Finishing an exam.

So today was the big day, the day of my internal Law Court Reporting exam. I've mentioned this a few times in recent posts, because before the exam I felt really unprepared and was just a little bit nervous. But this morning at 9am, I walked into the exam ready to write my knowledge away.

A few of my *helpful* mind maps

If you don't know already, studying Journalism at university also requires you to learn the law behind it so you know what/ what not to report. I have a whole module based on this, and although it's beneficial and I have an amazing tutor teaching it to me, it's really confusing also and can be hard to get your head around. Especially if you're like me, where revision involves making mind maps but barely learning them.

It probably didn't help that I had been up until about 2am revising, so a wake up at 8am was probably the worst feeling in the world. But after a cup of coffee and advent calendar chocolate for breakfast (yup, I'm serious), I began feeling more awake. I know what you're probably thinking though- minimal sleep and barely any breakfast, surely that's equivalent to an exam fail?

Well, maybe. Once the exam got under way, I did my usual routine- looked at the questions, panicked, looked at them again, panicked some more and then things began getting clearer and my late night cramming came flooding back to me. Which was lucky, because some questions I feel I may have nailed, but I can never be too sure with these exams.

What made me happy though was putting my pen down after the exam. Sure, I don't know the result and I don't feel I did so well, but I'm just praying that I passed. Because writing that much in an hour and a half has made my hand ache...good job I want to be a journalist then, hey?