"It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and THEN do your best." By W. Edwards Deming

Last week, I had two tests coming up in the same day. That was Environmental Science and Micro Economic. That week I was determined to study hard and get good scores. And believe me I did study. Since EVS is way easier than Eco, I decided to study for my EVS first and then study for Eco. I did exactly as I had planned. EVS was all about memorizing from my notes from my class. I put in 3-4 hours of studying for it. For this test I knew what I had to work on and knew exactly what to do. But the most stupid thing I ever did was exactly what this quote says. I studied for my Eco test without knowing what I was supposed to study for. I know this sounds stupid but I put so much effort for this test and I still failed it. How stupid could I get? Well the problem was that I studied all the definitions for all the theories. I memorized all of it. So, here comes the part where this cote comes. I studied and worked hard for this test without me knowing what exactly I had to learn and was coming on the test. I had spent so much time on learning the definition that in the end, I had little time to study for my graph and other important stuff. So, it is true that no matter how hard you try, if you study for not the important parts, then your hard work just goes down the drain and that is exactly what happened to me. I felt so horrible when I got my test scores, I felt like I had gotten a slap on my face and felt like crying. I was so shocked that it lasted for two days and on the third day, while chatting to my sister, I poured out everything that had happened. After saying everything to my sister and how I felt, I felt relived. At the same time tears started rolling down my eyes and realized that I had kept this inside me and there were also other things that were there but this was like the last hit I could take and I stayed in my room and cried. After that I wiped my eyes and started to take my sisters question. “Why did you do so bad in the test?” I thought about this question and when I looked at this quote, I realized I had worked hard for a test without me having a goal of what I had to learn. So, this is why this quoted helped me and was perfect for the mistake I had made. Can you believe it, I was working hard for something that had no fruit for me. But this also helped me in many ways. First, It helped me in showing that not all hard work pays off and I need to take a different approach next time I take an Eco test.

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