Another school year has gone and passed. I really think I'm getting old. Everyday, I'm learning something new, it's just so amazing. I'm going to miss school for three weeks...On the other hand, I really need the break, and fix my sleep deprivation problem. So I'm grateful.
I can't wait for the Magic the Gathering Draft with my friends. It's coming up soon.
Today, I turned in my math test, and finished watching Pan's Labrinyth in AP Spanish. It was interesting. Esta pelicula era muy interesante. Sobre una chica que escapaba la realidad para yendo en el mundo del fauna. (Sorry for the lack of accents, if you want to know what I said, go learn some spanish).
I played some basketball during PE and studied for the AP World History test I mentioned yesterday. I think I missed one question out of 45. The class then watched America's Funniest Videos which were in fact, extremely hilarious.
Then, in AP Biology, I solved a puzzle (involving many shapes and arranging them to fit in a box) and helped clean up the recycleables with the teacher. It was a pretty easy day as I took many tests the day before.
Reflections:
I need to study for the AP tests in May. Let's review what I learned this year! (and do all the homework assigned! although i was surprised that my math teacher did not give me math homework).
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Lucid
Today, I took a difficult math test. So difficult that, the teacher, Mr. Vriesman, allowed us to take it home and work on it. However, my friends and I met up in the cafeteria after school and worked on it. I'm pretty confident on my grade. I also learned a lot on Trig Equations and Identities, and brushed up on some old skills that I was rusty on. The test was specifically on the law of sines and cosines, angle of elevation/depression, polygons circumscribed in a circle, and had a long word problem in which the teacher described a pathway that a person followed (with words like he went north of east by 42 degrees) and the we had to find the distance between the starting point and the end point, and the area of the shape (it ended up making a quadrilateral).
In Academic Decathlon, we worked on interviews. Nothing much needs to be said about this topic, just that I wrote about my activities in and outside of school and I talked about them. This was a simulation, not the real thing.
In AP World History, I listened to a lecture given by Ms. Klimke about the Medieval Period and learned about the feudal system, which was more complex than I had assumed. I actually have a test tomorrow on Chapter 17: The Foundations of Christian Society in Western Europe. I also learned about the Germanic invasions and the Franks, who established decentralized political insitutions. The adoption of Christianity by Clovis impacted society in Western Europe greatly. I wonder what would have happened if Clovis did not adopt Christianity...
In English, we did a Socratic Seminar on Julius Caesar (by Shakespeare). It was interesting talking about the different characters in the play (Cassius, Caesar, Antony, Octavius, Brutus). The whole point of the play was to illustrate some kind of power struggle. We're actually going to work on a project on the Korean War so I'm excited about that as well. I also borrowed a college Journalism textbook from Ms. Derdzinske so I plan to read it during the winter break. She also gave me a list of books that she personally liked, so I plan to read those as well.
After school, as I mentioned before in the first paragraph, my friends (Shawn Kim, Esther Yi, Stephanie Yi, Cristina Choi) and I worked on the math test. Afterwards, I went to Ramon (girls' water polo coach) and told him the reason for my absence (I did not attend practice for quite some time now, partly because the girls water polo team had two games this week). I helped him clean up the equipment and gave him my phone number and told him I would be attending the winter break practice. Hopefully, I'll be able to get a ride from a friend. Then, sleeping, I took a long bus ride home.
I can't wait to watch Pan's Labryinth in Spanish tomorrow! Estoy muy emocionado.
In Academic Decathlon, we worked on interviews. Nothing much needs to be said about this topic, just that I wrote about my activities in and outside of school and I talked about them. This was a simulation, not the real thing.
In AP World History, I listened to a lecture given by Ms. Klimke about the Medieval Period and learned about the feudal system, which was more complex than I had assumed. I actually have a test tomorrow on Chapter 17: The Foundations of Christian Society in Western Europe. I also learned about the Germanic invasions and the Franks, who established decentralized political insitutions. The adoption of Christianity by Clovis impacted society in Western Europe greatly. I wonder what would have happened if Clovis did not adopt Christianity...
In English, we did a Socratic Seminar on Julius Caesar (by Shakespeare). It was interesting talking about the different characters in the play (Cassius, Caesar, Antony, Octavius, Brutus). The whole point of the play was to illustrate some kind of power struggle. We're actually going to work on a project on the Korean War so I'm excited about that as well. I also borrowed a college Journalism textbook from Ms. Derdzinske so I plan to read it during the winter break. She also gave me a list of books that she personally liked, so I plan to read those as well.
After school, as I mentioned before in the first paragraph, my friends (Shawn Kim, Esther Yi, Stephanie Yi, Cristina Choi) and I worked on the math test. Afterwards, I went to Ramon (girls' water polo coach) and told him the reason for my absence (I did not attend practice for quite some time now, partly because the girls water polo team had two games this week). I helped him clean up the equipment and gave him my phone number and told him I would be attending the winter break practice. Hopefully, I'll be able to get a ride from a friend. Then, sleeping, I took a long bus ride home.
I can't wait to watch Pan's Labryinth in Spanish tomorrow! Estoy muy emocionado.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tiredness
Winter break is in two days.
Already, I'm overloaded with work from my classes, but I'm looking forward to reviewing all the things I learned this year. It seems as if I've made a jump from toddler to a teenager. I probably could have never imagined my life as it would be now.
Hopefully, I'll be able to reflect upon this year and the mistakes I have made. One thing is for sure, I should stop procrastinating. It also seems to me that I tend to have many arguments and cause dissension among my peers. I should stop that as well.
For some time now, I haven't been remembering my dreams. I wonder why. I should start sleeping early from now on.
Already, I'm overloaded with work from my classes, but I'm looking forward to reviewing all the things I learned this year. It seems as if I've made a jump from toddler to a teenager. I probably could have never imagined my life as it would be now.
Hopefully, I'll be able to reflect upon this year and the mistakes I have made. One thing is for sure, I should stop procrastinating. It also seems to me that I tend to have many arguments and cause dissension among my peers. I should stop that as well.
For some time now, I haven't been remembering my dreams. I wonder why. I should start sleeping early from now on.
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