What does the session include? What is a session and how to experience it

For almost every person, the student years are a time associated with a huge amount of positive emotions. But there is, perhaps, the only thing that overshadows these pleasant memories. This thing is a session. Such a simple word, but how much stress and sleepless nights are associated with it, textbooks read from cover to cover and cheat sheets hidden in the most intricate places! Let's take a closer look at what a session is and what a student who is about to prepare for it should prepare for.

That scary word "session"

In general, a session is nothing more than several exams in the disciplines that the student completed during the semester. Moreover, if there were, for example, seven subjects, it is not at all a fact that there will be the same number of exams. As a rule, you will need to get credit for some of them. This procedure is often much easier than the session itself. Often, tests are given automatically. However, there are times when it is very difficult to achieve such a mark with a certain teacher. And this is necessary, because without tests you will not be able to find out first-hand what a session is, because the student simply will not be allowed to attend it.

How long will it take to suffer?

The duration of the session in most educational institutions is about three weeks, which makes it possible to more or less conveniently spread out all the exams. This is to ensure that students have enough time to prepare. Traditionally, there are three to four days between exams, during which you can intensively read notes and textbooks, or just as diligently write cheat sheets, whichever is closer to you.

There is no pattern as to when “difficult” exams are given: at the end of the session or closer to its beginning. The fact is that the complexity of a subject is an extremely subjective thing, and for teachers there are usually no difficult disciplines at all. However, Murphy’s law usually works here: the most difficult exam will be on the most inconvenient day.

Two semesters, two sessions

The academic year at a university usually consists of two semesters, each of which is followed by an examination period. The winter session usually occurs after the New Year holidays and ends in early February. It may seem that taking exams after a long, fun holiday will be very difficult. In fact, many students enjoy the summer session much less, because the weather is great, the sun is bright, and they have to cram and prepare for exams. The only good thing, perhaps, is that there are only two such periods of particularly intensive study per year. It’s even scary to imagine if there was still an autumn session, or even a spring one...

It's not easy for teachers either.

Teachers have their own opinions about what a session is. For them, of course, this is not such stress, but they work no less. After all, they have to listen to a huge number of students who sometimes say something completely different from what the answer to the exam question implies. And checking written work takes a huge amount of time, and students are always trying to rush or beg for a good grade.

Don't be afraid to fail

Many students' greatest fear is to fail a session - to fail one or more exams. I would like to reassure them and say that even if you do not pass the exam the first time, you will have at least a couple more attempts to prepare well and “conquer” the impregnable discipline. There's nothing wrong with retaking exams, just try to master the material better and be confident in your abilities.

There is a lot more that can be said about this, but it is enough to find out once what a session is, from your own experience, and 99% of the questions will disappear immediately, as well as exactly the same number of fears.

Session – there is so much in this word for the student’s soul. Here is the stress before the exam, and the fear of “failing,” and the uncertainty of choice, and the joy of learning, and the triumph of passing the test. If you think about it, a session is a very emotional time. Many are afraid of it, many are waiting for it, but there are probably no students who are indifferent to the approach of the session.

Fact: the session is a big event in student life. The end of the session is usually celebrated vigorously and cheerfully. But before you can afford it, you need to go through the sessional “circles of hell”, pass all the tests, exams and coursework. We’ll talk about how to make friends with a session, and if not make friends, then at least survive it successfully, in this article.

People tend to be afraid of everything new. That's how they are built. This is why students, especially first-year students, often feel afraid before the session. If the word “session” makes you feel uncomfortable, and thoughts about it haunt you, this article is definitely for you. After all, our goal is to save you from unnecessary worries.

“How to pass the session?” – you think. Believe me, you are far from the first person puzzled by this question. After all, all students go through the session. Yes, some are expelled after it, but let’s not focus our thoughts on such consequences - there is no point in that. We’ll tell you better what awaits you at the first session and how best to behave. You can study it in a review article by our author.

The session, if you look at it from the right angle, will give you one of the joys available only to man - the joy of knowledge. The reward for your efforts, in addition to grades and autographs in your record book, is your attitude towards yourself. Agree, it’s nice to pass the exam, it’s nice to cope with the challenge and realize your success.

However, the session is a difficult test. And the world is structured in such a way that it is easier for people to go through difficult trials together. Students prepare for exams together, help each other with tests for the test, and together rejoice at a high score in the exam. Together we can do much more than individually. That is why, remember that you are always ready to do work that you do not have time for or causes difficulties for you. These professionals have passed more than one test in their lives, and you can really rely on them. Go for it, and no fluff, no feather!

Good day, dear reader! From this article you will learn about how to pass the first session. As we know from a common student parable, a student becomes a real student only after he successfully passes his first session at a university. It would seem that the session - what’s so scary about it? However, many first-year students are terribly afraid of the first session, because... They don’t clearly understand what it is and what they eat it with. Next, we will tell you in detail about the tricks that will help you become a real student.

