Exam Failure: How to Avoid the Worst?

Despite all the sleepless nights spent hugging a coffee mug in front of piles of books, none of us is immune from those unpredictable incidents that inevitably lead to an open session.Suddenly failing an exam, which you were ready to pass with all five points is scary, but, unfortunately, it is possible that personal stories from the lives of students once again serve as proof of this.

“At 10 o'clock in the evening, on the night before the last exam, after which I was supposed to receive the long-awaited certificate, I fell ill with ... mumps,” says Florence Schaul. As a result of the illness, her face swelled like a chipmunk, and instead of examinations, isolated from all her classmates, Florence was tested in the city dispensary.

“The exam no longer seems so scary when the eyes are so swollen that the question itself cannot be seen for centuries,” says Noah Libson, a medical student who suffers from seasonal allergies in her body at the wrong time. Throughout the test, Noah sat with swollen, watery eyes, randomly falling into the approximate answers with a pencil, which she could not even read in its entirety due to a cloudy veil and painful cramps.

But if you prepare for diseases like mumps, chances are not enough, then with allergies everything is different. Many students face a similar problem when it comes to a spring session that falls right in the flowering period. Most students in this case carry anti-allergenic fabrics, sprays and drops, but, admittedly, almost none of this has the desired effect. Oddly enough, the best way out here is to take antihistamines.Yes, the choice is dubious, because they have a hypnotic effect, but it is still better than a lead head and suffocation, says immunologist Patrick Keane.

"My exam was ruined by a horse."Yes, some tetrapods turn out to be more dangerous than any epidemics and allergies: Seb Rubinstein fell from a horse while ridingdriving just a week before the start of the exams, as a result of which the imposed plaster prevented him from coming.

"I got the wrong hands on the clock and set the alarm for 6 pm, not 6 in the morning."On the night before the exam, it is better to make sure that the alarm clock is set several times, otherwise the failure of the exam cannot be avoided.

Carrie Starbuck, Managing Director of Career Development and Development, says it's important not to panic in such cases.“The brain cannot distinguish between physical exertion (like being chased down the street by a hungry lion) and emotional stress (like taking exams) For your body, both the first and the second are one and the same. "For this reason, Starbuck recommends breathing techniques and meditation practices that can be repeated even during the exam if a frenzied pulse makes it difficult to focus on the task at hand.

“Failure of the exam?Ha!All I can think about is breaking up with my boyfriend. "

Emotional disorders and worries can confuse even the most prepared student. Psychologist Denise Knowles believes that it is better to admit the fact that upset you, cry into your pillow, but then remember that no pain can last forever. Everything passes - both melancholy and exams, but in any case it is better to concentrate on the latter.

As a last resort, Denise offers to inform the teacher about the stress experienced if all attempts to take control are in vain. “Perhaps the teacher will show understanding.In any case, the recognition will make you feel better yourself, because you don't have to pretend and pretend that everything is normal. "

Charlotte Field, a health expert, advises not only to give up sleepless nights at least a couple of days before the exam, but also to stop drinking caffeine. "Coffee and energy drinks may sound like the best and simplest solution," she says, "but these tricks often have global consequences. "A businessthe fact that from an excess of these substances can begin not only an allergy (even if you have not suffered from it before), but also other side effects such as diffuse concentration, nausea and dizziness.

“I didn’t get enough sleep all week before the exam that, when I came to the test, I wrote an essay to two test questions at once, instead of choosing one of them on the assignment,” complainsKlava Rowan.

When you are really tired, but continue to teach, in the morning you are much less useful than from a worse prepared, but slept and conscientious student. If you just physically do not get a healthy 8-hour sleep, then Starbucks recommends to please yourself at least "hearty, healthy breakfast with lots of fruits and chocolate. "To maintain tone throughout the day, instead of coffee and energy drinks, you should drink more water, and you will fill up the missing adrenaline at the exam itself in the process of passing it.

Anastasia Gorovaya