subject: Coping With Agitation For Successful Passing Of The Exam. [print this page] Life exams Life exams
Everyone remembers the first exam in his/her life. As a rule, it appears to be the most frightening and nerve-racking of all the exams. As a matter of fact, life will provide a lot of other exams in the future. Being reviewed by a recruiter for receiving a good job, for example, is even more serious. Whatever is at stake passing the exam one should manage to cope with ones agitation. As the examiner is not going to waste ones time comforting the reviewed person.
Tips for coping with agitation
Some excitement is permissible, but it must have certain limits. Trembling voice and hands are not going to produce positive impression on the examiner. He/she will think that the student or a potential employee has some objective reasons to be so agitated. He/she may suppose that the learner has studied by fits and starts and is ignorant in certain questions. There are certain cases when peculiarities of temperament are overdriving the nervous system. But in all the rest of the situations it is possible to cope with agitation.
It is said that sometimes the most knowledgeable students are nervous even more than those who do not have a claim on a good grade. It may have some sense as all-or-none principle may depress the student and make him/her nervous. One should bear in mind that getting a grade is not the main goal of attending classes. The students are to develop their professional skills and to gain new knowledge. Taking an exam is only a step of controlling.
Preparing for the exam one should find strengths for coping with agitation. The following hints may be useful:
have a good sleep before the exam, learning something over night is senseless;
remember that the examiner is a human being, not a monster;
believe in your strengths and the positive results.
