Coming to and End

Finals are brutal. Stressing and studying for hours on end and for what? One test.  That's all it is.  You are required to take one test at the end of the year the that really no matter how much extra you study a teacher can still make it almost impossible to do well on.  You have learned in depth material from the entire year and then you get to be tested on it.  This final can determine your whole grade, yet at this point, it's really hard to get me to want to study more.  It just rarely seems worth it to study for hours on end for this one test, but we have to. If I don't, I know I'm not smart enough to get a good enough grade.  What's more frustrating is the fact that I don't ever see this test, I don't see what I missed, or know much about it.  I just see my grade that's posted on AIM and then get depressed.  Well that's the life of a student.