Student years for almost every person is a time associated with a huge amount of positive emotions. But there is, perhaps, the only thing that overshadows these pleasant memories. This thing is a session. Such a simple word, but how much stress and sleepless nights are associated with it, read from cover to cover of textbooks and hidden in the most intricate places of cheat sheets! Let's take a closer look at what a session is and what a student who has just yet to prepare for.
That scary word "session"
In general, the session is nothing more than a few exams in the disciplines that were passed by the student during the semester. Moreover, if there were, for example, seven subjects, it is not at all a fact that there will be the same number of exams. As a rule, some of them will need to be credited. This procedure is often much easier than the session itself. Often offsets are set automatically. However, there are times when it is very difficult to achieve such a mark from a certain teacher. And this is necessary, because without tests it will not be possible to find out in your own skin what a session is, because to itthe student will simply not be allowed.
And how long to suffer?
The duration of the session in most educational institutions is about three weeks, which allows you to more or less conveniently spread all the exams. This is to ensure that students have enough time to prepare. Traditionally, there are three to four days between exams, during which you can intensively read notes and textbooks or write cheat sheets just as diligently, here it’s closer to someone.
There is no pattern as to when "difficult" exams are given: at the end of the session or closer to its beginning. The fact is that the complexity of the subject is an extremely subjective thing, and for teachers there are usually no difficult disciplines at all. However, Murphy's law usually works here: the most difficult exam will be on the most inconvenient day.
Two semesters, two sessions
The academic year at the university usually consists of two semesters, after each of which there is an examination period. The winter session usually falls after the New Year holidays and ends in early February. It may seem that taking exams after a long fun vacation will be very difficult. In fact, many students are much less pleased with the summer session, because the weather is great, the sun is bright, and they have to cram and prepare for exams. The only thing that pleases, perhaps, is that there are only two such periods of especially intensive study in a year. It’s even scary to imagine if there would have been an autumn session, or even a spring one…
It's hard for teachers too
Educators have their own opinions about what a session is. For them, this, of course, is not such a stress, but they work no less. After all, they have to listen to a huge number of students who sometimes say something completely different from what the answer to the exam question implies. Moreover, checking written papers takes a huge amount of time, and students are always trying to rush or beg for a good grade.
Don't be afraid to fail
Many students' greatest fear is failing an exam - failing one or more exams. I would like to reassure them and say that even if you do not pass the exam the first time, you will have at least a couple more attempts to prepare well and “conquer” the impregnable discipline. There is nothing wrong with retakes, just try to master the material better and be confident in your abilities.
There is a lot more to say about this, but it is enough to learn once what a session is from your own experience, and 99% of the questions will disappear immediately, as well as exactly the same number of fears.
