I used to really panic about finals. I didn't understand the concept of how you could have one test that encompasses the entire semester.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Math was a two-part exam and I once didn't go for the second part. I knew I'd done so badly on the first it was hopeless. I re-took it about four or five times. I think I eventually got it by getting the top GCSE grade.
The Finals are about a test of wills.
I still have nightmares about taking tests.
So basically, I graduated high school a semester early.
I'm visiting my high school. Every half year I do the exams, and then this year I'm going to graduate.
I think I've failed every test I've ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it.
I had to know if I could make it somewhere else. I did not want to go through the rest of my life wondering what might have been without putting myself to the test.
They told me at the end of that test that they wanted me to be a part of this project. I walked out and had a moment of clarity where I thought, not many people will ever have this moment.
In college, you had to worry about that math class or this exam that's coming up on Tuesday, but not in the professionals. You eat, sleep, and do everything related to your craft - and your craft is football. You can be at it from sunup to sundown.
I had never passed a single school exam, and clearly never would.