Tips To Reduce Stress

While you may not be able to solve the biggest stressors in your life, you can do something about many of the smaller stressors that "nickel and dime you to death." Here are some proven stress reducers you can implement in daily life to help:

        Get up 15 minutes earlier each morning. That gives you a little more time to eat something, run back to get something you forgot, or enjoy a cup of coffee before heading out the door. If you drive to work, a 15 or 20 minute head start may decrease some of the traffic you face, and make the commute less stressf

           Prepare for mishaps. Make an extra copy of your house key and bury it in your neighbors' yard; make a second copy of your car key and tape it under your coworker's desk. Both may allow you to get home and inside the house if you loose your keys. If you do have to use them, pat yourself on the back for being smart.

          Do something healthy for yourself. That could mean taking the stairs   once a day      instead of the elevator, picking one day a week to have a  salad for lunch, or eating fresh fruit instead of a candy bar. What's the overall effect on your health? Maybe not much, but small steps lead to bigger ones, and doing something simple for your    body is the best way to start.

Tips - Exam Techniques

Tests and exams are a regular part of the school environment. It is important that exams be kept in proportion they are important, but not the end of the world. Some things can be done to make exams a more valuable, worthwhile and less threatening experience for students.

1.    Have all necessary material with you.

You can't borrow items such as pens, pencils, rulers or special equipment while in an examination.

2.      Have a relaxing night before your exams

Have an early night, and try to have a healthy breakfast.

3.      Read the entire paper.

Where you have choices, decide which ones you plan to answer.

1.      Plan your time.

Spend some time drafting a plan for the questions you choose to answer.

2.     Jot down ideas as they come to you.

While you are answering one question, information about another may suddenly occur to you. Jot it down somewhere because when you come to that question perhaps an hour later, you may have forgotten it.

3.      Don't leave any questions unanswered.

If you are short of time, use note form. Remember, you can only be marked on the answers you give.

4.      Never leave the room early.

If you have time at the end, go over your work, add information (eg in the margin). You can't return if you suddenly remember a fact after you have left.

5.      Do not spend too long on multiple choice questions.

With multiple choice questions it is best to cover the answers and work out your own before looking at the choices on paper. If you can't answer the question come back to it later  have a guess.