Another One Bites the Dust

Around here exams are in full swing. Some professors have reputations for giving everyone a pass if you appear to have studied, while others are famous for asking for footnote references in 500-page textbooks (the professor most famous for such things usually only asks it once you have secured a mark of 98 percent or higher).

In college, I was horrible at taking tests. I got way too stressed out. I still remember going into a Calculus final with a B+ average and coming within 2% of failing the whole course because I had insomnia worrying about it the night before.

Having a deeper relationship with Jesus helps out – I know that every will be fine – but I still am not perfect. At the beginning of exams I get all worried, even though I have kept up a lofty average in Theology.

I approached the first exam or two with dread: I blew them away and now peace returns. But really, with the European system here in Rome if you mess up, you get a chance to redo your exam 3 months later (although you max out at 80 percent – basically a B-). Why do we let such little things worry us? God is God, isn’t he? No matter where we are, he calls us to trust him more.

About Fr Matthew P. Schneider, LC

In 2001, I traveled from Calgary, Canada to join the Legion. Since then I’ve been all over North America and spent some time in Rome. I currently reside in Washington doing a bunch of writing and taking care of the community while studying my Licentiate in Theology (between Masters and Doctorate). I’m most well-known on Instagram and Twitter where I have about 6,500 and 40,000 followers respectively.
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