Post-exam blues

So exams are over and everything, that's good I guess. But it means we have to mentally prepare ourselves to receive our marks.

So some of us make our appointments upfront for therapists, life coaches and doctors in the unfortunate event of getting a beating. After tests, you feel relaxed that it's over and all that crap. But we forget a mere detail every time. Someone marks the tests, and we have to face our marks eventually, whether it's a 91 for Afrikaans or a really bad mark for Music that I would rather not mention on the internet.

When you get your tests back, you might feel, angry, relieved, sad, impressed or even indifferent-some tests have that effect of "screw it. It's over, what happens from here does not matter, this day is dead to me, just like the test" (along with the teacher in some cases.) Getting upset about a bad mark is useless. You won't be able to get your test marks higher.

  That would be cool, but no. Look at your mistakes and just try harder. Moaning surprisingly doesn't help jack shit. So keep calm and try again.

This one is for everyone who got less impressive marks this term.