How to Pass the Board Exam
Monday, August 28, 2006
In the Philippines, after graduation comes the board examination. Not all courses, though, have it.
Review courses start in June, for most, and would last for four months or so before the actual board examinations. Some centers offer review schedules in November for those who want to take the May or April exams. Within the span of the review, a refresher (a term for series of questions given by the review center) and a pre-board exam are included. These would help a reviewee know his standing, how he fared the previous years and to somehow discern if he really is equipped for the actual test.
I was once enrolled in a review center. After five painstaking years of hardwork attending engineering classes, school activities and the likes, I had to go over all my major subjects again! It was energy-consuming and believe me, it required a lot of time -- and memory too. One instructor advised me this: "Never memorize symbols and formulas, remember them". I didn't immediately get what he meant. He continued, "Commit to your memory not just the symbols in a formula, but include, as well, its importance and what each parameter and variable denotes".
That is, to familiarize Einstein's famous E = mc^2, is not to say that there are 'E', 'm' and 'c' variables in it or 'E' is equated to 'm' multiplied to the square of 'c'. Rather, say that the total energy (E) is equal to the particle mass (m) multiplied to the square of the speed of light (c). Thats it!
Some reviewees generally get stuck to the intricacy of varying equations. Equations vary from the simplest form to the most complicated one - higher subjects call for complex equations usually. I had known one who had most of his time devoted to memorizing everything -- he was so dead serious on his review that all day and night he did nothing but read and read. As a happy-go-lucky guy during his student years, he thought a very serious review and mental preparation could compensate the five years he spent on uncertain schooling. He skipped meals and never took enough sleep. The result, he had a mental breakdown a month before the exam.
Review courses teach reviewees how to get ready not just mentally but spiritually and physically too. Spiritual readiness involves prayer. Pray, that no matter what the outcome would be, you'd stay strong. That God may grant the gift of knowledge to understand every question, is something reviewees should never forget to pray for.
Physical preparations such as hiking on weekends and indulging into sports like basketball and volleyball, surely would help keep reviewees physically fit and alert. The review center I was into once had this morning hiking to a church situated atop a mountain. By the time we reached the church, we were just in time for the early morning mass. It was so refreshing a feeling that we forgot the pressures we got ourselves into the whole week.
Almost all the people I know believe that enlisting in review courses minimizes the risks of failing the board exam. It minimizes, yes, but not totally gives the assurance of passing it. Take this for instance. He was a serious reviewee with good scholastic records and was known to be an intelligent guy. A lot of preparations were done on his five months review. Yet when the results came out, he failed to get the required passing rate. Why? His sole reason was he felt so pressured by all the expectations his parents have for him. It was the cause of his mental block-out. It was the cause of his depression.
I have known many who passed the board exam in more than one try. They had the belief that, if they would just try and try, someday they'd be able to get the licenses they've long dreamed of -- and they did get it! Oh yeah, every dog has its day.
Now it dawns on me, what big difference it makes when one is already fit for something! If reviewees prepare and get themselves fit for the board exam, rewards will come. Rewards always come to the prepared mind and to the deserving individuals. Plant corns, reap corns. Reap what you sow.
A couple of months from now a lot of aspiring professionals would be taking the board exam and are all-eager to get their work licenses.
Take this with you graduates: you have painstakingly won four years or more to get your diploma or certificate, thus you have no reason not to be ready for this next. Think not of the outcome, for the fact that you have done and given your very best foot for it.
I think that is more than enough for you to be always proud of yourself. God bless.
Review courses start in June, for most, and would last for four months or so before the actual board examinations. Some centers offer review schedules in November for those who want to take the May or April exams. Within the span of the review, a refresher (a term for series of questions given by the review center) and a pre-board exam are included. These would help a reviewee know his standing, how he fared the previous years and to somehow discern if he really is equipped for the actual test.
I was once enrolled in a review center. After five painstaking years of hardwork attending engineering classes, school activities and the likes, I had to go over all my major subjects again! It was energy-consuming and believe me, it required a lot of time -- and memory too. One instructor advised me this: "Never memorize symbols and formulas, remember them". I didn't immediately get what he meant. He continued, "Commit to your memory not just the symbols in a formula, but include, as well, its importance and what each parameter and variable denotes".
That is, to familiarize Einstein's famous E = mc^2, is not to say that there are 'E', 'm' and 'c' variables in it or 'E' is equated to 'm' multiplied to the square of 'c'. Rather, say that the total energy (E) is equal to the particle mass (m) multiplied to the square of the speed of light (c). Thats it!
