Promise for the future
Ok, so I said I'd post today to inform my future self about a few things. I always get anxious when I start something new, like a class, and I'm always sure I'm doing poorly. I think that there's no point in continuing because I'll never "get it". Well, I'm here to tell you that no matter how bad I think I'm doing, and how hard the subject matter is, I always do well.
Today I had my first calculus lab tutorial quiz. I tried not to worry about it, only studied a little bit and told myself that it didn't matter how poorly I'd do on it. This was all in a bid to not get too anxious about it. I went into the 25 minute quiz, finished it in 5, handed it in after 10 minutes had gone by, and left before anyone else had finished. I think I did ok on it. So if I can complete something like that so quickly when I am afraid I'm going to do so poorly, I'm not as dumb as I'm afraid I am.
In retrospect, the same thing occured in each of my midterms and finals last year. I was always the first or second to leave, and I did acheive an A in each of the courses. I have the feeling I'll do no worse this year.
Today I had my first calculus lab tutorial quiz. I tried not to worry about it, only studied a little bit and told myself that it didn't matter how poorly I'd do on it. This was all in a bid to not get too anxious about it. I went into the 25 minute quiz, finished it in 5, handed it in after 10 minutes had gone by, and left before anyone else had finished. I think I did ok on it. So if I can complete something like that so quickly when I am afraid I'm going to do so poorly, I'm not as dumb as I'm afraid I am.
In retrospect, the same thing occured in each of my midterms and finals last year. I was always the first or second to leave, and I did acheive an A in each of the courses. I have the feeling I'll do no worse this year.