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The one thing I actually heeded to on my last journal was the fact that I needed to stay calm and I didn’t need to stay up all night.Good essays are not produced by stressed individuals either. I wrote my mid term at the cafe because I really do love food and I was playing  classical music through my headphones. Once I started the essay , everything in the cafe were blocked out of my mind except my cup of water and the WSPT. I quickly went through all of my errors in the last two essays before starting the test. I realized that i needed help on my sentence structures and the amount of commas I put in my sentence. I even have a few things planned ahead , One of them is to have a one to one conversation with miss Sarah on my mistakes. Ask her for some advice and try and improve on them. I will plan to do some free essays where I write and miss Sarah can point out the mistakes. I’m eagerly waiting for my WSPT results, I feel like I’ve done a lot better than in my old essays but that’s only my point of view. One thing I realized is that I felt really pressurized and paid attention to the timing more than my own essay. I really enjoy doing essays on my own time but I know that timed essays only help us build the ability to think under pressure and that is a really important ability everyone needs to work on.

Wow , I can’t actually believe that it’s already mid-term week. We were forced to miss a lot of classes due to snowfall and that costed us a lot but thanks to Miss Sarah , we had to only do our peer review and work online, so we don’t miss on class-time and fall back. The word mid-term is scary but after doing a few essays , I’m actually not that scared for the WSPT and I’m kind of prepared. First thing’s first , I’m going to be prepared a day back. I’m probably going to do those online exercises which Miss Sarah had posted. The night before the WSPT , i’ll quickly go through my errors so I don’t have to sit through the whole night and cram. All we really need to do is stay focused and calm. Good essays are not produced by stressed individuals, so that’s not something I’m looking for. A good night sleep is crucial for this one.

I’m really hoping for an interesting topic , so we’re all able to score well. As usual , I need to have a good breakfast , attend my 8 A.M. and have a freshly brewed coffee to write this essay. I’ll have to find a good place to sit and do my work without any distraction and the best place to do my work is in the study hall in my dorm. I have to make sure , nothing is bothering me and just write whatever I’ve learned so far. I’m trying to be positive and can’t wait to reflect on the essay results.