Finals – think of the meaning of the word. The end. The last. But I hope students see it as an opportunity. Luck favors the prepared – or as my Lao Sher put it, “the battle is decided before the fighting begins;” which is pithier and easier to remember than the translation I found on the web:
the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand. Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat: how much more no calculation at all! It is by attention to this point that I can foresee who is likely to w in or lose.
–Sun Tzu, the Art of War
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