Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing, and dream while others are wishing.” William A. Ward
Examinations are times of great expectation, fear, and anxiety. There is no formula neither there is a shortcut for success in this world that does not include hard work and prayer.
Being the architect of your fortune and master of your fate, you need to excel in your study and come out with flying colors. You need the following tips for successful examination writing;
1. Don’t be like those Nicodemus that believe that their prayers without hardworking can assured them success. Prepare a study timetable, follow it and study well every day, observe how you want to go by it; Determine to pass with very good grades in your examination.
2. Make friends with those who know you better than you. Organize a study group, read together and solve problems together. Let them teach you what find difficult to understand.
3. Believe in yourself. Don’t try to copy anybody and never involve yourself in any examination malpractice. Have it in mind that in everything you do, there is a reward neither good nor bad.
4. Take difficult problems to those who know better than you or teachers to solve. Take difficulty as a challenge to success, the examination is a test of knowledge gained in and out of the four walls of the school.
In all, always pray to God for his direction. Pray as if you won’t read, READ as if you won’t pray. Your prayer goes a long way in assisting your reading ability for academics SUCCESS! Read hard, do your best and God will reward you with the best result.
Oguntoye Sodiq Olalekan is an ND2 student at Mass Communication.
