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As an active member of the student What is your advice for the
council, how did you manage to upcoming IGCSE batch?
balance the demands of the students Study everyday, never ever lose
along with your academics? hope, and I cannot stress this
One simple answer... planning out enough, do not hesitate to ask
your day. I keep specific slots of time for or give help. If you follow
for when I can devote myself to these religiously, I bet you can
different activities. By creating a get some very great results!
schedule, I restrict myself from losing
my main focus, and try to finish my What was your driving force
work in the time slot. Then what throughout the exam time?
about stress, you may wonder. Well, I Since this was ISWKi's first
believe a certain amount of stress is batch, I wanted to set a high
always good for you. It keeps you benchmark and work towards
active and on your toes. So, by living up to the expectations of
keeping myself busy most of the time, my teachers. At times, the
I don’t let my mind become lazy. pressure of high expectations
did stress me out and give me
Were there times when you just felt anxiety, but that also made me
like giving up? If so, how did you put forward my best efforts.
deal with that?
Yes, there most definitely were. There Where do you see yourself in
have been times where some concepts the next ten years?
have gone above my head, and no I see myself following my
matter how hard I tried, I never passion.
seemed to grasp it. I dealt with it by
reminding myself that nothing is Thanks Harshita for your
impossible, and that to pursue my precious time.
dreams, I’ll have to put in a lot of Its my pleasure. Thanks.
effort. Eventually, through self
encouragement, the cloudy skies
would clear up to reveal the bright
sun.
"At times, the pressure of high expectations did
stress me out and give me anxiety, but that also
made me put forward my best efforts."
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