The end of November causes many students to feel a little afraid - it will come soon... SESSION. Even for some senior students, this word is still frightening, and the onset of this examination period in student life is not a very joyful event for such students. In fact, the session is just a fairy tale... for those who really study!

Here's your first secret successfully passing the first session - study for the sake of knowledge, not for the sake of grades. If from the very beginning of your studies at the university you make it a rule that at the university you need to gain knowledge and only occasionally fool around (it’s absolutely impossible without this, because student years are the best years in a person’s life, well, or some one of the most unforgettable), then you will never have problems passing the sessions.

The advice here is this: perceive your studies as a kind of springboard for your future leap into the world of success. This is why you came to university, to achieve something special, right? And who reaches the heights of success? Who do others envy and constantly criticize a successful person out of envy? Success is achieved only by the person who can do what others cannot do.

Of course, you can achieve success without studying in an academic environment. However, since you have chosen university as a launching pad into a cloudless adult life, then be kind enough to work to the maximum, i.e. start studying in August. Yes Yes. It is very important to come to college prepared to be ready for the course load and, most importantly, the curriculum.

Here's the second secret to passing your first session - prepare in advance for upcoming exams and then the session will turn out to be simply heavenly for you.

Advance preparation does not imply sitting daily in front of books and incessant cramming. Perhaps someone is interested, but this is not for us, not for pragmatic people. The result is important to us, because as we have repeatedly written in our previous articles, now everyone needs exactly the result. How it is obtained is another question.

However, you will be assessed precisely by the results of your activities. No one will ask you at 21 what grade you got in the third quarter in Russian. The most they will ask is: are there any C grades in your certificate? In general, they usually ask: what color is the diploma? All! How did you get it? What grades did you have in the quarters, how many books did you read - you will not be asked such questions. People have too little time to compile a detailed dossier about you. Now they are just compiling a dossier of results and that’s it.

However, if you achieve the result you need by constantly cramming books during your studies, then you should think about whether you have chosen the right specialty to receive professional education? We are not saying that books are not worth reading; on the contrary, we always encourage you, dear readers, to, if possible, devote at least a little time every day to this important process - training your brain through reading books.

However, you should not confuse simple reading and comprehension of what you read with clumsy cramming, i.e. banal memorization of material with an almost complete lack of understanding of how to use the acquired knowledge in life. We hope you understand this point, let's move on.

The third secret, or even better, the answer to the question “ How to pass the first session" is your actions are disciplined and systematic. What does it mean? It’s simple, gentlemen, if you do all your homework that is assigned to you, and, on top of everything else, you also go to almost all classes, then you are guaranteed to be provided with a bonus in the form of an indulgence during the session.

The student who studies conscientiously, and does not just pretend to study, always looks superior to the rest of the student mass in the eyes of the teacher. What does it mean to “be different from everyone else”? It either means being different from others, either for the worse or for the better, right? The first option does not suit us, because... you are determined to pass the first session and pass it as best as possible.

Accordingly, you should differ from others for the better in order to be first at the finish line, i.e. get the coveted “excellent” grade in your still clean grade book. Therefore, take into account the following rule: responsibility and discipline can smooth out the difficulties of the upcoming session by up to 50%.

In simple words, this means the following: if you attend lectures and seminars to the maximum, always complete all assignments, including homework, then you will practically not be afraid of the sessions, due to the lack of many subjects for you personally. After all, anyone who studies conscientiously will receive an excellent grade “automatically” in many (or it may even happen that in all) subjects.

For those who don’t know, an “automatic” grade is when you are given a grade for an exam without any answer on the exam paper. However, don’t think, dear freshmen, that the “automatic machine” is a freebie. This is far from true, this is a freebie only during the session, but in order to get an “automatic” grade you need painstaking work and perseverance throughout the entire semester, i.e. in order to get an excellent grade without answering exam questions during the session, you need to work hard all six months to show the teacher that you really deserve an excellent grade, and that an “automatic” grade will be a kind of reward for you for your work throughout the entire semester.

Conclusion: Above we looked at the main tricks that will help you pass the first session. We will briefly list them again so that from your very first session you remember the formula for successful study at the university.

So, the secrets to passing the first session:

1) study for knowledge, not for grades

2) prepare in advance for upcoming disciplines

3) attend classes and do everything that is asked of you

These three simple rules will allow you to gain a foothold in your university and finally become a real student. If you apply these principles from the very beginning of your university studies, then you can rest assured that you will successfully graduate from the institute, even, perhaps, with honors.

Remember that first the student works for his record book, and then the record book works for him. Hence the conclusion: work as hard as you can in the first two years and enjoy student life and getting “machines” in senior years.

