How to help a child survive EGE

If the house is haunting ghost who does not eat, does not sleep and call you mom or dad, you're the parents of the graduate. Before the exam remains very little time, and it is time to think about how to save the remnants of his childhood and nerves.

Do not inflate

At parents' meetings you will certainly have many times talked about the fact that there is nothing in human life fateful exam results. You know the mantra by heart that the future of your child depends on each score obtained in this most important of the exams. You sternly urged to treat him with the utmost seriousness and not to relax. And, of course, you are asked to bring this to your children.

Of course, the delivery of the exam - a serious matter. It is as serious as any other delivery of the exam. Not worth too much imbued with high sounding declarations of its exceptional importance. And it is no need to once again remind about this child: believe me, every day he hears about it from teachers.

Better to remember how to do to take their final and then the entrance examinations. Terrible abbreviations was not there, but the exams were, in sum, there were no less, and sometimes more than that of the present applicants.

The form has changed, but the finals, as before, do not go beyond the curriculum.

You at one time handled right and your child, which is certainly not more stupid than you. So tell him.

11 years of school - more stress than the exam

The man who for most of his life doing homework every day, read, deciding argued he memorized and passed from class to class, knows enough to cope with the latest school exams. The one who wrote so many tests and have never died for them in fear, nothing to fear on the exam. Compared with 11 years of apprenticeship stress from a few hours of final examinations - such nonsense!

Tell your child terrified that because of the promised program "is hard to learn - easy in battle" is finally about to come the part that is about the "easy".

The more I learn, the less I know

"I do not know anything!" - That is the conclusion comes your graduate in the process of preparing and inevitably falls into despair. Tell him he's not the first who understood it, and that Socrates also occurred to such an idea. Praise the child for correctly noticed dependence and explain that every new knowledge reveals to him prospect for new unexplored areas, which is why there is an illusion, and the insignificance of their own knowledge.

One who stands at the foot of the mountain, sees only one mountain, while it has risen to the top sees the other mountains around.

At the same time, remind the child that it is not necessary to him the task to grasp the immensity - just remember the key things from the school curriculum. It is to remember, not to learn. All that he "teaches" now, he taught for the past 11 years.

Plan b

Stronger than the exam, only the prospect scares pass it to the lowest possible score, which is not enough for admission to the desired university. It is known that fear of failure is worse than the failure. The best cure for this kind of anxiety - a visualization of the worst case scenario.

Try it yourself first, and then with the child to imagine that for some mysterious reason he failed the exam and Study in high school dreams he does not shine in the coming year. Consider a few options for further action, and they are actually quite a few. This high school is easier, and secondary special education, and self-education, and work, and a variety of courses, and much more.

It is important that your child understands: failure on the exam in any case does not put an end to his dreams of the future, but only makes a way for them a little more tortuous.

You can retake the exam

And it's the most important thing to remember about the exam.

Those who are not fortunate enough to obtain a satisfactory score on the Russian language or mathematics can retake these items in additional days set aside for retake. If the student did not pass two compulsory subjects, Retake possible in autumn of the same year.

If you fail the second attempt can be repeated retake next year. Graduates who have received on the exam than the minimum number of points, but want to improve their results, can also retake the exams next year.

Even the worst exam result is not a sentence, it can always be corrected if desired.

Repeat it often, at least to himself. Your peace of mind will help your child much more than the horror stories about forever ruined the life and career of the janitor.