Roberts, Writing About Literature: Procrastination, typical
Classmate Matt mentioned on his blog that he has trouble working well on tests when he's tense.
Interesting, because I usually feel just the opposite. Whenever I spend a lot of time studying for a test in the days leading up to it, and I feel generally stressed out, I actually tend to perform better. Confidence usually hinders me somehow, makes me think I know all I need to know when I really don't, and then I start getting lazy and brushing aside my studies because I think I don't need to study.
If there is one thing I've learned about exams throughout my education here at Seton Hill, it's that I should always expect the tests that seem easy to be difficult and the tests that seem difficult to be easy. For some reason, it always seems to work out that way for me.
It's time to start studying for finals, and I know I'm going to be pushing myself really hard to perform at my best. Hopefully, though, this semester I'll be able to spread out my studying over several days and stop myself from cramming everything into two long, mentally agonizing nights.