That happy feeling

So, that's it then. Exams are over, and I don't have to do any work for about four months. It's not really sinking in at the moment though, because my relief at the end of exams began on Sunday, two days early. The "just one more" syndrome, which led to me being quite relaxed until late last night, when I got very stressed again at "ack, I haven't done enough revision", which was due to the relaxedness.

Luckily though, today's exam was much like the weekend one, in that beforehand I was panicking that I didn't know the subject, but the paper turned out to be full of things that I could do easily once I'd calmed down.

The "whoo! Exams are over!" feeling that I had yesterday (and that I'll probably get today or tomorrow, once my delayed reaction kicks in) was stronger than for GCSEs or A-levels because I wasn't stressed during those times. They didn't seem like such a big deal by the time we actually took them (this is what two dozen practice papers per subject will do for you).

Now, though, I'm appreciating the benefits of nag-learning as opposed to independant study :-) And have also resolved that, next year, I'm going to actually do work between lectures, summarising notes and going through examples. Current prediction is that it'll last no more than ten days...