I can´t deny it any longer. The end of semester is getting closer. It´s over with the travelling for a while. I need to get into my books and revise what I was supposed to have learned in the last three to four months. Usually, I am quite prone to exam stress. I´ll get overwhelmed by the amount of chapters that I have to remember or I´ll get stuck on little details that actually don´t really matter. Here, I am not too worried about the content of my exams. Most subjects have been relatively easy. However, still feeling kind of nervous. So why would that be?
“You don´t need to know this and this and this. So skip these pages. Wait a sec. This they don´t explain well. So let´s use this theory that´s not in the book.” I had a chemistry exam this morning but it was completely unclear what is was going to be about. In addition to the classes being chaotic, different chemistry professors had given their students different chapters to read.
In addition to that, the exam location was completely unclear as well. “Probably in the classroom G-213. But if it is occupied, it might change. Better to be there an hour before to be sure.” I decide to take the bus at six o’clock. My exam is at eight. That wasn’t the smartest move. Of course, there is no one there yet; no way of finding out where I have to go. Professor arrives fifteen minutes late. Luckily, the exam is indeed in classroom G-213.
The exam is easy. I can solve most of the problems. And I am in the right place at the right time! Great stress release. After, I walk with one of my Ecuadorian classmates to the bus. He asked me how well I did. I said I thought it went ok but that I can’t deal with these exam procedures. He doesn’t understand: “But you said you did well.”