The Pressure
of Tests & Coursework
The never-ending
pressure of tests and exams cannot be explained as it is on so many levels than
one. There is the pressure you get in GCSE’s, which many people. Having
schooled in this country, it may not be as heavy as that of A levels. This is
because people inevitably believe that their grades won’t count towards their
university application, at least majority of the subjects they do, like
Spanish, RS and other subjects. However, in A levels, it’s now or never. The
pressure one has feels like, “This is it!” the beginning of my life. They then
begin to feel a greater pressure than that of GCSE’s, where they felt like it
didn’t count as much. Well things change. It does count, not one, but all.
That
said, in University, it is an entirely different feeling. Now it’s more like,
“Make it or Break it”, and the pressure people get from these exams and tests
are that it is a “must” to do well. However, in terms of this term, with the
workload and other miscellaneous activities the University of Essex has to offer,
such as sports, big difference charities and nights out, I would say that the
tests and it’s individual pressures (per module) have been spread out almost
evenly amongst the last few weeks of my first semester at university. People
seem to over exaggerate the level of work in university, however, at my current
level of International Academy, having gone through two years of A levels
before starting my university course to me, seems like a walk in the park. That
is until it gets harder next semester.
In
my honest opinion, the work load may be seen as a lot to some people, but to
me, I feel that I can handle it because I have already done this type of work
to the same standard as well as the academic level it constitutes.
Tunde
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