By the way, very soon we will write an article in which we will analyze in detail the exam preparation schedule. If you are interested in reading about how to plan your preparation in order to prepare for all exams, then we advise you to subscribe to site updates and then you will be the first to know about the release of this article!

Now you know about how to pass the first session.

A session (from Latin - sessio - meeting, English - session) is a period of time covering the user’s work on the Internet from the moment the first link is opened to the last. Calculated as the time difference between the initial and final requests. However, the last page may take a different amount of time to be viewed by the user, which consequently makes measuring the time between two requests more difficult.

How is a session related to the HTTP protocol and COOKIES?

What a session is can be explained based on the HTTP protocol. By itself, this protocol does not have a way to save state between two operations. That is, simply put, by opening one page and then moving from it to another, HTTP will not be able to establish that both requests belong to the same user. And here a special tracking method comes to the rescue - session management (our sessions).
Hence, answering the question of what a session is, we can say that it is an auxiliary logical object that facilitates the transfer of data between successive HTTP requests from one user.
Cookies, like sessions, store information about the user as he navigates through different pages and improve the performance of the protocol. But unlike the second, where the data is stored in temporary files on the server, they save it on the user's computer in the form of small fragments.

What are sessions for?

The use of sessions becomes indispensable when working with sites such as forums, message boards and online stores, because in this case it is necessary to save data about the user over several pages.

Session stages

The entire session can be divided into three stages:

session opening (when the user starts working with a specific site),
accounting of session variables (when going to different pages),
end of the session.

Due to the fact that session data is saved on a third-party server, it is best not to store large amounts of information in them, but to use cookies.

The first session – the first exams, the first fear, the first “failures” and “excellence”. The most important thing is the first experience, on which a lot depends on your education and your future. You can learn from your mistakes, repeating them over and over again, or you can rely on the experience of previous generations, isolate the most important things from it, apply it to yourself and not be sad every time before the session. Go.

Learn

No matter how strange it may sound, this is the very first, most important, indisputable advice: study in order to gain knowledge, and not for show, that is, for evaluation. Obviously, if you know the subject well, there will be no problems with passing the exam/test.

It doesn’t even matter which teacher takes the exam and how loyal he is to you. Even if he is considered the most terrible teacher at the university, he will see that the student knows the subject (even if not perfectly) and, most importantly, strives to honestly master this knowledge. And he won’t blame the poor fellow.

In addition, if you are going to continue to do what you are studying for, to earn money from it, to study truly and honestly, you will have to - there are no options. Competition in the labor market today is very strong and, first of all, real specialists are valued, and not mama’s boys who bought a crust.

Teach in advance

Let's say the first rule has been learned, and you understand: I will teach, not score. But this is not enough. Now understand the following: you need to learn everything in advance, and not leave it for later. There is a proverb that a student will learn Chinese the night before the session. Forget it - life is not like that.

The secret is actually simple. When you learn in advance, this knowledge is stored in your memory even when you start learning the next topic, but feel like you have completely forgotten the previous one. No - you will remember what you have learned at the most opportune moment, when, completely unexpectedly, the teacher asks what would seem (it seemed to him, of course) a tricky question. And here you will understand that it’s still good that you learned this topic a long time ago. And not on the night before the exam - then you’ll definitely forget. Well, almost exactly.

Discipline and responsibility

It is clear that university is not the army or even a job, like your parents, and you still have so many years that you sometimes (often, really) want to be bold like a student, like in the movies. However, these qualities will be useful to you throughout your future life, from the first days of studying at university. If, of course, you really want to become a successful person and a competitive specialist.

In practice, discipline and responsibility in your case means regularly attending lectures and other classes, completing homework on time and in full, writing and submitting coursework and tests on time.

Important: teachers notice how responsibly students treat their studies. During the session, they will repay you with a good dose of loyalty. People who have gone through fire and water and the copper pipes of higher education claim that such an attitude towards learning (read: towards one’s own future life) smooths out the difficulties of “these” days by a good half.

By the way, you will have to get used to discipline in any case: for violating it you can be kicked out of the university and this can be done quite easily.

Put down your textbook

Don't completely forget about him, but don't get your hopes up too much. This is not a school: you will most likely acquire the most important knowledge not from textbooks, but from other sources:

Lectures. The teacher will always tell you more than just what you can already read in the textbook. He will definitely remember a couple of dozen cases from life on the topic of the subject being studied, and talk about different options for the practical application of knowledge. This will not only enrich you with valuable knowledge and other people’s life experience, but it will also help a lot: during the exam, the teacher will ask you all sorts of things that he talked about in lectures and which, most likely, are not in the textbooks.

Additional literature. Read more on all subjects. When you show off your additional knowledge to the teachers at the first session of exams and tests, you will receive a certain head start, so to speak, for the future in the form of an additional portion of loyalty.

