{"id":3727,"date":"2024-01-23T12:18:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T17:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/?p=3727"},"modified":"2024-01-23T12:18:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T17:18:04","slug":"a-week-of-stress-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/a-week-of-stress-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"A Week of Stress: Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Hasan Mirasyedi, Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the second quarter of the school year comes to an end it means that midterms are right around the corner. Midterms are heavily weighted tests given to students during the middle of the school year usually marking 10% of a class’s overall grade. For most high school students, this year’s midterms won\u2019t be their first. However, for freshmen it’ll be the first time they take these challenging tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Freshman Sydney Annmarie \u201ctaking midterms as a freshman makes it more stressful.\u201d Sydney explains how her lack of studying strategies might add to the stress making it harder as \u201ceverything is a new experience.\u201d  Freshman Ester Balakirsky agreed with Sydney expressing how \u201cMidterms are very scary.\u201d Ester also added how \u201cbeing a freshman makes it a little harder as all this is new to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For returning high school students, there seems to be mixed opinions. Junior Richard Cheng stated that he is \u201cworried for midterms because they are a bit of a challenge.\u201d Richard is most worried about his \u201ccalculus midterm as it is a hard class.\u201d On the other hand, Junior Robinson Ohm isn\u2019t too worried about midterms this year. When asked about midterms he said they were \u201clight\u201d and he wasn\u2019t stressing about them. Robinson said, \u201cout of all my classes I am least worried about anatomy and most worried about physics, but even then I’m not too scared.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some seniors midterms can be a pretty big deal. Some colleges require mid year reports which include the grades from the first two quarters and midterms. This adds to the pressure for a lot of  seniors as many  need a good grade to get into specific colleges. Senior Jake Miller articulated that \u201cthe fact that our midterm grades get seen by colleges does add to the pressure a little bit.\u201d Senior Rohan Gambir agreed with Jake stating  \u201cthere is a lot more pressure because of colleges and I\u2019m hoping I do well.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, not all seniors feel the pressure. When asked about midterms, senior Bethel Bruk said she\u2019s \u201c feeling a 5\/10 because [she] only has 5 classes and they\u2019re not that bad.\u201d Bethel said she’s \u201cleast looking forward to [her] stats and English finals, but even those won\u2019t be too bad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For freshmen taking their first ever midterm, a big week lies ahead of them. As for returning River Hill students, some don\u2019t seem to feel the pressure the heavy week of testing brings with it. Although annoying, midterms are a great measure for teachers to see how well students are progressing through the year. The best thing to do as of now is continue studying and try to do as well as possible, afterall, it is 10% of the overall grade. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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