Kaleidoscope: Exam!Edition
Joyce Deng, Staff Reporter
Click here to go to the quiz to find out what colour you are!
June is finally here and it brought along sunshine, warm weather, sweat, and exams (sorry for reminding you). As much as everyone is dreading the accursed exams – the only wall between you and summer - here’s a little advice so that you don’t fail (or decapitate someone because of stress).
June is finally here and it brought along sunshine, warm weather, sweat, and exams (sorry for reminding you). As much as everyone is dreading the accursed exams – the only wall between you and summer - here’s a little advice so that you don’t fail (or decapitate someone because of stress).
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Purple: You’re the lone wolf that always aces his/her exams without help from others. But let me share a secret with you, studying with others may help forge relationships. I know that a relationship may be a foreign concept to you but, to the others in your species, it is actually quite important.
This is why you should get out there and try to associate with others by having a group study session. Either that or invite some people out and try to de-stress together. I know you’ll have no problems with your exams but this is the same reason why you should try to focus on the subject that you aren’t doing so well at, Socializing 101. Unfortunately for you, you must pass this course in order to graduate life so get out of your lonely corner and socialize away!
Your lucky item of the month is purple white-out (if such a thing exists).
This is why you should get out there and try to associate with others by having a group study session. Either that or invite some people out and try to de-stress together. I know you’ll have no problems with your exams but this is the same reason why you should try to focus on the subject that you aren’t doing so well at, Socializing 101. Unfortunately for you, you must pass this course in order to graduate life so get out of your lonely corner and socialize away!
Your lucky item of the month is purple white-out (if such a thing exists).
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Blue: You’re the first one people will want to go to for study help (or Yellow). You’re also the one that will be taken advantage of most easily. People may likely want to ask to cheat off you in the exam no matter how hard it may be (some people are just desperate). Or you’ll be forced to spend all your time helping others with their studying and you won’t have time to study by yourself because you’re too afraid to say no. I know that studying in a group can be helpful but that can’t replace that hour you could have had studying by yourself in a quiet room.
That’s why you shouldn’t be afraid to voice out your opinion and say no to others’ demands. You have a right to study by yourself and reject their offers to cheat. You know what’s right for you and it’s time you say it! And don’t forget that you always have your friends with you. So if you’re too scared to say no, make sure you have your friend with you and force your friend to stand up for you. Please note that this method is not recommended especially if your friend is an irritant Red. The newspaper is not liable for any injuries that may follow. Discretion is advised.
Your lucky item of the month is a stuffed pink rabbit.
That’s why you shouldn’t be afraid to voice out your opinion and say no to others’ demands. You have a right to study by yourself and reject their offers to cheat. You know what’s right for you and it’s time you say it! And don’t forget that you always have your friends with you. So if you’re too scared to say no, make sure you have your friend with you and force your friend to stand up for you. Please note that this method is not recommended especially if your friend is an irritant Red. The newspaper is not liable for any injuries that may follow. Discretion is advised.
Your lucky item of the month is a stuffed pink rabbit.
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Green: You have probably been studying since December (if that’s even possible) so I have no fear that you will ace your dreaded (or beloved) exams. Unfortunately, all your preparedness has a price. While you’ve been studying for your exams these past 6 months, you’ve been neglecting your poor friends who have not heard a word from you since Christmas (and even then, they only received a two word text saying “Merry Christmas”).
Your friends feel very (x100) lonely and they might just have that small suspicion in the very deepest darkest recesses of their minds that you may be dead or dying in a ditch somewhere in China. Also, knowing you, you must be very stressed. I’d even bet that you’re so stressed so that you can’t even bend 1°. This is why you need to find your friends and de-stress. You need to tell you friends that you are still alive and you need to make sure that you are not condemned to stand at 180° for the rest of your life (this means that you’ll never be able to sit ever again).
Your lucky item of the month is a panda (a real one).
Your friends feel very (x100) lonely and they might just have that small suspicion in the very deepest darkest recesses of their minds that you may be dead or dying in a ditch somewhere in China. Also, knowing you, you must be very stressed. I’d even bet that you’re so stressed so that you can’t even bend 1°. This is why you need to find your friends and de-stress. You need to tell you friends that you are still alive and you need to make sure that you are not condemned to stand at 180° for the rest of your life (this means that you’ll never be able to sit ever again).
