My First Exam Experience

Walt: Write a explanation about your first exam experience that you've had in College. 

Explain about what happened before the exams and during the exams. 

Before the exam, I felt pretty confident in passing my exam, but once I went into the classroom, my heart started beating faster than before and I didn’t know if I’ll pass or fail my Social Studies exams. These were the feelings that I had inside me before we had to take our seats and set our exams.

My 3 tips that I used before my exams started was that I prepared myself at home before coming to school so I could get that extra boost, after sleeping for awhile, I got lots of knowledge because I have had my rest. During the exams, I ate a little bit of food so I don’t end up getting hungry.

Throughout the exam, I showed the RISE values by listening to the instructions given to us by the teacher that was supervising us and also making sure to give my exam a 100% effort so that I could pass it. But to also make my parents proud about my exams and that I would get good marks on all my subjects that we have had.

These are my 3 tips that I’ve used to keep myself calm before starting my exams, I breathed in and out to keep my heart rate down and made sure to keep myself hydrated every time by drinking lots of water. But I also had to think a lot, then I had to think of the main ideas that I’ve learnt and summarise them inside my head. So I knew what I was going to be writing next.

After the exam, I felt really happy and relieved because I said to myself “I’ve finally finished the exam?” and I stretched out because my arms were starting to get really tired. My confidence started building up because I was brave enough to get through my exam without getting stressed, but also proud because I felt as if I’ve put enough effort into all my exams and I’ll probably get a good mark for it.

After school, I went back home and told my mum everything about the exams that I’ve just finished completing and she was really happy to hear how well the exams went for me. After awhile, I went onto my Chromebook and started talking to my friends on my social media, but none of my friends were online, so I went on YouTube and started watching Buzz-feed Unsolved.

In my next exam, I would change by getting a longer rest and making sure that i’m eating enough food and drinking lots of water. But also that I don’t say to myself “I’m gonna fail?” because I just have to belief that I will pass all my exams and that I’ll get good marks when it comes to my report.

Metal - Pizza Cutter

Walt: Plan out what your making and follow the instructions, given to you by a teacher.

Our task was to plan out on what we wanted to make. We had to choose out of the Pizza Cutter or Cake Server. First we had to fill out the Specifications and the measurements of how we want our chosen idea to be. Then we needed to sketch them out, we could use google images to get some inspiration and some ideas and different designs for our object. We had to grab a piece of metal and make sure it was smooth. 

Then we needed to choose two colours that we wanted on our handles, we had to choose between yellow, black, green and red. Once that was finished, we needed to file it, just to make sure that the sides were smooth and their were no marks on them. Once that was finished, we needed to scrap paper of our handlers and use red sand paper to make sure that the handle and the sides were really smooth.

After all those steps, I had to use the red sand paper to get the marks of my cutter, then used the blue sand paper to make sure that the cutter was smooth and you won't hurt yourself with it. Then we used a white container that contained the polishing for metal. We needed to make sure that the metal was shiny enough for us to see our very own reflection.

Once all that hard work was finished, this was the finished project or the outcome after you have completed all the steps. You would be able to see your reflection in it because, that's how shiny your Pizza Cutter or Cake Server would look like in the end.