In the faculty of science, the midterm season is never-ending. We are literally under constant stress. Don’t you often wish you were on vacation on a tropical island instead of studying in the library pulling your hair out trying to understand a concept? Well it might be interesting to find out that anxiety and stress may lead to better exam grades.
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Exam Stress from sheknowsparenting [http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/808427/standardized-test-anxiety]
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Don’t Forget! by Courtney Icenhour [http://psychology.about.com/od/memory/ss/ten-facts-about-memory_3.htm]
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So next time before you take an exam, consider your stress levels and see what works best for you. Maybe you are a person who cracks under pressure, or maybe you work best under maximum stress. Know your strong suits and play along with them.
–Bonnie Tam