If only I can be as happy when studying as Spongebob is happy when making Krabby Patties
After a seemingly-endless wave of tryouts, I've just realized that it's only another month before the final exam. Three days with two two-hour tests each on six basic (by Diknas' judgment) lessons to see whether you didn't forget to study during the three years of high-school fun. The stress is going to reach its peak anytime soon, which will attack not only twelfth-graders but also their teachers.
The test will determine high-school graduation, along with other less-exposed exams managed by the school. And despite the loud opposition that apparently fell into Diknas' deaf ears, the test is expanded -from only math, Indonesian, and English- to include subjects specific to a program. As you may have known before, students of the social studies program will face sociology, geography, and economics; while students in natural sciences will have to work their way through physics, biology, and chemistry. OK, you can start screaming now...or 5 months ago.
As the 6-subjects buzz started at the start of 07/08 academic year, students scrambled to find tutorial services to assist them through the exam. These smart bimbels quickly turned this into profit. They presented their service as Noah's Ark, the life raft, that will get them through the deluge of MathBahasaIndonesiaEnglishPhysicsBiologyChemistry or ~SociologyGeographyEconomics. Students spend dreaded hours and hours at these tutors to feel safe and confident. Bookstores are fully-stocked with books titled "UN Preparations" or something along that line. Well, someone's going to be so filthy rich after this brouhaha.
But really, let's not get into this panicky mess -you should've done so months ago. Take time to stop...breath... relax. Yes, it's 100% that the exam will come on April 22-24; but panicking is not going make it any better. What you can do is prepare yourself, whether you like it or not.
With only one month left, you can't afford wasting anytime for panicking. Otherwise, your life will be filled with either preparing for UN or panicking about UN or thinking about UN. Let's make it clear, I'm not telling anyone to look down upon the exam, I'm not telling anyone to not study hard for it and hope for a lucky miracle. What I want to say is there's more than only UN: you have a life that mustn't be forgotten.
It is ultra-important that you (more accurately, we) prepare ourselves for the UN. It should rank high if not highest in our priorities. You got the drill: reviewing, doing exercise tests, and praying that God may help you. Just don't lose yourself while doing it. Don't deprive your soul of its nourishment. UN is not a reason for stopping doing what you love, your hobby, or anything else. When I brought a novel I was reading to class, my friends asked "how on earth can you read a novel right now?!" Know what, enjoying yourself is not, and will never be, a crime. The exam's not a reason to be so paranoid.
Make a commitment. We are going to study hard, prepare everything for this exam. And we'll still have fun in the process. Believe that you've worked your best, and God's going to help you through the exam. Praying and not being sure about God's help don't match each other. Two parts of praying are working for what you've prayed for and believing that God helps in so many ways, through the obvious and the never-imagined. Make it a goal that on the exam, you can say to the exam paper (but not loudly though, talking to a paper doesn't give a good impression to the invigilator) "Hah! I prepared myself for you, so give me what you got! And what's more, you didn't drive me anywhere near freakin' crazy. I still lived my life while studying for you. You failed miserably to enslave me." We are going to make our own history.
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