Article: EXAM-PHOBIA

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The end of semester examination begins in few hours time and I guess all the study rooms are full by now. More so, I'm as certain that some of the students will be studying there till day break as I am that most of these students are filled with much anxiety about the exams and so barely understand the topics they're studying.

One of my friends who never studies on a regular day and is usually playing computer game, that is if not watching a movie missed church service today just to make justice to his pile of virgin notes. 

What is the fuss people make about exams? Why would one even fear an exam? Examination is nothing scary. It is just an academic period where students are assessed by their tutors on what they have been taught and the extra research made on the topics covered. It is hence very shocking to see students so much afraid as they prepare to write an exam. For some, the fear is so visible on their faces that you could literally touch.

What is the fear about? Is it about failing or about the fact that you might make some silly mistakes?  All the same, I see no reason why a student should fear to write an exam whether the person has studied or not. In the first place, as a student, why wouldn't you study in preparation for an exam? Then you should be  confident that you'll fail and not afraid to fail.
it is very normal to be a bit anxious about what questions the lecturer will be asking in the exam rather than being afraid.

Note that anyone who fears to make mistakes is bound to make many of it. Obviously, the lecturer isn't expecting his students to get 100% score before he concludes that his students have understood his lectures. Mistakes are bound to be made in the exam room but this reality is not to be feared. The only thing is that we should try as much to reduce the mistakes we make in the exam room. Well, I'm not doubting one can get 100% marks in any course but I'm saying that it is no big deal to make few mistakes. This also doesn't mean you should be complacent and not study diligently for the exams since after all, you'll definitely make a mistake. For all you know, most of the exam questions are not set in a format so as to assess students on the topics taught but to analyse their intelligence quotient to know how students can think outside the box.

My advice is that before you write an exam, make sure you study very well enough to cover all the topics treated in class and it would be a plus to you if you search for extra information online.
Make a study plan and do well to follow it.

Vary your studying technique- where rote learning is required, do and where analytical study is required, do same.

Pray to God concerning the exam, having that assurance that He will honor your labur of study with success.

Be confident and keep calm when you receive your question and answer paper.

It is important to read the rubrics of the exam so as not to answer the questions in a format contrary to what is being demanded.

It is not compulsory to answer the questions according to the numbers in which they have been presented. Answer the easier ones first so as to get enough time to think through for the more challenging ones.

For the very troubling ones, who cares if you choose to answer, "I don't think far" or "3no na mennte ase3"? Lolx...

Don't also submit your paper when you finish before time. It is better if you read over it with a more critical eye so as to correct some possible grammatical and mathematical  errors you must have committed.

So you see, exams is no vampire ready to start feeding on your flesh come tomorrow. It is an opportunity for you to prove your worth as a diligent student to your lecturers and yourself.

Enough said, the truth is that whether you are a victim of or a victor over exam-phobia, you'll write the exam, anyway.

I have a paper to write tomorrow morning and it is a risk I took in making time in my study plan to write this piece. It is necessary to encourage a brother or sister for the exam for after all, I'm not an exam-phobian!

Exams start like kakai
Wishing you the best of grades.
God's got you
Keep calm
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By: Francis Aheto
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Francis Aheto,
Undergraduate Student.
Department of Food Science and Technology,
KNUST- Kumasi

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