Five ways to overcome exam fear
We all know how the fear of the word "exam" reverberates our heart. The entire family suffers from its seriousness and a span of three to nine months of each year passes with the dreadful feeling and with heights of anxiety.
Whether the student is a good performer, a moderate one or a poor, the fear factor doesn't change in its character. A poor student is afraid of his failure, a moderate student is torn between his ambition of scoring higher and the tension of securing his last rank. at thee same time a good performer will be on his toes to defeat his nearest competitor and list his name on the top of the names of qualified candidates.
News of committing suicide, from this exam phobia is not new to us. and in India the statistics rate is alarming.
To face this inevitable situation, all of us need to be united and elevate ourselves as well as assure our next generation not to fall prey in such traps.
1. First make a shortlist of important topics
In each subject there has to be gradients of important, most important and less important topics. First the most important ones should be shortlisted and studies, that will fetch the passing mark including a good impression on the reviewer of the paper. That particular topics should be studied with detailed information, without leaving out any valuable information. Because, even if one question fetches high marks, automatically, it will catch the reviewers attention, and will make a good impression on him, that will have a good effect on his markings of the other answers as well. at the same time, if one question could be answered well, from the student's point of view, he will gain some confidence to study ahead.
2. Shed out the ambition factor
If ambition catches ones mind and preoccupy his thoughts with the expectation of rewards before the performance or even result, that will affect reversely on his study and his mind too. So, while studying, the ambition factor has to be side lined and forgotten. The focus should only be on gathering correct information and mastering on the subject and acquiring the skill to represent them properly.
3. I may not know all, but surely few.
Sometimes at exam hall, the question paper appears to be unexpectedly tough and unusual. That is the testing time for all. Many get a panic attack and even forget to reproduce what he knows well.
So, once such a paper arrives, one should not think, he should have been able to answer all of them but is unable to answer even one. He should calm down and think, among all of them, which of the questions can be partly answered, if not fully. He should think, I may not know all, but surely I know few of them. Once his pen starts writing, he will get the confidence of writing more than he expected.
4. Forget about the result in the hall.
Every student needs to forget about the result while sitting inside the exam hall. Otherwise the thought will unnecessarily burden the mind with too much pressure of performance. Once the mind is free from such obligations, it can do wonders.
5. Finally an exam is not the life itself
Everyone should remember including the parents that exams are not everything in life. If one exam is not written well, that doesn't mean, that life of that person has to come to an end. If we fail to realise that in the micro point of view, we will realise that in macro point of view, that we have failed the exam of life itself.
As a whole, examination of a particular subject stream is to evaluate a person's skill on that particular subject, and each individual has their own tendencies, of either doing well, good, better or best. Few may be bad, worse and worst in that subject, but they must be having the knack of shining in some other fields, which is awaiting to be explored.
We all know how the fear of the word "exam" reverberates our heart. The entire family suffers from its seriousness and a span of three to nine months of each year passes with the dreadful feeling and with heights of anxiety.
Whether the student is a good performer, a moderate one or a poor, the fear factor doesn't change in its character. A poor student is afraid of his failure, a moderate student is torn between his ambition of scoring higher and the tension of securing his last rank. at thee same time a good performer will be on his toes to defeat his nearest competitor and list his name on the top of the names of qualified candidates.
News of committing suicide, from this exam phobia is not new to us. and in India the statistics rate is alarming.
To face this inevitable situation, all of us need to be united and elevate ourselves as well as assure our next generation not to fall prey in such traps.
1. First make a shortlist of important topics
In each subject there has to be gradients of important, most important and less important topics. First the most important ones should be shortlisted and studies, that will fetch the passing mark including a good impression on the reviewer of the paper. That particular topics should be studied with detailed information, without leaving out any valuable information. Because, even if one question fetches high marks, automatically, it will catch the reviewers attention, and will make a good impression on him, that will have a good effect on his markings of the other answers as well. at the same time, if one question could be answered well, from the student's point of view, he will gain some confidence to study ahead.
2. Shed out the ambition factor
If ambition catches ones mind and preoccupy his thoughts with the expectation of rewards before the performance or even result, that will affect reversely on his study and his mind too. So, while studying, the ambition factor has to be side lined and forgotten. The focus should only be on gathering correct information and mastering on the subject and acquiring the skill to represent them properly.
3. I may not know all, but surely few.
Sometimes at exam hall, the question paper appears to be unexpectedly tough and unusual. That is the testing time for all. Many get a panic attack and even forget to reproduce what he knows well.
So, once such a paper arrives, one should not think, he should have been able to answer all of them but is unable to answer even one. He should calm down and think, among all of them, which of the questions can be partly answered, if not fully. He should think, I may not know all, but surely I know few of them. Once his pen starts writing, he will get the confidence of writing more than he expected.
4. Forget about the result in the hall.
Every student needs to forget about the result while sitting inside the exam hall. Otherwise the thought will unnecessarily burden the mind with too much pressure of performance. Once the mind is free from such obligations, it can do wonders.
5. Finally an exam is not the life itself
Everyone should remember including the parents that exams are not everything in life. If one exam is not written well, that doesn't mean, that life of that person has to come to an end. If we fail to realise that in the micro point of view, we will realise that in macro point of view, that we have failed the exam of life itself.
As a whole, examination of a particular subject stream is to evaluate a person's skill on that particular subject, and each individual has their own tendencies, of either doing well, good, better or best. Few may be bad, worse and worst in that subject, but they must be having the knack of shining in some other fields, which is awaiting to be explored.
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