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Don't keep calm, Exams are coming

Exams, the single moment that makes student tremble with fear. this is the time when all the focus is directed towards one thing- revising to succeed. At GGAST it is even more intense. we take our academics seriously. Sometimes, you will find girls sacrificing hours of sleep to master that one topic. I have gone through nine exams period for the past three years, and I can affirm it is not the best of time.
At first, it didn't matter that much. First year+first time = no stress. As the year progressed, things became more serious, I would sleep at midnight and wake up at four in  the morning.

As I started grade 11 (S5), things got even tougher. I felt the need to push harder, so I extended my sleeping time to two a.m, and I would wake up at five a.m. It felt fine then, but after the exams I passed four days sleeping for more than twenty hours per day. The pace slowed down a little as the year progressed, but I still found myself waking up at three a.m in the morning.

You would expect that as I started the last year of high school I would study even more, but I slowed down the pace even more. I started sleeping around eleven p.m and waking up at five a.m. I intensified the revision a little becuse for second term we did external exams. they were quite hard, but I survived.
The last exams prepared by the school were quite funny. I had fallen sick a month earlier, and I was prohibited from to much studying, so I played it cool. I was 30 mn late for the first exam-math. and after that I would sleep at ten pm and wake up for breakfast at seven a.m. And I still got good grades.

Whatever plan you choose to prepare for any coming exams, as long as it is good for your health, go for it. Remember, you will always need some down time after exams.

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