Anxiety

As I sit here studying for my first math test I fight with the usual test anxiety. I understand the concepts, theories and remember most of the formulas. My problem? I tend to make stupid mistakes, usually entering something into the calculator or transposing numbers. Speed kills is a very accurate statement with me and math.

I have also noticed that it is when I try to do something in my head I run into problems. Normally mental math is a strong suit of mine, but with the pressure of testing I tend to freeze up. This is why the calculator is a marvel machine! As long as everything is entered correctly lol. I honestly have to concentrate and enter the numbers very slowly or I transpose or miss numbers and that is no good when taking a test!

Logarithms are not as difficult as anticipated, dimensional analysis is pretty simple, but exponential growth and decay is not my favorite. So much room for error!

Wish me luck!