Finals Week

Why on earth would I be grateful for Finals Week? For me, I find this week more relaxing than the school weeks before it. Classes are over, so there is extra time to study and maybe do some much-needed cleaning and organizing at the apartment. My final exams are certainly challenging, and I try to work hard to do well on them, but I generally feel less stressed during Finals Week than I do during normal school weeks. Also, this time of the semester is when all the learning experiences from the previous months come together, and we see the whole picture and we can see how much we have progressed in our learning. Plus, Finals Week in the fall semester occurs on the height of the Christmas season! It's a wonderful time of the year.