Stressed about AP tests?
High school was proving to be hard. I was in eleventh grade and taking a lot of demanding classes, on top of sports and other extracurriculars. The class that I struggled with the most was an online Advanced Placement (AP) course that I was doing independently.
The class required me to read a long textbook chapter and take a quiz or write an essay every week. As the midterm exam—worth a big chunk of my grade—approached, I didn’t know how I could possibly be ready. I’d fallen a week behind, and I also found it difficult to focus during the study hall allotted for this class. I didn’t remember anything from the chapters I’d read, and I felt I couldn’t possibly perform well. I was consumed with stress and fear. I needed to get a good grade, and was so disappointed in myself for not preparing as well as I could have.
I decided that the only way I could get through this was with prayer. I’ve grown up attending Christian Science Sunday School and have relied on prayer to help me through other difficult situations, so I knew it could help me through this, too.
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