaching experience. So if you suddenly start to pick on your teacher, you'll only create problems for yourself on the spot, while achieving nothing for yourself. So, why do you need all this extra hassle? :)


3. Do not think that you really know everything better than anyone else.

If a person carries the title of "honors student," it does not mean that this person knows more than anyone else in all the subjects taught. Rather, it means that this person knows how to make sure that his or her end result is always rated "excellent. Believe me, this is a whole art, which is why everyone is not given to be an excellent student.

If you have difficulties in any subject - that's very good! Yes, it's great! So you're an ordinary person, not a robot from another planet. The fact is that no one person in the world can be the best in all subjects. There is always some skew either in the humanities (a person knows and understands social studies, history, sociology, etc. better), or in the technical side (a person knows computer science, physics, etc. better).

So, in those cases where you face difficulties in any subject, then enlist the help of others. If you want to become an excellent student, your task is not to know absolutely everything in all subjects (believe me - it's unrealistic), and to find solutions to difficult situations and be on top in any case. It is such people (and not, sorry "nerds") always achieve their goals in life and live happily ever after.

Yes, even the same "nerds" always concentrate on any one sphere and "dig" deep into it, thus, also achieving their goals, but already on a scientific platform.


So to summarize: In order to become an excellent student does not need to know absolutely everything in the studied subjects. Do not be shy, ask for help from your friends - they will help you. That's why, by the way, it is also important not to be conceited that you learn better than others.

People can't stand it when someone from their environment starts bragging about their grades. If you do not have such a habit (and, thank God!), then you almost never meet rejection from your classmates / classmates to help you on any issue.


Resources: 

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 How can a student develop his memory?


Why and where does every second student lose his or her memory?

When a student gets to college, the first time he fully devotes himself to his studies. In his head there is a huge amount of new information that must be parsed and necessarily "digested". From the lack of habit to do it very difficult, so the first session should not be surprised if in the head prevails solid "porridge".


This is where the memory lapses begin, which for the student becomes a real surprise. When you need to get something important out of your head, and it just disappeared, panic sets in, and the final grade, as a rule, is reduced by more than one point. It is easy and simple to explain such memory lapses, and this is exactly the topic worth talking about in more detail.


1. Confusion. There is a category of students who, in spite of their diligent study, during a session can not pull themselves together and take control. There are many reasons for this state, in particular, the gaze of the teacher, the fragility of knowledge on specific issues, the tense situation in the classroom, and what to say - even the desire to eat and rumbling in the stomach noticeably confuse your thoughts.


2. Panic. Many university students are panic-stricken by exams, and when answering important questions their thoughts even get confused. One look from the teacher is enough to completely lose your memory, and to talk about a positive mark for the exam in this case is certainly not necessary.


3. Pretending. However, there are also those students who simply pretend that they are very nervous and have forgotten everything. In fact, they simply did not prepare, but in front of the exam committee theatrically portray excitement gaps in memory and futile attempts to make up for them.


4. "Overload" of information. There are also situations when a student is so thoroughly prepared for the exam, that the head from the information received began not only to "boil", but also gradually clear the brain of the information received.

Many people call this phenomenon "rote", when a student at the qualitative study of the material of examination tickets at the most responsible moment realizes that he forgot everything. So too much knowledge does not do any good.


5. A specific type of mind. I personally met these graduates who were brilliant in a particular subject, but at the exam in front of the examining board could not say a single intelligible word. I personally could never understand such a stupor, but then again, the fact remains.


So now it is clear that the ability of memory sometimes presents the student with the most unexpected surprises, and not in the most appropriate moment.

So in such situations, be sure to train your mind, and the sooner the better! Otherwise you can not only lose a scholarship, but also to be among the candidates for expulsion from university.


How do I train my memory quickly and properly?

When I have problems with memory, I always remember my own grandmother, who after 60 years of age suddenly got fond of crosswords, even though before she could not stand this activity. When one day I inquired about the reason for her new hobby, she told me about the enormous benefit of crosswords for memory.

It turns out that scientists have proven that such puzzles and charades can prevent the development of senile sclerosis, which, in fact, is an irreversible companion of retirement age. So my old lady began to train her memory in this way, fighting desperately against the first signs of old age.


So one way for a student to develop his memory, I might suggest crossword puzzles, which are now known to be prevalent in the free market. However, there are also easier exercises that do not require additional financial expenses, but are well known in the medical world.



Resources:

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Secrets of a successful speech at the seminar


If you have to speak to the public on a mandatory basis (each student is assigned a report to be defended at a seminar), that's one conversation. If you have been chosen to speak as a representative of your group or the whole faculty at a university or interuniversity conference, then you have an increased responsibility, because all the representatives of the group you represent (faculty, university) will be judged on you.

As you've probably already realized, speaking at a seminar is a demanding endeavor. If you fail, speaking at a responsible seminar like the one we wrote about above, you will not so much embarrass yourself, as you will lower the prestige of your place of study. Of course, you will not be asked out of the institute for this (after all, the student is a student at university for the sake of making mistakes sometimes), but a bad performance will have a negative impact on your further promotion within the university. You will be less often invited to various kinds of events, seminars, conferences, which is not good for your self-esteem...


Well, did you scare me? :) However, we did not set a goal to scare you with the possible failure of your performance at the seminar. We just wanted to make you to treat any public performance responsibly, to eliminate the element of laxity, which is, unfortunately, very widespread among students today.

In fact, in order to speak successfully at the seminar, it is important to consider several aspects. The most important of them is the preliminary preparation. Preparation is almost 100 percent of your success at the performance. Believe it or not, all the great orators and just famous figures (politicians, businessmen) spent hours perfecting and honing their speeches in front of a mirror or something (or someone) in order to make their performance go off without a hitch.


After all, think about what a speech at a seminar is? It is a kind of a result, an examination, a checkup. Here you give out to people the product of your laborious home work. It would be very offensive to fail at the most responsible moment and, therefore, not tell the listeners about your activities. That's why these very politicians and orators have been honing the art of public speaking all their lives.Read any book dedicated to success. You will probably find a whole chapter devoted to public speaking.

By the way, for example, the famous American lawyer and part-time president of the USA Abraham Lincoln could walk from one office to another where his colleagues were working and rehearse his speech aloud. It goes without saying that he also rehearsed in front of the mirror diligently. Another interesting fact about Lincoln - remember that he always walked with a bowler on his head? Well, that's where he kept many of his valuables, including his speech.


If even famous people pay so much attention to rehearsals before speeches, what else can I say?
But let's get back to speaking at the seminar. In order for you to have a clear picture of how to prepare for the speech and in general to know what you usually speak at seminars, we have prepared specially for you a step-by-step instruction in which there is a detailed description of each step that you should overcome in order to successfully make a speech at the seminar.


Resources:

https://www.essaybot.com/common/down/essaybot/tRH1Mcspvi_2021-04-27_15-11-54_s4_1.pdf

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