Tonight is It Can’t Get Much Worse vs No One Should Ever Feel Like This

This time tomorrow English paper one will be no more. Feels good, doesn’t it? Even though it will probably be my best paper, it’s nice to know I’ll have it out of the way in a very short time. After months and months of countdowns I’m thinking that the next two weeks will pass by pretty quickly. Probably in a haze of caffeine and… more caffeine. I’m going to try and delay the caffeine dependency for as long as possible though, especially next week which is relatively busier than this one. Once I start I just don’t sleep for days and things get a little messy. o.O

So how’s everyone feeling about it all? I’m still in my relaxed state of nonchalance, I’m predicting a minor moment of realisation and shock tomorrow morning but nothing too dreadful. One thing I’m not looking forward to is exam post-postmortems. Oh how I abhor those things. I usually leave exams feeling pleasantly positive about the whole experience, until some straight A student starts to panic about a question that I didn’t even see. Howcome it’s always those students who panic? Perhaps if I panicked I would get straight A’s. I somehow doubt that.

It is incredibly annoying, though, when you spend an hour comforting a distraught friend after an exam only to learn two weeks later that they got an A1. Self absorbed much? Here’s to you, swots of the country: if you do fantastically in an exam then own it, don’t feign a panic attack to make us plebeian B/C students feel better. It’s rather ironic that I, who detest this post-exam analysis, have committed to writing daily about my exam experiences. It should be FUN to read, eh?

I’m also not looking forward to getting up tomorrow morning and donning my school uniform. I know this is a pretty minor thing to be thinking about,but it’s 23 degrees outside, and that thing is green, itchy and stuffy. Nasty combination if ever I saw one. There has been plenty of talk on boards.ie about this issue, and it seems that most schools are fairly relaxed about the uniform rule for the exams, alas my school is one of the few who seem to think that an itchy green costume is conducive to top exam performance. Can I get an eye-roll?

And finally,  GOOD LUCK everybody! As Chris Martin would say, Don’t Panic. Remember to keep everything in perspective, and even if you’re feeling horribly under-prepared just vow to give it all you’ve got. You can’t regret doing your best on the day, after all.

This is Frankie. Frankie says relax.