Another whew and the importance of practice.

ochem is done. I think i've been speeding through my last bits of reading just so i can get done. i think i want to see myself doing practice questions. i've been thinking lately, actually just yesterday and today, about the importance of practice. I thought about the nclex. i really didn't study for the exam during the 3-months post school that i took it. Even the last quarter of school, i didn't study for the HESIs i took because i'd done so much practice i knew the stuff by heart. I mean between the reviews and rationales i did along with nclex 3500 and other CDs i had, i'd gone through tons of questions. i did most of the nclex 3500 in review mode but did some few in test mode. So come test day, i remember when i sat in front of the computer to take the exam, it seemed like me sitting in front of my laptop in the library tyring to do some practice questions in test mode, except this time i can't review right after i'm done.

Likewise in Ghana, i knew my physics, chem and math so much because it was all "solve questions, solve questions, solve questions". Mr Brew used to say that about math. He said math can be taught in an hour. The rest comes from "solving questions". So i practiced, practiced and practiced. i had the 1001 book for physics and i think i had other physcis books. i went through KOVs soo many times for chemistry. And it's no surprise that after doing one year of high school at Blake and another year without chemistry, i was able to take chem 1 withiut studying for it 2 years later and then tutor chemistry 3 years later because i remembered the stuff. I mean now i've forgotten.

So in both instances, i practiced a lot and that's what me better. I've been reading posts from sdn i saved and each one of these 40+ scorers practiced, practiced and practice. For the nclex, i was able to think like the testmakers because after doing all those questions i knew how they tested. Someone on SDN mentioned by taking practice tests, you get to know how the testmakers think. i couldn't agree more.

So, point here is that i should be lots of practice questions. i started EK 1001s for some of the chapters but laziness ....
So, beginning today, i'm going to practice, practice and practice. All i have left now is physics so i think i'll work hard on these last chapters and then practice. i've soo much study material with lots of practice. Aside from that, i think i need a break from studying before my brain gets into overload mode. I'm just glad i've gone through my first cycle of studying. I still feel that i need serious prayers and the love of God to make it through.