Okay, let me tell you about this exam when I was preparing for my high school entrance exam. To tell you more about this exam, it is the type of test that will decide which high school in my province that I would get into. I was a bright spark back then according to my mom. Therefore, I was pretty certain that I would get into the top schools in my province. However, just because of a small mistake, I accidentally put myself under so much pressure. To go into more details, I had studied the wrong materials. Instead of studying English, I decided to study history instead. But the thing is, history was the subject of the following year instead of my year. Therefore, I was so taken aback that my mind went blank just thinking about the real test coming up in around two days from the occurrence. Because of that, I need to go back to square one, like do everything all over again because obviously I didn’t have a clue about all of the grammar and all of the reading materials that I was supposed to study from the very beginning. Therefore, I need to pull an all nighter just to get myself ready and to secure myself in the top school in my province. I decided to do this by following some tips and hacks for effective study on the internet. One notable method that I tried is that I break my content into small manageable shims that are easier to consume and easier to learn by heart. And thanks to that, I passed the exam with flying colors. Up until now, I am still so horrified because I could fail at any moment. But at the same time, I was ready to leave and grateful because I did the right choice.
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Okay, let me tell you about this exam when I was preparing for my high school entrance exam. To tell you more about this exam, it is the type of test that will decide which high school in my province that I would get into. I was a bright spark back then according to my mom. Therefore, I was pretty certain that I would get into the top schools in my province. However, just because of a small mistake, I accidentally put myself under so much pressure. To go into more detail, I had studied the wrong materials. Instead of studying English, I decided to study history instead. But the thing is, history was the subject of the following year instead of my year. Therefore, I was so taken aback that my mind went blank just thinking about the real test coming up in around two days from the occurrence. Because of that, I needed to go back to square one, like do everything all over again because obviously I didn't have a clue about all of the grammar and all of the reading materials that I was supposed to study from the very beginning. Therefore, I needed to pull an all-nighter just to get myself ready and to secure myself in the top school in my province. I decided to do this by following some tips and hacks for effective study on the internet. One notable method that I tried is that I broke my content into small manageable chunks that are easier to consume and easier to learn by heart. And thanks to that, I passed the exam with flying colors. Up until now, I am still so horrified because I could fail at any moment. But at the same time, I was ready to leave and grateful because I made the right choice.
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