Kristin Jesha Mari A. Sandig, AB Mass Communications 4

Let us get ready for the final examinations.

Finals week starts on the 20th of December. This gives us a week to prepare for the coming exams. These will be the last exams of 2021 before heading to the New Year. The big question is: are you ready?

The Christmas season should be a joyous occasion for us but it is easy to fall into the Christmas Blues with everything the world is facing. Isolation, deadlines, changes, and overall stress which is why we need to be active. To ease the burden of exam week, which is coincidentally a few days before Christmas, here are some suggestions.

Suggestion 1: Study in Advance

We are humans. We tend to procrastinate in our work and cram especially now with the online classes. We are far away from our professor which sometimes leads us to put aside our work. It’s tempting to forgo our tasks but we need to power through the last hurdle before the Christmas break. In order not to cram we need to study in advance. When we study days before the exams, it allows our learnings to sip in. We become prepared and decrease the struggle towards the day. It will keep our minds centered on our goal.

Suggestion 2: Do Light Exercise

Let’s face it we have all been cooped up at home since the lockdown started. We barely go out and some of us have gained some weight. It’s time to get up and do some exercise. Exercise releases endorphins which help trigger positive feelings in the body. A University of British Columbia study showed that exercise helps to boost thinking skills and improve memory. We’ll need that recall power when exam day arrives.

Suggestion 3: Take a Mental Health Day before the Actual Exam

Cram studying is a big thing during exams. We tend to memorize a few hours before the exams so it’s fresh but the ideas we pour in don’t get digested. We lack the understanding because we are just merely memorizing words and theories. We are supposed to digest in order to be able to use them in the workplace. Instead of cramming the day of or before the exams, do Suggestion No. 1 and take the day off before the exams. It will ensure that we are well prepared and refreshed by the time exam day arrives.

Let us not forget to pray and surrender everything to God. May God bless us all in our upcoming exams!