Preparing for exams

It is good to spend more time on difficult and important topics. The best time to do this is during the early hours of the morning when the mind is fresh. Positive thinking not only provides us with new aspirations and hope but also gives courage.

Anxiety should be avoided as it could lead to depression, poor memory and lack of attention. When you are full of fear, then even good preparation will not help. Before the exams, you need to stay calm to be able to perform well.

Worry, anxiety, confusion and lack of clarity lead to fear. However, poor performance ought not to make you feel inferior nor force you to blame others.
Tell yourself that you can and will do your best, whatever the circumstances. You can overcome hurdles because you are not the only one facing problems, everybody is.

Just will yourself to rise and accomplish whatever is within your capacity.
Parents need to ensure that their children are not overburdened with their expectations. They need to give moral support to their children and help maintain calmness and cultivate the art of listening. Kindly listen to your children and please avoid undue criticism.

Parents could try to maintain serenity in the home and create a healthy atmosphere that engenders focus, concentration and study.
Students need to resist the temptation to watch TV programmes as well as minimise use of computers so as to not get distracted. In fact, till such time when the children finish their final examination, they should wrap up televisions and computers and give children moral support.

Students need to also remember that there are numerous examples of people who have, by sheer strength of character, taken themselves to heights through knowledge and experience gained by self-propelled efforts, despite handicaps or lack of formal education.

In the words of Montaigne: “To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books and to win, not battles and provinces but order and tranquillity in our conduct. Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately. All other things, ruling, hoarding, building are only little appendages and props, at most.”

It is now time to forget about Whatsapp or Facebook but focus on the books as the exams are here. Cool Lifestyle wishes you good luck and hope you shine bright like a diamond.