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She Said: How to cope with the stress of mid-terms
Dana Disaster
Issue date: 3/1/07 Section: He Said/She Said
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What better way to assure students a relaxing Spring break than to stress them out as much as possible the week before.
I don't think I loathe anything more than midterms, oh wait. Finals.
Weeks before midterms even begin I don't want to think about all the pointless papers I have due. I'm pretty sure the 9,000 words I wrote on "the Bride of Frankenstein" isn't going to come up in a job interview.
So, like many other students here at school, I put everything off to the very last minute. Instead of stressing myself out for weeks and weeks before midterms, I only stress myself out for two days.
I believe procrastination is the best way to get things done. When it's down to the wire and you have only enough time to do a paper, it gets done. You focus more on priorities and forget about all the blogs you could be reading or repeats of Reba you could be watching.
Naturally, when procrastinating, prioritizing and organization go out the window. The only thing that matters is when your test or paper is due. So until then, you drink one cup of coffee after another and just keep typing until time is up. It's probably not the most efficient way to approach your homework, but it beats doing everything much before it's due.
Most students believe energy drinks are a good way to keep going. I, myself, am about to take that approach for the very first time. I usually think that they smell horrible and taste like vomit. But I guess whatever helps will do.
So as you fill the library and consume massive amounts of caffeine I would like you to remember one thing, modern art makes me want to rock out.
I don't think I loathe anything more than midterms, oh wait. Finals.
Weeks before midterms even begin I don't want to think about all the pointless papers I have due. I'm pretty sure the 9,000 words I wrote on "the Bride of Frankenstein" isn't going to come up in a job interview.
So, like many other students here at school, I put everything off to the very last minute. Instead of stressing myself out for weeks and weeks before midterms, I only stress myself out for two days.
I believe procrastination is the best way to get things done. When it's down to the wire and you have only enough time to do a paper, it gets done. You focus more on priorities and forget about all the blogs you could be reading or repeats of Reba you could be watching.
Naturally, when procrastinating, prioritizing and organization go out the window. The only thing that matters is when your test or paper is due. So until then, you drink one cup of coffee after another and just keep typing until time is up. It's probably not the most efficient way to approach your homework, but it beats doing everything much before it's due.
Most students believe energy drinks are a good way to keep going. I, myself, am about to take that approach for the very first time. I usually think that they smell horrible and taste like vomit. But I guess whatever helps will do.
So as you fill the library and consume massive amounts of caffeine I would like you to remember one thing, modern art makes me want to rock out.
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