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SuchFriendsAreDangerous 04.14.2008 09:15 PM

even lame as Marilyn Manson called it out,

"a pill to make you numb
a pill to make you dumb
a pill to make you anybody else..

but all the drugs in this world, wont save you from yourself."

live healthy, be alive, dont kill your spirit with soul-numbing so-called medications [though ironically, even in Amharic, the language of Ethiopia, the term for medicine has a positive and dangerous conotation as well, I wonder why we cant just linguistically make these distinctions and call one "drugs" and the other "medicine."

Death & the Maiden 04.14.2008 09:38 PM

I only study a little bit, the day before or on the day of the exam. I don't stress out like other people who spend weeks studying. I also try to forget about the exam, and do something else like play guitar or read a book. My studying habits haven't made me do poorly in my exams, I usually do quite well.

Alex's Trip 04.14.2008 10:13 PM

I don't do shit. I learn it all the first time, and just study a bit, if at all, to reinforce what I know. No stress for me.

The only stress I have in regards to school is AP tests, and getting all my work done. It isn't that it is difficult, there is just so much, and one slip up can fuck you over (and by fuck you over, I mean to the standards to straight A's).

cryptowonderdruginvogue 04.14.2008 11:36 PM

 

!@#$%! 04.14.2008 11:41 PM

all this "advice" is a bunch of horseshit

anyway, just don't sweat it, and best wishes

SAY NO TO FEAR

pbradley 04.14.2008 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!
SAY NO TO FEAR


I must not fear.

Fear is the mind-killer.

Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

I will face my fear.

I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.

Only I will remain.


- Litany againt fear; Dune

!@#$%! 04.14.2008 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbradley
I must not fear.Fear is the mind-killer.Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.I will face my fear.I will permit it to pass over me and through me.And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.Only I will remain.- Litany againt fear; Dune

there you go--that's better. finish with a good laugh and you'll be ready for anything.

✌➬ 04.14.2008 11:56 PM

People, don't stress out over exams, just relax that way you can recover more from your memory.

!@#$%! 04.14.2008 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ✌➬
People, don't stress out over exams, just relax that way you can recover more from your memory.

esacly mang

relacses

pao-lino 04.15.2008 04:09 AM

I'm used to huge exams-I study medicine in Italy (I remember I announced here my admission years ago...) and everyone is obsessed with theory, rather than practice... so it happens you waste you ass over exams for 6 years after that you know a lot about receptors, trasduction of signals, electrophysiology of ass'hair etc. while you can't almost measure blood pressure... it's a weird system.
I ve had exams which needed a preparation time of 3-3.5 months. it ends you breakdowm and it's really impossible to remember anything.
now I compress a lot the studying time, reading/mentally repeating/sketching a fast scheme/rationalising.
I'm very anxious in general (ask my girlfriend), but it happens I'm apparentely quiete for an exam while I dump all my tension over other relationships. I turn cynical and very acid, this is no good.
Running is the best way to breath the stress out.
using pills is for assholes.
What pills would you take when you will have job interviews?
or before your wedding (or any other "nervous" day)
or after losing a job?
I dont want to have a huge fibrotic liver at 40...
nah...

joe11121 01.01.2009 11:18 PM

listen to music

atsonicpark 01.02.2009 07:29 AM

blow my brains out

█████████ 01.02.2009 07:55 AM

 

gmku 01.02.2009 09:10 AM

One way: Don't take the exams.

greedrex 01.02.2009 11:20 AM

no more ewams for me.
Now i make pupils take exams.
some of them even get to pass them.
wow.

Phlegmscope 01.02.2009 02:15 PM

Prepare yourself for failure, or even better, consciously decide to fail beforehand.

gmku 01.02.2009 03:45 PM

I still have the classic nightmare: I show up in class and everybody but me is prepared for the final exam. I take one look at the questions and can tell immediately that I don't know anything on the test. I wake in a cold sweat. I have it about twice a year.


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