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Most students experience anxiety over math tests. It’s normal. In
fact, studies show that you should be
a bit anxious before and during tests
because it helps you perform better. So, a
little anxiety is a good thing. What
isn’t good is when the anxiety gets so bad that
it gives you a sick stomach
and makes you cry! This level of anxiety can
interfere with your performance.
The only students who don’t have even a little test anxiety are the ones
who know they’re going to fail and don’t care.
Heck, even I have had test
anxiety! I’m sure you can imagine how many
math tests I’ve had to take in my
lifetime. That kind of torture just shouldn’t
be allowed! I’ve been through the
gambit of anxieties… the sleepless night, the
upset stomach, the headache,
the stiff neck, the tears… It wasn’t pretty
stuff.
But, I learned a very important lesson one day. I had three upper
division
math classes one semester (actually, it was
like that most semesters), so I had
three math finals in one week to look forward
to and all were on very different
subjects. Of course, I had studied well for
all of them, but by the end of the
second one, I was fried! My brain was cooked.
I was so completely over the
whole thing. While I was leaving campus after
final exam #2, I ran into the
professor who was giving final exam #3 the next
day. He smiled and asked
me if I was ready for his final. I looked at
him and said, “Right now, I’m so tired
that I don’t even care.”
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