During my third year of high school, I faced an enormous challenge, which was having to deal with test anxiety. Prior to high school, I had always felt nervous about exams of any kind, especially, SAT, ACT, AP exams, and CAASPP test. However, in high school, the stakes became higher and test scores had a bigger impact, especially, since Junior Year was a tough year that require highly selective skills. Given that, this was a very frustrating challenge because I was always a very strong student with high grades and was efficient on most assignments. However, when it came time for the test of chemistry, I choked and felt paralyzed, like I felt that I couldn't think properly. During this time, I absolutely had to find a solution to this problem, since my future depended on it. As a result, my …show more content…
As the day of my chemistry exam came closer, I started to get nervous and be frustrated whether I was going to fail or pass my chemistry exam. As a result, the day came to take my chemistry exam, I knew that this was the moment where I had to show my knowledge and skills to answer the questions, but there was some stops where I did get confuse towards knowing how to calculate the answer to the question or even sometimes where I didn't understand what the question was saying, due to my anxiety. Through this experience I learned that pushing yourself through hard work and by believing in yourself would help you have a successful mindset. This challenge is significant to me because it helped me understand the hard work it takes to get to a point where you want to be, in which I realized that "It's not going to be easy, but it's going to be worth it." The quote that I always use when it comes through facing challenges: "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." – Arthur
I am not a terrible test taker (situation), but I do experience slight anxiety (emotional reaction) whenever they arise. Usually the first thing that pops into my head (automatic thought) is that I will do poorly and receive a failing grade. This in turn causes my
I felt I had managed my anxiety, however I didn 't see that it was starting to affect my school work in other ways. My classmates were reading books and their vocabulary was rapidly expanding while I was stuck in my metaphorical happy place. I was essentially being left behind. With my vocabulary lacking I started getting worse grades on reports and general class work. Just like reading I started to avoid writing papers and using atypical words. When it came time to turn things in there was always an excuse, I resented writing papers and in the rare event that I did turn something in it was always rushed and incomplete. I would eventually get these rushed papers back, it felt like the teacher matched me word for word with corrections as if she was trying to compete with me on my own
I have faced many obstacles along the way. I did not do so good my freshman year in college. My grades were not what I wanted them to be. However, I retook some classes to raise my grades and I am trying hard to be the best student as possible.
Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement?
When it comes to preparing for and taking tests there are many myths. There are also many different ways to prepare yourself for success. During the course of this paper we will discuss the myths of studying for a test, time management, how to reduce test anxiety, and the different types of tests and tips on how to take them.
My transition to college was successful, but it was nonetheless one of the most stressful times in my life. Unlike many of my peers at Saint Louis University, my rural high school experience did not truly prepare me for the academic rigors of college. Despite extensive preparation, I performed rather poorly on the first round of exams. While I didn’t fail any particular exam, my performance was seriously lacking. I knew that getting C’s on exams would not serve me well in the pursuit of my dream of becoming a physician. I remember feeling, for the first time in my life, that I was unintelligent and incompetent. I was also heavily fatigued from the excessive hours of studying, which I felt were necessary to reconcile the problem. I managed to
The test taking lessons have helped me learn more about having good strategies for a test. I feel that with these lessons learned I can have more confidence to take a test and pass it. In this report I want to show why test taking is an important skill to learn. I also wanted to describe how I have prepared for test in the past. I also wanted to discuss three strategies I have learned from the computer tutorial in class and how I have changed my study habits so I can do better on test.
All of my classes in high school I passed with no struggle. I would cram all the knowledge that I needed for a test the night before, so I thought college would not be any different. A week or two before my first ever college exam the professor announced that if we had not already been study, then we should start to right away. Being a young naive freshmen, I kind of blew the teacher off. Telling myself that I did not need to waste the next few weeks studying for one exam. So I waited until the last day to study. You might have an idea of what happened next. I failed the exam. Failing so bad that it would be nearly impossible for me to still get a C in the course. I could not even look at myself. The thought of disappointing my parents was making my stomach turn. This fear of failing the class was tearing me apart. The only chance at passing this class was if I turned myself into the perfect student. This meant turning things in on time, studying days in advance for exams, and going to my professor’s office hours. And that is exactly what I did. By some seriously hard work, long nights, and over a hundred red bulls, I was able to achieve a passing grade with a
When it comes to taking tests I normally do not stress over them. I go into it with a good and open mindset that I am going to pass with flying colors. If I stress before I even begin the test, then my whole mindset will be thrown off and it makes it hard for me to concentrate. I have to be in a quiet room by myself in order to take tests/quizzes. I do have a tendency to stress when a test is timed. For example, I am taking a timed test that has 40 questions and I have five minutes left but I’ve only answered one-fourth of the questions. I will then become a little worried that I will not get done with the test. As far as when taking short answer or essay tests I will become stressed and overwhelmed. Short answer and essay tests/quizzes are my least favorite tests to take.
Exam number one. The test to start off the semester. Bombed it. What seemed to be so easy, all of a sudden, got extremely difficult. I went blank. Scientifically speaking, I had test anxiety. Next thing I know, I’m sitting with a F in the class. A pretty low F at that. But how? All of this “low grade clerical work” was such a breeze. It was like I forgot everything I did for the past two weeks. So of course I panic. I can’t go into college next fall with an unacceptable grade like that on my transcript! I make it a point to study hard for the next
Most students experience some degree of test anxiety. Test anxiety refers to a combination of physiological, emotional, and psychological components that are caused by the stress of taking exams. This may interfere with one's ability to think, reason, and plan. For some students, test anxiety is an unpleasant experience but doesn't necessarily interfere with exam performance. For other students, however, test anxiety is not only an unpleasant experience but also seriously interferes with exam performance.
Every single day there is an obstacles that is thrown at you, whether it is a test, homework, family problems, personal issues that are you struggle with every single day. Until the day you die obstacle after obstacle will be thrown at you. You can overcome them though. “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”- Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan’s quote is very clear. It is saying that you can overcome obstacles. Even when you think you can’t, keep trying because you will always be able to overcome an obstacle.
I am able to cope well with most emotions and circumstances that come my way, but there are times where the bottled up emotions I’ve suppressed for so long comes out on their own. The ability to control every emotion and have a counteractive precaution for it is rare. Most of the basic emotions, I can handle quite well, such as being happy or sad depending on what situation I am in. Emotions like anger and anxiety are a different case. Handling anger is not always a problem, but there are few instances in my life where the littlest of things made me angry. Anxiety, on the other hand, I have to control over when it comes to taking exams, such as Organic Chemistry. I try to calm myself by saying that everything is fine and the exam is not as fearful as it seems, but it does not work on most cases and throughout the exam, the constant feeling that it is possible for me to fail surrounds my thoughts.
That night my sister revealed to me that she also suffered from test anxiety at my age, she gave some helpful tips to help relieve my stress. After listening to my sister, I realized that she was right. I needed to take charge and not listen to the voice in my head. That night I got out all my study guides and reviewed went to sleep early, woke up and ate a good breakfast. I felt good that I was ready to get over my fear of taking a test.
Muslim women can work (?) According to the article entitled Employment concerns for working Muslim women: Islamic guidelines published in 2012 on the website islamweb.net, whether women ought to work or not, depends on the reason women have to work in the first place. This reason is called, by the author, a “valid reason”: “Naturally, in her home. Allah, Almighty, Says (what means): “And abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance…” [Quran 33: 33]