Lack of composure : The inability to keep calm is referred
to as a lack
of composure . It is the feeling you
have when you are upset. You are
unable to keep your cool.
While anxiety comes on you during a test
because you are in a
hurry to put down what you know, lack of
composure often occurs
if you don’t plan your work or prepare
for an exam. When you don’t
have a worked-out and concise plan for
approaching a question or you
don’t have enough ideas to develop
because you aren’t prepared, your
composure diminishes, and your work will
be disorganized. It will
portray that you are confused, because
it will lack organization.
To this effect, a lecturer once said,
“When I come across such
writing, I go back to read the question
I gave to see exactly what I
asked.” This shows that a confused
answer can, in turn, confuse the
examiner to the point that he forgets
the question he asked.
Adequate preparation is a key to
preventing a lack of composure .
But no matter what you know and what you
put down, if it is not in
order, you will confuse the examiner,
and there is no way you will pass.
What you say is as important as how you
say it.
