Exam Season: I Am on the Watching Side

The exam season has arrived.

For middle school and high school entrance exams,
I wonder if the
recommendation and general entrance exams are taking place now.

For university entrance exams, the Common Test is over,
and the private university entrance exams are likely starting.

Since I was once someone who placed myself in the middle of the exam war,
I feel nostalgic when this season comes around.

1. Things I remember when the exam season comes

Actually, before I became a teacher, I had experience interacting with exam candidates. It was as an entrance exam PR staff member, a role I held for four years while I was a university student.

The university I attended had students take the lead in running open campus events.

Reception, individual consultations, campus tours, and so on...

I also used to lead campus tours with about 50 people in tow.

The entrance exam PR staff had activities outside of the open campus day itself, and sometimes we would travel to other prefectures to give lectures in front of exam candidates.

We would also hold individual consultations after the lectures, and the eyes of the candidates were shining.

It really came across that they were "working hard to get into this university." Seeing someone working hard is truly cool, isn't it?

Thinking about how, just like those candidates, students all over the country are currently working hard to get into their desired universities, high schools, and middle schools, I feel motivated to "do my best too."

As an aside, there was someone who told me the year after I gave a lecture, "I was worried about which university to choose, but I enrolled after hearing that lecture!" and they later became an entrance exam PR staff member themselves.

It was such a wonderful activity that I suddenly remembered it during this time of year...!

2. The harder you work, the more anxious you become

Looking back on when I was an exam candidate, and also based on my experience watching students as a teacher, I believe that the harder you work, the more anxious you become.

There must be times when you feel that "the more I study, the more anxious I get."

If you haven't studied at all, you won't feel anxious. After all, failure is clearly visible.

I believe that it is precisely because you have studied seriously and are on the verge of passing or failing that you feel anxious.

That is why it is better not to say "do your best" directly to someone who is working hard. Even if you say that, they are already doing their best, aren't they...?

Encouraging them too much can also have the opposite effect, and simple words like "it will be okay" or "it will work out" might even become factors that make them more anxious.

When you have strong feelings of support, you naturally want to say something.

However, the exam period is particularly tense, so even trivial words can end up being irritants.

Teachers and parents are, after all, on the side of watching over them gently.
I want to keep that in mind when interacting with them.

In summary:

◎ A valuable experience being able to interact with students taking exams

◎ The sight of someone working hard is truly cool

◎ Because the more you study, the more anxious you become,
those around you should watch over them without being a source of irritation

was the takeaway!

The result is not everything, and
the deviation score is not everything either.

The experience of having made an effort
will come in handy later on.

I have received courage
from many students taking exams.

Although I am in a distant position now,
I want to quietly watch over all the students across the country
who are working hard 🌟

*Good luck to all students taking exams...!*

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