{"id":4018,"date":"2024-06-13T23:27:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T03:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/?p=4018"},"modified":"2024-06-13T23:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T03:27:46","slug":"students-strategies-for-final-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/students-strategies-for-final-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Students’ Strategies for Final Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Connor Hawthorne, Co-Editor in Chief<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ask a student the best way to study for a final and each time you\u2019ll get a different answer. As the school year comes to a close, students prepare for finals in a multitude of ways. Some students aren\u2019t even studying at all! There may not be one perfect way to prepare for finals, however each student has their own method. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For his finals, Evan Trost, a Junior, plans on taking a balanced approach, spreading out studying throughout the week to avoid cramming for tests at the last minute. He explains how he is \u201ctaking a lot of breaks and trying to relax as much as possible.\u201d Evan believes that showing effort on finals can improve relationships with teachers and provide a good measure of one’s progress. He mentions that students who want help studying for their final should \u201cuse Quizlet\u201d since \u201cit’s a really helpful tool for memorization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior Jazil Khalid is taking a relaxed and laid-back approach to finals, which he describes as \u201cvery chill\u201d since \u201cwe have a lot of half days [to prepare].\u201d Remarkably, Jazil doesn\u2019t plan on preparing for finals at all, stating \u201cI don\u2019t need a good grade, I\u2019ve already learned everything, I don\u2019t need to prove anything.\u201d For many students this is a common feeling, since due to how each quarter and exam is weighted, if you have gotten all A\u2019s each quarter and midterm you can fail your final and still have an A at the end of the year. Since GPA is calculated based on the final grade in the class, many students only care about what they get at the end of the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some students, even if they can afford to get a bad grade on the final, they believe that students owe it to the teachers to try on the final. Junior Teo Nguyen believes that \u201call throughout the year teachers have had you as a student, teaching you all these topics and they\u2019ve put so much effort into helping you succeed you should put some effort into them.\u201d Evan agrees with Teo, explaining how teachers have put a lot of effort into teaching students and that students should try their best on the finals, remarking how \u201cWe only have a week left, it does not take that much effort to study.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparation for some finals depends on what the final is about. Instead of giving conventional test-based finals, some teachers assign students projects to do as their final, an option much preferred by students. Junior Charan Bala explains how \u201ca project final is better since with a project final you have around a week to prepare and do the project so you have more control over how it will go.\u201d In addition to more agency over the outcome, final projects are often easier than tests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All students employ different strategies for final exams, from Jazil Khalid’s relaxed approach to Evan Trost’s balanced study plan. Ultimately, each student finds a method that best suits their learning style and goals, showcasing a variety of paths to academic success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Connor Hawthorne, Co-Editor in Chief Ask a student the best way to study for a final and each time you\u2019ll get a different answer. As the school year comes to a close, students prepare for finals in a multitude of ways. Some students aren\u2019t even studying at all! There may not be one perfect…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":4019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[550,280,549,286,269,211,285,966,117,1006],"class_list":["post-4018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","tag-exams","tag-feature","tag-finals","tag-journalism","tag-rhhs","tag-river-hill","tag-river-hill-high-school","tag-strategies","tag-study","tag-tests"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-13-232633.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4020,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018\/revisions\/4020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}