Understanding Student Anxiety
During my first exam in grad school, I got very emotional. I had to excuse myself for a minute so I could wipe my tears in the hallway. I had prepared and knew the material, but the pressure I put on myself not to fail overwhelmed me. This may have been the first time when I really recognized that I had anxiety, not just test anxiety either. In high school, I was placed in an upper level math class. I probably didn’t belong there but didn’t know the difference to take a regul