Many Lethbridge College Students are spending their time studying for their exams, which is causing a lot of stress for many of the students.
For most people, college is the way to get themselves into a career they are interested in or to learn new skills.
But for someone to learn these skills, they must first learn and understand new concepts and prove how much they know about the topic.
For most students, this comes down to exams.
Exams have remained in the school system as an important part of the education process, but it does come at a cost.
The cost of writing exams is the mental toll it can place on a student.
Exam stress for most people is the fear or hyper fixation on an upcoming exam and can affect the subject in different ways, including making a person lose their appetite, or increased aggression.
Unfortunately for many students, the stress can linger after an exam is done, with another upcoming test keeping the feeling alive.
For more information as to what a person can do to help remedy these feelings of exam stress, Andrew Derksen, an academic strategist in Lethbridge College Learning Café shares what can help someone during these difficult times.
“For students suffering from stress that an exam may bring, the more they practice a test like a test, that’ll help. And the more they practice retrieving information rather than absorbing information, that will help.”
But for most students, the content of the exam may not be the main source of their stress.
One such instance is the anxiety that no matter what they do, no matter how much they prepare, they will fail. This stress has different factors that can lead to the same problem.
To get a better look into what may cause stress in a student, Elizabeth Eremenko from the Learning Café had some insight on the topic.
“I think one of the main problems that can cause the most amount of stress in a student is when they compare themselves to others. So it adds that extra stress to themselves. And for when someone is thinking that or going through that, I think the best thing a student can do is remember that people learn and work in different ways and that’s alright and you are more than your own test score.”
Most students have probably felt these same types of stress, thinking they have to ace the test or they become “lesser” in their own or others eyes, but the truth is that a test is a test.
The most important thing a person should focus on is their own mental health and learning when to take a break when they need it most.
