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Exams: 10 Ways to Deal With Stress and Anxiety

Exams: 10 Ways to Deal With Stress and Anxiety

Jessica Harden October 25, 2017
When exams start creeping up on us, most students begin to feel overwhelmed and anxious. Exams are there to grade how well students perform under pressure while lacking normal resources such as books, notes, and a phone. They also tend to cause students to stress, have anxiety attacks, and constantly worry about failing. We’ve all been there, so here’s ten ways to help you deal/relieve stress.
Editorial Cartoon: Finals

Editorial Cartoon: Finals

Julia Rash December 15, 2014

It's almost the end of the year! And although winter break is just along the corner, semester exams have yet to begin. Good luck with your tests!

Testing Troubles

mariamos June 6, 2014

  Have confidence in yourself when it comes to taking your tests and finals, if you tell yourself you're going to fail, you're going to fail! (5/22/14) (Click Image to Enlarge)

7 Finals Tips

7 Finals Tips

Kayla Gunn December 16, 2013

Exam days will come to plague students the week of Dec. 17th-20th, teasing us with the freedom of Winter break but keeping us confined with tedious scantron bubbling, brain-wraking tests, and reviews thick...

How To School the AP Tests

How To School the AP Tests

Taylor Johnson May 4, 2012
AP tests encompass all that is scary about AP courses and unpleasantly shove it into allotted 1.5 to 3 hour time periods.
Taylor Pena Being All Entertaining and What Not photo by Renee Cornue

Summer Sweat

Taylor Pena June 12, 2011

The heat of summer blares down on teenage skin like rain on the Sahara. We take it in, allowing rays of light to embrace us. After all, school is over and the worries of exams and grades are now gone. However,...

Aubrey Reichman (12) helps Mac Teach students study. Photo by Olivia Suarez

Studying Happiness

Estefania Lamas May 26, 2011

The end of the year is very stressful. With exams and exemptions, and the never-ending stream of seemingly vacuous drama, many are starting to shut themselves out from others like little hermit crabs and...

photo courtesy of lasnark.com

Take A Break and Jam Out!

Taylor Pena May 18, 2011

  With future high school careers and college life depending on the scores made from test, it is easy to lose one's self to the superiority of knowlege. However, that does not mean that having fun...

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