{"id":3534,"date":"2026-02-22T12:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/?p=3534"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:36:29","slug":"exams-no-panic-just-pens-pencils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/exams-no-panic-just-pens-pencils\/","title":{"rendered":"Exams: No Panic, Just Pens &amp; Pencils"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Exams are important; but they&#8217;re not a horror movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For students:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Study a little every day (your brain prefers snacks, not buffets). Understand concepts, practise a few questions, and please sleep All-nighters impress your eye bags, not examiners.<br>In the exam hall, read the question properly (yes, properly), start with what you know, and keep an eye on the clock&#8230;not like it&#8217;s a thriller, just a friendly glance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For parents:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Encourage, don&#8217;t interrogate.<br>Hangry is a real emotion. Hungry with a side of angry&#8230;or cranky Feed them well, trust their preparation, and save the &#8220;How was the paper?&#8221; for another day.<br>Calm parents = calmer children.<br>And do not compare, even if it&#8217;s so tempting to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Remember: exams test knowledge, not worth.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do your best, and&#8230;Let the rest go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0Louella Santimano Dias<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exams are important; but they&#8217;re not a horror movie. For students: Study a little every day (your brain prefers snacks, not buffets). Understand concepts, practise a few questions, and please sleep All-nighters impress your eye bags, not examiners.In the exam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pormoll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3534"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3536,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3534\/revisions\/3536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}