Finals

The best word to describe finals is 'stressful.' They account for a large part of your grade, and they cover everything you have learned in that class. There is so much to remember and so much to study. You flip frantically through review packets and highlight parts of your notes that you know you will have a hard time recalling come test time. And the moment the actual test is handed out, your stomach is in knots. Many times, after reading the first question, your heart plummets. You have no idea what the answer is. But hopefully, you regain your composure and enter the test-taking mode. And perhaps you even do well enough to bring your grade up a whole percentage. Or, it could go down. Either way, the stress building up the test is immense and often times overwhelming.