Exam blues

It's been almost a year since I last had to study for an exam, kudos to the 6-month Professional Internship during the first half of this year. For once, I could book a holiday in April while most people were fretting over exam preparation and rushing off final assignments. Not that I did jet set to some place in April this year that is. Not that I thought any of my school mates did. We were all working our asses off.

No wonder studying for exams this time round seems a little alien. Not that I think anyone can forget how to study for exams, but I guess as much as I tried to be consistent in my work and all that beginning of the semester, my problem is I've grown lazy from reading. So even though I did my weekly readings as much as I could, I never did absorb the material that well. My justification: for 6 months earlier this year, other than my acting scripts I don't remember having read much stuff. And even if I did, I mostly scanned through them, because really, I don't need to remember that much details.

Which explains why I'm having difficulty plouging through my readings now. Suddenly, I can't seem to understand English written for academic purposes. On average I need to go through a set of readings 3 times before I can say I understand the gist of the article. So imagine if I need to know it very well?

I'm scaring myself. Time is running out, so instead of sitting here complaining about my incompetent reading skills and inexperience of studying for exams, I should get back to "Freedom of Expression" and make it happen.

*takes a deep breath*