Some reviewees generally get stuck to the intricacy of varying equations. Equations vary from the simplest form to the most complicated one - higher subjects call for complex equations usually. I had known one who had most of his time devoted to memorizing everything -- he was so dead serious on his review that all day and night he did nothing but read and read. As a happy-go-lucky guy during his student years, he thought a very serious review and mental preparation could compensate the five years he spent on uncertain schooling. He skipped meals and never took enough sleep. The result, he had a mental breakdown a month before the exam.
Review courses teach reviewees how to get ready not just mentally but spiritually and physically too. Spiritual readiness involves prayer. Pray, that no matter what the outcome would be, you'd stay strong. That God may grant the gift of knowledge to understand every question, is something reviewees should never forget to pray for. Physical preparations such as hiking on weekends and indulging into sports like basketball and volleyball, surely would help keep reviewees physically fit and alert. The review center I was into once had this morning hiking to a church situated atop a mountain. By the time we reached the church, we were just in time for the early morning mass. It was so refreshing a feeling that we forgot the pressures we got ourselves into the whole week.
Almost all the people I know believe that enlisting in review courses minimizes the risks of failing the board exam. It minimizes, yes, but not totally gives the assurance of passing it. Take this for instance. He was a serious reviewee with good scholastic records and was known to be an intelligent guy. A lot of preparations were done on his five months review. Yet when the results came out, he failed to get the required passing rate. Why? His sole reason was he felt so pressured by all the expectations his parents have for him. It was the cause of his mental block-out. It was the cause of his depression.
I have known many who passed the board exam in more than one try. They had the belief that, if they would just try and try, someday they'd be able to get the licenses they've long dreamed of -- and they did get it! Oh yeah, every dog has its day.
Now it dawns on me, what big difference it makes when one is already fit for something! If reviewees prepare and get themselves fit for the board exam, rewards will come. Rewards always come to the prepared mind and to the deserving individuals. Plant corns, reap corns. Reap what you sow.
A couple of months from now a lot of aspiring professionals would be taking the board exam and are all-eager to get their work licenses.
Take this with you graduates: you have painstakingly won four years or more to get your diploma or certificate, thus you have no reason not to be ready for this next. Think not of the outcome, for the fact that you have done and given your very best foot for it.
I think that is more than enough for you to be always proud of yourself. God bless.
Labels: PRC Board Exam Results
10 Comments:
How to pass the board exam? hmmm.. Leakage? LOL
Mabuhay to all the Nurses in the Philippines who Cheated just to pass the board exam!!!
I hope sooner or later nobody dies because they dont realy know exactly what they are doing... coz... they cheated!!!
29 August, 2006
I just wanted to say that your blog is getting better and better. We should all learn from you. Keep up the good work!!
29 August, 2006
Grabeh! Buti nalang walang board exam ang course ko! LOL! :)
30 August, 2006
waaaaah! accounting stud ako...4th year ireg. at me mahigit isang taong pa ring bubunuin.
hey.. nakakatakot ang board! ahahah! kinakabahan na ko! i really need this review. to assess na rin my knowledge. ahahay! gudluck saken
31 August, 2006
"I hope sooner or later nobody dies because they dont realy know exactly what they are doing... coz... they cheated!!!"
wow naman... penge din ng leakage... joke! hehee.. di naman ako nursing.. ayos ah.. san kaya sila naka kuha ng leakage?? :D ang mga pilipino gagawin talaga ang lahat para makapasa lang ^__^
01 September, 2006
lojik~~don't be afraid. Focus on your review, study then pray :-)
01 September, 2006
Ehem!Ehem!
Imbes na gatungan nyO
or Sermunan nyO ang mga NuRsing students na may ginawang kabulastugan?!
Why not Pray for them nlng?
oh di kya ipagdasal nlng niNyO oR NatiN! na
sna walang Leakage na nangyayari o mangyayari pa sa mga board examz? ryt?
15 October, 2007
Hi,Eric! Thanks for your blog. May I ask your permission to copy- paste-fwd by email this blog of yours.."How to pass the board exam" ..for my bro...so i suppose it would also be forwarded to someone else's around...i'll take note of your website as a reference. Thanks. Mwah!
Lovelots,
donna
26 May, 2008
Hi Donna. Sure. Feel free to do it. Thanks for visiting my blog. :-)
26 May, 2008
pls help me ,
11 February, 2009
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