Thursday, September 23, 2010

Life is a Test!!!!! Blog 3

All my life I have been taking tests and for what? Just so I can fail, then get back up again, and fail again. If it isn't the devil testing my faith, it's somebody at my job testing my patience! So, why do I have anxiety attacks before a test?  You would think that I should be used to taking tests by now. Test to get my driver's license renewed. Test to get in and out of college. Test to live. Test to die.Test for this, test for that, test, test, test. I can recall, my very first test of riding my bike without training wheels. My father guided me, and guided me until he finally let go. The moment I realized I was riding by myself I got too excited, lost my focus, and rode straight into the neighbors tree. Afterward, I rode that bike like a CHAMP!!! Failure. Nothing beats a failure, but a try. How would a person know if they are good at anything if they do not try? Although some people may think they do not need to be tested because they have everything figured out. I got news for you, nobody has if all figured out. You have to go through something, in order to, get paradise in your life. Life is a test. So, I tell myself to get over it, take the test, and move on to the next one. From now on, I am going to look at tests, as obstacles that I will get over: pass or fail. With this attitude I believe I can get over my pre-test anxiety attacks. I started this post resenting tests, but I ended up feeling better about taking them. I gotta test Monday, so hopefully I can follow some of my own advice. I'm open to any suggestions on this subject.

4 comments:

  1. I always get anxious before tests! All through high school, I was a great test taker and barely had to study to pass. But now that I'm in college, I actually have to study! Being an adult is tough. : )

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  2. I wish I had read this blog before I took my criminal justice test today. It is an online course and you are only given twenty minutes to complete the test, or it times out. Just the fact that it is timed, freaks me out. I know the material, but I can't think because I'm worried about the time.

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  3. I know I have problems sometimes taking test also. I try to remember some words a friend told me long ago, "keep trying"."If you have time master the work don't just learn it".
    Good luck!

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  4. Do you have "test anxiety" dreams? The ones where you dream you have an exam in a class you don't remember signing up for? I used to have those all the time!

    K. Smith
    Eng. 226

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