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It's the Final(s) Countdown!

Dear Reader,


If you have ever been to a semester of college, you know that the last couple of weeks are dreaded by many students. I am one of those students. However, today I am here to argue that finals should not be as stressful as most make them out to be. I find those who are least stressed about finals are the students who have studied hard all semester long and just need a quick refresher the week before. Those students are few and far between. There are those who study hard all semester and just keep studying hard because they have a scholarship or are perfectionists, but they don't really need to cram at the last minute like those students who have done the bare minimum since the beginning.

I'll break down my knowledge of finals week:

Personally, all my tests are done as soon as possible. Last minute cramming does not help me very much, so just a quick read of a couple of chapters while I am in line at the testing center is about all I do at the last minute.

Musicians and dancers usually think something along the lines of, "Well, I don't have any written tests. I just have to practice and practice so my final project goes well."

Law students are a little more uptight. They think, "No multiple choice tests, the library just needs to be injected into my brain and these finals will be just fine. Too bad injecting information is probably against the law..."

Theater kids? They need to build a set. Playing with power tools is their final.

When it comes to religion finals, there is a wide variety of opinions on what they mean and how they should be graded. The least true of those opinions is, "This test will determine whether I get into heaven or not." That is certainly not the case. I don't think it is a requirement to the 5 guys in the Liberty Jail in order to get into heaven. Or were there 6...?

For other written-test takers, good luck. The probability of guessing right on all 100 questions with options A, B, C, and D is 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000061%. Good luck.

Comments

  1. Lauren Ruth4/8/14, 3:29 PM

    Is this supposed to calm us for finals? I don't feel very prepared... ;)

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  2. Unknown4/11/14, 5:54 PM

    It helps me. :) I don't worry as much.

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