Different approaches to finals

 Finals are approaching fast, and everyone is in a frenzy trying to study. I've noticed there are three different types of students when it comes to finals week, the ideal student, the self-teacher, and the happy go lucky student. Now let me explain what exactly each of these means starting with the ideal student. The Ideal student is the student that paid attention from the beginning till the end if week 10, attended every class, did all the assigned reading and assignments etc. So, for them studying for finals is more of a review because they were actively learning all quarter long, these are also usually the teachers' favorite types of students because they're easy.

 Next, we have the self-taught, and this is the student that didn't really pay much attention in class, skipped every now and then, overall has kind of just made sure they turned assignments in without actually learning anything. Basically, only did the bare minimum to pass while being mentally checked out. So now that finals are approaching, they are in a tricky situation. They have a good grade in their classes, but not good enough to just bomb finals, but they also don't know what to even study because they have been mentally absent majority of the quarter. So now they must try to read, review, and cram new information withing just a week. I happen to fall into this category for a few of my classes and let me just say, it is not fun.

 The last category is the happy go lucky ones. These are the students that somehow managed to get A's in the class weather it was their own knowledge, or they somehow finessed the system. So now when finals come along, they and don't really need to study. They plan to just wing it and hope for the best knowing that they'll still have a good grade even if they bomb it because they're already excelling. These are the students that are least stressed when finals come around, and I'm envious of them. 

With these observations I wish everyone the best of luck studying no matter what type of studying style approach you take, and I'm keeping an eye of if there's another type of studier that I may not have noticed.

-Yours Truly, Jaz