yes, yes, we all have them, no matter how rational we claim to be. below, i provide a list of mine, right in the middle of my examination session with two exams to go. :-)
- not shaving since the last day of class (kind of gorss, but whatever. perhaps this will turn into a playoff beard, but i doubt it),
- not cutting hair for the last month of semester,
(it's all in the hair, innit? hair is where memories are created, it's not hippocampus!)
- sleeping with a book under my pillow the night before the exam (usually hurts, but has been successful so far..),
- barely ever leaving before the last minute of the exam, no matter how easy or how hard the exam is and no matter whether i am done early or not (proof reading 4 times is better than 3),
- not studying on the day of the exam (that's actually confirmed by much of educational and psychological research),
- taking a long walk before the exam, breathing in, breathing out.. :-)
what are your superstitions and pre-exam rituals?
