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Exams and the pressure to do well

AifeAife Community Manager Posts: 3,026 Boards Guru
edited April 2021 in The Class of The Past
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There can be A LOTof pressure from parents, teachers, friends or even ourselves to do well in exams. This pressure, added onto the stress some of us experience with exams, can sometimes get too much.

Check out this new article on The Mix website about exams and the pressures to do well. There's some great advice on how to manage some of this pressure, such as:
If you need to talk to your parents about the pressure they’re putting you under, remember:Choose a time when you are both relaxed and won’t be interrupted. Don’t bring it up in an argument.
  • Explain to your parents that the pressure you’re under is making you feel rubbish.
  • Give reasons. Perhaps you want to drop a subject but explain that it will give more time to focus on other subjects.
  • If you’re not comfortable talking to your parents alone, you can ask a teacher or a school counsellor to help talk to them.
If you find you’re pushing yourself to extremes, remember:
  • Working to extremes isn't productive. It has been proven that breaks when revising are necessary for a fully functioning brain. Leave your computer, go outside, watch a film – anything that will distract you for a short while from your work.
  • Congratulate yourself. If you’ve done a really great stint of revision or have done well in a mock exam, give yourself a treat.
  • Make a plan B. If things don’t go to plan, remember it’s not the end of the world. You can retake your exams or decide on a completely different life plan – it’s all quite exciting really.

How do you manage some of this pressure from parents, teachers, friends or even ourselves to do well in exams? What advice would you give to others?
Maybe somethings don't get better, but we do. We get stronger. We learn to live with our situations as messy and ugly as they are. We fix what we can and we adapt to what we can't. Maybe some of us will never fully be okay, but at least we're here. We're still trying. We're doing the best we can. That's worth celebrating too ❤
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Comments

  • independent_independent_ Community Champion Posts: 8,610 Legendary Poster
    I agree with @Aidan, just because you have 18191 As doesn't mean you'll automatically get a decent job and have the career everyone dreams of.
    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
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