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justwannawish:
Hey!

Does anyone have any exam rituals they follow religiously? For me, it was chewing gum before a test and sometimes through it- somehow, moving my jaw helped remove my tensions haha. Also liked to listen to a particular song right before it, it helped me calm down :)

My friend has a particular pen she only uses for exams- one of those nice InkJoy pens and I've never seen her use it outside of exam week.

 Any other interesting quirks from the users of AN?

fantasticbeasts3:
i do a lot of weird things before exams but they're not all coming to mind now. here's two: using the same pen for exams, and not outside; and last minute cramming walking up and down the school playground with notes and saying stuff aloud.

LifeisaConstantStruggle:
Good evening,
I've only started doing this this year but I would get a roll of chocolate (the higher the cocoa content the better) in Woolworths and have one before any assessments or exams. I didn't know when it started (exactly), but I realised that it made me feel more energetic and attentive, and I would make significantly lesser careless mistakes for particular tests. I did some research and found some unconfirmed research that L-theanine in dark chocolate can increase your attention level (kinda like green and black tea) so you would do better in exams, I don't know how true this research is but it definitely helped me!

zofromuxo:
The only one I stuck relgiously was waiting alone by myself either in a toliet stall or somewhere nearby until the examineer told everyone they were now letting students enter the exam room. I did this because I can't stand people talking about exams, the content or anything in general, it just elevated my stress/anixety/pressure levels through the roof and put me in a bad mindstate. It got me a lot of weird looks/vibes from my friends, students and teachers, but I feel that it got me the results I have and i'm grateful I did use it.

justwannawish:

--- Quote from: fantasticbeasts3 on October 06, 2017, 10:52:26 pm ---i do a lot of weird things before exams but they're not all coming to mind now. here's two: using the same pen for exams, and not outside; and last minute cramming walking up and down the school playground with notes and saying stuff aloud.

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Last minute cramming seems to always take an unwanted place in my exam ritual :(
But it seems like lucky pens are quite common!


--- Quote from: LifeisaConstantStruggle on October 06, 2017, 10:55:55 pm ---Good evening,
I've only started doing this this year but I would get a roll of chocolate (the higher the cocoa content the better) in Woolworths and have one before any assessments or exams. I didn't know when it started (exactly), but I realised that it made me feel more energetic and attentive, and I would make significantly lesser careless mistakes for particular tests. I did some research and found some unconfirmed research that L-theanine in dark chocolate can increase your attention level (kinda like green and black tea) so you would do better in exams, I don't know how true this research is but it definitely helped me!

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Be sure to try this one out for the English Paper. I need all the help I can get ;)


--- Quote from: zofromuxo on October 07, 2017, 08:02:43 am ---The only one I stuck relgiously was waiting alone by myself either in a toliet stall or somewhere nearby until the examineer told everyone they were now letting students enter the exam room. I did this because I can't stand people talking about exams, the content or anything in general, it just elevated my stress/anixety/pressure levels through the roof and put me in a bad mindstate. It got me a lot of weird looks/vibes from my friends, students and teachers, but I feel that it got me the results I have and i'm grateful I did use it.

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I agree, a lot of my friends were either the kids who were stressing out or the ones that were sure it was going to be easy. Sometimes I'd sit with kids in my year who I wasn't particularly close to and talk about something else to just relax, or I'd be a loner and calm down that way

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