A few blogs ago I mentioned that I had several exams coming up soon, well unfortunately soon is next Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. This being said, this week is the frantic revision, O why do I have exams week, so called that because that is how I and about 99% of all the other students feel like at this very moment.
Although this week is the frantic revision week, a few of us that have been meeting up to revise have found it very difficult to get motivated to do revision. Now this isn't as most would think because we're lazy or anything like that, well maybe a little, but mostly because everyday we get told something new about our exams that motivates us less to want to do work. For example, numerous times this week we have been given updates on our exams like which topics to look closer on, and every time this information just seems to confuses the heck out of us. This week we have also been told many times that only a certain number of this years modules count towards our final grade, from what we've heard only about two out of six modules count. Although we may be slacking a little bit, try to imagine what its like when someone says to you, 'you have to get good marks in all of your exams or you won't do well', and then finishing it off by saying 'oh by the way, even if you get firsts in all of your exams this year and you try the most you ever have, only two out of those six marks will count.
i know this might sound a bit like a get out, but because of the fact that only a third of my marks are actually going to count I thought that it would be best to still revise for all of my exams, but for the ones I think I'll do well in, I'll revise more and the ones I'll do rubbish in I'll revise less. Now I seemed to think this was a good plan, however i have been told that I shouldn't be thinking that way about it and should still try to get the best in all of them. It all however comes back to motivation though. I will always try my best in exams and stuff, but is there much point wasting time on work that doesn't count??
With all of this whirling around in my head, I have still managed to pick myself up and go to the library or sit at my desk and get work done. Over the last couple of days however I've had a new obstacle to overcome, in addition to the procrastinating and lack of motivation, and that is snow and the cold.
As I speak it is snowing here in Sheffield as it has been doing all day, and it is really making the house I'm staying in very cold, even with the heating on and me wearing a hoodie and gloves, in order to write. Tomorrow I face the added problem of trying to walk to the university library down a big hill and up another which are both covered in snow and ice.
I have noticed that I do tend to rant quite a bit in these blogs, and that's probably true, however when it comes to the snow it actually seems to be quite a big problem. Earlier on today and yesterday evening, I received emails from my university saying that throughout the week we are to regularly check the uni website and listen out on the radio and twitter, etc... because the university could very easily close. Furthermore, our exams next week could also be cancelled because teachers and students physically wont be able to get to them.
Having said all of these things about exams, and snow and the cold, the one thing that's annoyed me the most is that I've not really been able to go out into the snow. I know I'm almost 21 but come on, theres actual proper soft type snow outside, and my siblings are off somewhere down south, my flatmates are still at home, and anyone I know at uni is either confined to their houses of the library. Thinking about it though, asking anyone but my siblings if they wanted to go outside and have a snowball fight, might sound a bit weird so its probably a good thing everyone's busy.
Does being 21 actually mean you can't do that stuff anymore? I still like watching films like Toy Story and Monsters Inc, I still playing PC and Video games.... who knows I'll have to ponder that for a while whilst mean to be revising. To anyone else out there with exams, hope all goes well, if you don't have exams, then your lucky! Go play in the snow whilst you can!
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