The secret to staying sharp throughout exam season

The time until important exams is only a matter of weeks, but many senior students find the more they study, the more they feel like they can't pass.

Exam season, hot season

These days, in the sweltering heat of summer, candidates preparing for the high school entrance exam and high school graduation exam are getting “hotter”. Exam season is the time when students have to study “as hard as a bowstring”. Studying at school, taking extra classes, and reviewing lessons at home… makes their schedules packed. Many students feel pressured and mentally burdened, but do not have enough experience and knowledge to overcome this pressure.

Stress and forgetfulness are common conditions when studying for exams.

Before the exam season, not only students are under pressure, but also their families have to “sprint” with their children. The worries are overwhelming, from finding schools and classes, looking up information and benchmark scores, finding tutors for their children, to finding ways to nourish their health and improve their memory during the exam season.

Cramming won't work.

To reduce some of the pressure on parents and candidates during exam season, experts advise that studying is a process, so "sprint" or "cramming" will cause knowledge to come in and then go out, causing many students to "remember and forget".

A typical example of this is a child who sits in his room all day with a book in his hand but cannot learn a single word. There are children who forget what they learn and have to stick notes all over the house to study anytime and anywhere because they have forgotten what they learned the day before. So, although they spend a lot of time studying, they do not gain much knowledge, and the more they study, the more confused they become.

Furthermore, cramming too much knowledge in a short period of time will overload the brain and nerve cells. With the brain's ability to remember and think, knowledge entering the brain needs to be received, classified and processed systematically. A sudden, overwhelming amount of information will overload the brain and make it less clear-headed because the cerebral cortex centers have reduced concentration function. Prolonged lack of sleep and insomnia during the exam preparation process also makes the body and brain tired, so they "refuse" to absorb knowledge. If this condition persists, the brain will become weak, so it is necessary to have appropriate nutritional and stress-relieving measures for the brain.

Help the brain to be healthy and "pass the gate of heaven".

To have a healthy brain, study and get good results in exams, students need to have a reasonable lifestyle and rest. Even when exams are approaching, students should not stay up all night to study, this will harm the brain and nerves.

In addition to studying, there should be relaxing activities such as listening to music, light exercise and maintaining deep sleep. During sleep, the brain converts short-term memory into long-term memory to help remember lessons for a long time.

Therefore, you need to limit stress; turn off your phone and computer before going to bed; do not keep too many books in your bedroom; take a warm bath; do not overuse tea or coffee. Before the exam day, you should go to bed early to keep your spirit refreshed.

Keeping your mind relaxed and healthy plays an important role before the exam.

Mothers also need to pay attention to their children's diet to ensure that it is both nutritious and suitable for the weather. For example, when the weather is hot, you should eat cool, liquid foods, eat many meals; you should not eat too much spicy food. Green vegetables and ripe fruits are good foods for students. Trying to eat a lot, especially eating too much protein (animal meat) will cause indigestion, difficulty sleeping, and sometimes cause acne and constipation.

In addition to the above measures, it is possible to combine the use of brain-boosting products with clean medicinal origins that have the effect of improving cerebral blood circulation, increasing memory and concentration, helping to reduce stress and fatigue, and avoiding the state of "remembering and forgetting" when entering the exam room.

According to Vietnam.net