This has been a busy week for me, had to submit a number of assignments and study for a test. School, School, school...
It causes a whole lot of stress for me sometimes, and the boring thing about it is that no matter what i try to do, i can't run away from it. Education is a great stepping stone in everyone's life. So i researched and got a few ideas of how one can cope with "educational stress":
Inevitably, you will feel anxious about this to start with. Will I be good enough? Can I keep up? This is the major challenge, and you will be facing it without the close guidance you may have previously enjoyed from a teacher or parent.
Get the right information from the start. With assignments, what exactly are you being asked to do? How many words are you expected to write? What is the deadline for handing it in? If your tutors don't make themselves clear, ask questions and be persistent.
What resources are available? Is there a library; what hours is it open, and how many other students are going to be wanting to read the same book, at the same time?
Is there a photocopying machine or scanner, and do you have to pay to use them? How many computers are available to use? Or do you have your own with internet facilities set up? Make yourself a realistic timetable. When you are assigned a task, estimate how long you think it will take you. Then add on a bit more time, as you have probably been over-optimistic in the first place. Then set a time each day, or each week, to do it.
Thinking ahead also involves taking into account any resources you will need to complete the task. It may turn out that the library has only one copy of an essential book or paper, and someone else has just borrowed it. It’s better to allow too much time, and then find the bonus of a couple of hours off, than to stay up all night, drinking black coffee, in a panic.
I have realised that hard work pays, and that there is time for everything. There is time to work and time to have fun.... But this is a time for me to work, very hard!
Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.
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