Seminars. If possible, attend them and be active in them: ask questions, prepare topics and speeches, we will teach the eyesore that you really strive to become a good specialist. Here you can even fake a little interest in the subject. The main thing is not to overact: insincerity can be felt a mile away.

Grow up

Keep in mind: no one will run after you, remind you or even persuade you to study the subject and take the exam. Immediately find out and learn the exam schedule, the schedule for passing and retaking, make a schedule, look at it several times a day and don’t forget anything.

Take notes correctly

It is not always possible to keep up with the teacher's speech. From the very first lectures, learn to isolate the most important thing from what is said, and focus on this. You may have to develop your own system of encryption and decryption - a system of abbreviations that will be clear to you without any additional effort. This will be a great help in preparing for the session.

Dictaphone?

Yes - with a question. It would seem that the 21st century is just around the corner, why not press the record button and not bother too much with taking notes? Not always and not entirely.

Firstly, many teachers do not like all these modern gadgets. Secondly, transcribing an audio recording - transferring what is recorded from an audio file into ordinary written text - is quite labor-intensive; it requires perseverance, which many students cannot boast of. And thirdly, this is also important - this method of note-taking is suitable for auditory learners, that is, those people who best perceive and remember information by ear.

Become a scout

In a roundabout way or in some other way, try to collect information about the teachers, collect a kind of dossier. Firstly, you need to know your enemy (crossed out) by sight, even those teachers who don’t teach you anything. And don’t forget to say hello, by the way! Secondly, find out and keep in mind what you learn: the teachers’ hobbies, tastes, preferences in clothing, food and drinks, know their manner of communication, the presence and extent of a sense of humor. Know it and use it as intended. Just don't overdo it!

Submachine gunners

Try to get “machine guns” as much as possible. Of course you have to try! This advice is not suitable for slackers - that's for sure. There is also such a thing as “semi-automatic”. This is when, for merit and educational zeal, the teacher allows you to use the “50/50” hint. Joke. This means that the teacher will allow you to choose only one of the two questions on the ticket.

Turn on the boss

If you have the ability to administer, manage people and have the opportunity to do some kind of administrative (managerial) work at a university (department) - please do not miss this opportunity. First of all, it's experience. Secondly, you will communicate with the teaching staff more often than others, and do it almost on equal terms!

Journalist

Re-read the previous advice and replace the word “administrator” with the word “journalist”: if you know how to write, show yourself in the student newspaper, on student television or radio, work on institute social networks. The exhaust will be the same as described above.

If you are talented, and at the university there is some kind of amateur artistic activity - theater, KVN - there is probably no need to say, yes, that you literally have to go there from the first day?

Common mistakes

From the first days of study, students tend to make typical mistakes that will lead to complications during the session, including expulsion. Try to avoid them.

Liberty

Having left the school threshold, where you were looked after and encouraged by the class teacher, teachers and parents, the student is literally left to his own devices. No one runs after him, no one reminds him of anything, no one forces him. This can noticeably cool you down. This cannot be allowed. Get your act together!

Time management

More precisely, its absence. Learn to plan your day and your time wisely. Choose the shortest route from home or dorm to the university, clearly define and allocate time for classes, work and entertainment. You will soon realize that 24 hours a day is not much at all. But if you plan and occupy them correctly, these hours will be enough for you to do everything. Otherwise, kick yourself at the very first session.

Passes

Lectures can be boring - that's true. It is much better and more enjoyable to spend this time in some other way. This is a big mistake! Especially in the first courses. Teachers take note of who goes to lectures and who misses. They may well remember at the session. What can we say – they’ll definitely remember it at the first session! Especially if you start stuttering.

Shocking

Some try to impress teachers: with fashionable and expensive clothes, exclusive outfits, tons of perfume poured on themselves, deep necklines (this, of course, is good, no doubt! But not this time!). Be more modest. A modest, business-like style of behavior and clothing is more appropriate. And to show yourself in all your glory - you will have more than enough such opportunities.

Shyness

Or excessive or even demonstrative modesty is the other end of the stick called “Epatage”. Don’t be afraid to ask again what you don’t understand, don’t be afraid to make new acquaintances - it will come in handy when you need to take lectures from someone that you missed.

Failures

Study is study, but at university there is always another life that is not directly related to lectures, sessions and cramming. This is some kind of social life, extracurricular, like it was at school. Take part in this life, do not deny yourself small pleasures.

Fear

There is no need to be afraid of the session, as most first-timers do. Remember a very important principle of life: what you are afraid of will most likely happen to you. The law of meanness, Murphy's laws - that's all. And in general, look at those who study in the second, third, and so on years - they somehow completed their studies. So you can too! “Nissa!”, as they say on VKontakte.

Good luck with your first session!