May 11/2010 :: Exams

Day 109
Mood: my stomach hurts...owie
Weather: mild~
Quote of the Day: "Owie"

I wish more people were like me. It would keep me from feeling so horrid the night before an exam.

Here's my problem:

I don't procrastinate. I start an assignment two weeks before it's due (unless the topic is given to us closer to the due date) and I start studying for an exam at the most two weeks before the exam. I write study notes, I do practice essays, I write and re-write notes to myself. Every day I study a little bit and then more on to something else. I'm not a fan of cramming and I have only pulled on all-nighter in my life (on my trip to Dublin) and it left me so horribly tired and grumpy that I'm going to avoid more of those.

But the thing is...no one else seems to do it this way. Everyone else I know procrastinates. So I see them cramming the night before an exam, just breathing and eating their material for the next morning.

And I get a guilty feeling in my gut. (That could just be the horrible stomach ache I have this afternoon but I'm going to say guilt is contributing.)

My body feels guilty is isn't studying. Does it remember all the studying we've already done that my friends haven't? No. It just thinks we should be cramming.

One of my friends just bought the textbook for her exam on the 13th yesterday! That gives her two days to read it, write notes and absorb the material. I don't have that problem. My exam tomorrow has all the notes I need to briefly scan right before the exam. Most of the material is in my head.

My class even went over the essay question (or as much of the question as possible without our teacher actually revealing the question itself...which was weird). I know what to do! I've read all my notes, I've done everything.

I need more people like me to hang out with the night before the exam. Who are just as confident and happy with the amount they've studied. But I think that's wishful thinking. Because in the world of students it is those who procrastinate that are normal...the ones like me are weird.

=_=

And why does my tummy hurt so bad?

:: Julianne ::