EDITOR’S LETTER
Spring! The flowers are blooming,
the grass is getting greener, my
allergies are waking up! Red itchy
eyes, and a blocked stuffy nose. The
signs to let me know Spring is here.
BUT I love waking up in the morning, knowing that the sun will shine,
and the weather will be nice and
toasty the whole day! But September also means one month closer to
the end of the year...
Do you wake up lately wondering,
“Where has the time gone?” I am
having quite a few of those days; but
I guess not as bad a when you are a
student... When you look at it; by the
end of this month (which is about two
weeks away) all students on Campus
will be writing their FINAL exams for
the year!
That feeling of soooo much to do
and so little time also starts to slowly
build. What to do? What to do?
Firstly? BREATHE! Secondly, if you
haven’t learnt how to do it by now;
the best thing to do is: PRIORITIZE!
Here are some tips I learned through
my years as a student:
• Before you start to worry about
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exams, FIRST remember that
you still have a few weeks left of
classes. So make sure your work
is up-to-date, and hand in those
last minute assignments!
Check your exam timetables.
They are out, so make sure you
know when you are writing. This
also helps to see if there might
be clashes (it can happen)
Make notes (proper notes) for
each module. A few papers or
random words in textbooks is not
enough to help you pass. Hard
part? This will involve you rereading those books and notes
you wrote... BUT this helps, as
that way you can get rid of the
info that you don’t need, hence
making life a little easier.
Plan a schedule. Trust me, it
doesn’t help to just study a day
before.
When writing exams:
• Read through everything first. It
might seems like a waste of time,
but you never know what extra
information your lecturer might
have written; that in the end will
save you a lot of time.
• Answer the easier questions first.
Don’t waste time trying to think of
what to write on questions you are not sure
about first. You might
not get to all the easier questions and then
you lose out on time
and marks.
• Write to the best of
your ability. Unless you
have parrot memory; it
might not be possible
for you to write everything that was in the
textbooks; but don’t
give up! Write what you
know; and get SOME
marks, rather than not
writing it down at all.
• When you feel that you
are done and you have
left the exam room:
FORGET IT ALL. It
doesn’t help you to go
and check your notes
to see if your answers
are correct after you
wrote the exam. Wait
for the results, have a
look where you went
wrong, talk to your lecturer; and
if push comes to shove, re-write.
BUT I have faith in all of you that you
will do great the first time around!
P.S. I am available for encouraging
words and hugs if needed!
Well... now that THAt is out of the
way... Down to looking back at
September... Heritage Month... What
a GREAT Culture Day we had this
year! I mean... what better way to
seperate the coming together of cultures and being united, then inviting
our sister Campuses Mafikeng and
Potch to our beautiful Campus? And
they came roaring to go! The performances from each Campus Choir
and the amazing performances from
Mafikeng’s other talented students
and groups definitely showed me
that as a University... we are a force
to be reckoned with!