Examinations :)

  Oh gosh! I got so absorbed in revising my work for the upcoming examinations ( actually it's already going on ) that I almost forgot to update my blog. Phew! Lucky I remembered.
  As I was saying, examinations do bring a certain amount of stress to me, but I am unlike others, who look at the negative side of it. Treat examination as a monster, one has to know how to evade its powerful move by revising what moves it might come out. One also has to know when to take a break from the never-ending revisions. If not, one might get too exhausted and would be too off-guard, resulting in the examination defeating one. One has to counter its moves efficiently, through patience and determination, the monster will eventually topple to its feet, allowing one to emerge victorious.
  Many people treat it as stress; they dread it. However, frankly speaking, although it brings stress, I still like examinations. You would be asking why by now, and these are the reasons; During Examination period, lesser homework is given and there is even a Co-Curricular Activity stand-down, dedicated to those conscientious students (like me) who are determined to strive to excel in academics. So time is more flexible, allowing me to sleep and rest well unlike normal school days where homework is abundant and a day without homework is considered a miracle. Sometimes, the burden of homework can really cause me at some moment in time to feel rather depressed and lazy as I might be burning the midnight oil given the already-exhausted status I was in.
  What more, I can also gage how much I have absorbed from all those lessons my teachers were giving. Sometimes, I frown when I do not have high marks on my examination scripts, but I told myself, '' Fret not, now I know I am weak in this particular subject, I should read up more on it.'' Therefore, examinations not only help me gage where I stand as a class whether I am average, above average, or below average, it also gives me motivation to strive harder. As the saying goes, ''Without failure, there is no sweetness in success.'' .I treat examinations like a normal homework, just that there is something like a time attack, where I cannot laze around and also an individual task, where no help can be obtained from anyone. Examination is also a once in a blue moon event where the whole class is completely quiet.
  Therefore, I feel that although we might only feel the cons of examinations, we should also be optimistic and look at the benefits it actually gives us. We should not let our minds get overshadowed by the cons, instead let the pros smite the battlefield of pros and cons of examinations. Changing our perspective that examinations is a dreaded moment of life to an assessment that benefits us would definitely not cause us depressions. Okay, I think it is about time I get back to my revision. Remember to stay positive! :)