Your lucky item of the month is a panda (a real one).
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Red: June is always the month when you feel the greatest need to practice your baseball pitching by hurling that conveniently placed laptop into the poor face of the next door-to-door-salesman-that-knocks-on-your-front-door. I recommend that you get your hands off that laptop and hurl that gorgeous 1000 page hardcover textbook instead. It’s much cheaper, trust me. If you really want to save money, you shouldn’t throw anything at all.
I know that studying makes you stressed and your tolerance level is close to negative infinity minus one but try to hold in that urge to attack when the next person knocks on your door. For all you know it could be your mother or father. If you accidentally hit your parents you’ll need to take care of the house by yourself (if you don’t do that already) right before exams. A better way to deal with your stress would be to try yoga or just remember to breathe in and out. Breathing properly helps so that you don’t hyperventilate and faint right before your exams (it works, trust me!).
Your lucky item of the month is a pencil (unsharpened, so it won’t turn into a weapon).
I know that studying makes you stressed and your tolerance level is close to negative infinity minus one but try to hold in that urge to attack when the next person knocks on your door. For all you know it could be your mother or father. If you accidentally hit your parents you’ll need to take care of the house by yourself (if you don’t do that already) right before exams. A better way to deal with your stress would be to try yoga or just remember to breathe in and out. Breathing properly helps so that you don’t hyperventilate and faint right before your exams (it works, trust me!).
Your lucky item of the month is a pencil (unsharpened, so it won’t turn into a weapon).
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Orange: It’s a beautiful day outside. The birds are chirping. The sun is shining and there’s no cloud in the sky. HOWEVER, you do have exams. The nice weather may make you lazier than normal (which is already pretty lazy) but you should pull your body off the bed (I know how comfortable it is) and hit the books (literally). If you hit your textbooks hard enough you just might find the excuse you so desperately want not to study. If your books are destroyed how could you possibly study? The only down side is that you’ll owe the school a few hundred dollars - a bearable sacrifice.
Alright, maybe I’m lying just a little bit…. Maybe I’m lying more than a little bit… Alright, I’m absolutely lying. Do not hit those books. Grab a book and start absorbing information. Before you know it, exams will be here and you won’t know anything because you’ve procrastinated so much. So start studying… around the middle of June.
Your lucky item of the month is a Barbie© doll (in a pretty pink dress).
Alright, maybe I’m lying just a little bit…. Maybe I’m lying more than a little bit… Alright, I’m absolutely lying. Do not hit those books. Grab a book and start absorbing information. Before you know it, exams will be here and you won’t know anything because you’ve procrastinated so much. So start studying… around the middle of June.
Your lucky item of the month is a Barbie© doll (in a pretty pink dress).
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Yellow: Exams are almost here and it’s an important time for you. You may be inclined to help everyone around you study because you’re that awesome of a person (and amazingly smart) but don’t forget to make some time for yourself. The good part about helping others study is that teaching them the material helps you remember the material as well. However, some people can’t study this way at all so do what’s best for you. But, if helping others study causes you to feel stressed in any way you should make some time for yourself.
A good way to relax could be to go swimming in Lake Ontario. The cool water of the lake will definitely help you cool down from all that stress. Unfortunately, the lake’s temperature is a bit cold so pneumonia may be an unwanted side effect of swimming in the lake. But that’s all right if you catch pneumonia. If you’re sick you won’t have to write your exams. Please keep in mind that pneumonia may cause death. Catch it at your own discretion.
Your lucky item of the month is a bunny keychain.
A good way to relax could be to go swimming in Lake Ontario. The cool water of the lake will definitely help you cool down from all that stress. Unfortunately, the lake’s temperature is a bit cold so pneumonia may be an unwanted side effect of swimming in the lake. But that’s all right if you catch pneumonia. If you’re sick you won’t have to write your exams. Please keep in mind that pneumonia may cause death. Catch it at your own discretion.
Your lucky item of the month is a bunny keychain.