Anxiety and Fear of Failure at school
I'm in my final year of high school and today I got one my quizzes back (worth around 2-4%). I realized I had gotten a 60% and a 69% on two different parts. At this time, a realization struck me: if I continue on like this (exams in just two weeks!) I'm going to get less than an 80% on my Calculus course, making me ineligible for many of my favourite university programs.
It's not like this quiz matters on the long run, I understand that. I remember my first few quizzes and a test where I did miserably, and my mid-term mark was remarkably an 80%. I started getting 90%'s on the next few tests and quizzes, until the summative task (basically, worth 10%) where I got a 65%on the first task (worth 5%) and 67.5% (worth the second 5%). This scares me.
And its not that I don't study and pratice either. I guess I'm just frustrated and tired, and want to figure out a way to deal with this. The fear of failure is pretty difficult to deal with. I'm an honours student, with 5 extra-curriculur activities. I'm used to 90's, and thinking that one course might just screw my dream up for a better education really scares me.
Help me deal ith this.
Last edited by dpvtank; 01-15-2007 at 05:43 PM.
Reason: change of title for clarification of topic
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