I may have misplaced my mind; has anyone seen it?
So last night I took a midterm that was really a final in disguise. I was able to draw several conclusions from this event. First, panicking is not good for your brain. For example, while I was quickly becoming nervous to the point where I felt like I was going to puke, I could feel all the information I had patiently crammed into my brain desperately fleeing my head like rats from a burning haystack.
Second, you know you’ve been studying chemistry way too long when suddenly in your sleep-deprived, chemistry-overloaded mind, the nitrogen atoms started sitting up on the page and begging you to give them more electrons--during the midterm. Slightly stunned, I stared down at the page, wondering where that had come from, slowly realizing that I had no idea how to solve that problem. Or the next one, or the next one.
Which brings me to my third realization: it is possible to tell the hyper, talking atoms in your brain to shut up and sit still so you can think. Once this was accomplished, thankfully not out loud, I could think through the problems and come up with an answer that may or may not be correct-that is yet to be determined.
Also sort of related, it sucks having rehearsal before a test. This pretty much ensures that whatever you played last will be annoyingly stuck on repeat in your brain during the entire two hours you’re taking the final in midterm’s clothing.
Second, you know you’ve been studying chemistry way too long when suddenly in your sleep-deprived, chemistry-overloaded mind, the nitrogen atoms started sitting up on the page and begging you to give them more electrons--during the midterm. Slightly stunned, I stared down at the page, wondering where that had come from, slowly realizing that I had no idea how to solve that problem. Or the next one, or the next one.
Which brings me to my third realization: it is possible to tell the hyper, talking atoms in your brain to shut up and sit still so you can think. Once this was accomplished, thankfully not out loud, I could think through the problems and come up with an answer that may or may not be correct-that is yet to be determined.
Also sort of related, it sucks having rehearsal before a test. This pretty much ensures that whatever you played last will be annoyingly stuck on repeat in your brain during the entire two hours you’re taking the final in midterm’s clothing.