Piles of papers, projects, journals, and tests are forming and
reaching new heights and competing with stress levels for the
majority of students at Concordia College.Â We see this time
twice a year, but somehow the frustration and anguish always
seem to swarm students and interfere with their capability to
perform to the best of their ability and remain healthy. Without
preparation skills and self-knowledge finals week and the
preceding days can destroy not only a studentâ€™s social life
but also their mental and physical well-being. So how can one
form those sanity-saving preparation skills and self-knowledge?Â
The self-knowledge is probably the most important of the two
because it will help you identify which preparation skills you
need.Â How do you learn information best?Â By writing it?
Reading it? Maybe even by summarizing information and explaining
it to others.Â A lot of people find that last one to be most
helpful because it encourages them to put it into words and a
sequence that makes most sense to