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Leah, I'm HI-larious! (Head Mod)
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Apr 03, 2014 05:58PM

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Yay,well a short-lived yay
I may be disappearing in the coming months May-June as it is exam season and I will need to do lots of work to get the grades I need!
Thanks! I'm back for the time being now. Our musical closed tonight...needless to say, there were many tears for the seniors, but it'll be nice to actually sleep! :)
Lia wrote: "Hi Leah and H99! :D
Leah wrote: "Will do. It's spring break...finally! :D"
Oh I know what you mean, I'm taking summer classes and the Holy Week has been such a respite for me. I did nothing but..."
Thank you! :D
Leah wrote: "Will do. It's spring break...finally! :D"
Oh I know what you mean, I'm taking summer classes and the Holy Week has been such a respite for me. I did nothing but..."
Thank you! :D
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It's horrible!
It's horrible!
You guys, it just hit me: I have NO IDEA what I'm going to do with my life after school now. I haven't had THIS much of a life (or lack thereof rather) since August. I suppose it's time to study for finals or bring up my grades or get ready to take French I this summer. I'm rambling now....
Ya know, actually modding this group once in a while might be a good idea for me...haven't done that in a while. :D
H99: You said you were crewing your musical a while back too, right? How's that going/did it go?


Do you have the "bus drivers code" where you are in the world?
I'm not sure if its even called that but its when one bus driver signals to another bus driver driving the opposite way usually with a wave of the hand! Its a thing every bus driver does in the U.K no matter what bus company they are with!
:( Seems like it's picking up a bit lately. I've been keeping an eye on it and reading threads all this time, and you're right, but maybe...
(I don't know if that actually made sense. So tired.)
(I don't know if that actually made sense. So tired.)
Same day, actually. Although if I don't have a final, I may not go. So, high school next year! Excited?
H99 wrote: "Yup, but a bit scared. Honestly, I'm very scared. I have all accelerated classes except for gym and the introduction to engineering class I'm taking. Plus, I managed to get into the Gifted program ..."
I understand. But, at least according to my own experience, you'll make more friends/acquaintances in your classes than at lunch. And all accelerated classes (with the exception of gym of course)? If your school does weighted GPA's, yours is going to be PRETTY high! I know it's scary, but at the same time, it's pretty awesome!
I understand. But, at least according to my own experience, you'll make more friends/acquaintances in your classes than at lunch. And all accelerated classes (with the exception of gym of course)? If your school does weighted GPA's, yours is going to be PRETTY high! I know it's scary, but at the same time, it's pretty awesome!

NEARLY everything, th..."
Its what I'm looking forward to next year as I'll have all of these clubs and societies to join that Uni's offer but my school doesn't. Notable ones from my choices include Hurling, paintball, gaming, Anime and an Assassins guild!
Hey, all! Hope everything's going well! Good luck to all of those taking exams or that will be! :)
I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN! I've got all four of my finals to take, three of which are state-made (cue collective groan). Next week is gonna be FUN (she said sarcastically)!!
YES! We don't even know half the material on the test, and they have to curve it SO MUCH it's ridiculous. If you have to curve it like that, wouldn't you think there might be a problem???
I guess it's a good idea to get everyone on the same page IN THEORY. But wouldn't it be an even BETTER idea to implement it gradually, instead of...BOOM! Common core!
I agree with you totally. With math, as long as the student is CONSISTENTLY getting the correct answer, let them do it however it makes the most sense to them. Different people learn in different ways and understand things differently, especially in subjects like math, and forcing them to do it one set way can be very damaging to their scores if they don't understand that way very well. For instance, if I'm adding 47+12 mentally, I'd first add 10 to 47 and then the remaining 2, ending up with 59. However, someone else might just picture 47+12 in their head like they teach you to do it in elementary school. Guess what? We both got 59! Was one way a little quicker? Maybe. But as long as we both understand it and can get the correct answer, does it really matter?
As far as testing goes, at least in my experience (and especially in English), the test has far less to do with the actual material we've learned and more to do with knowing how to answer those types of questions. For instance, today, when reviewing for our upcoming *STATE MADE* exams, I encountered the following open-ended question after reading (but not really comprehending) an extremely boring and LONG passage:
"How does language enhance the author's point of view? Cite specific examples from the text."
This is Honors English II (World Literature and awful), so it obviously wasn't talking about the use of "I," "you," etc. I had absolutely NO IDEA how to answer it. Let me add also that this exam will have nothing whatsoever to do with what I've learned this year.
This has been long...so sorry. All that to say, yes, I agree.
As far as testing goes, at least in my experience (and especially in English), the test has far less to do with the actual material we've learned and more to do with knowing how to answer those types of questions. For instance, today, when reviewing for our upcoming *STATE MADE* exams, I encountered the following open-ended question after reading (but not really comprehending) an extremely boring and LONG passage:
"How does language enhance the author's point of view? Cite specific examples from the text."
This is Honors English II (World Literature and awful), so it obviously wasn't talking about the use of "I," "you," etc. I had absolutely NO IDEA how to answer it. Let me add also that this exam will have nothing whatsoever to do with what I've learned this year.
This has been long...so sorry. All that to say, yes, I agree.
H99 wrote: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-74y3...
A collab. Between SUPERWOMAN and RYAN HIGA! I've been waiting so long for this, and it's so effin' hilarious!"
I'm leaving this as a reminder to myself to watch this...soon.
A collab. Between SUPERWOMAN and RYAN HIGA! I've been waiting so long for this, and it's so effin' hilarious!"
I'm leaving this as a reminder to myself to watch this...soon.
I've watched some of Superwoman's videos...she's REALLY funny! I didn't recognize the guy, but I don't really keep up with YouTubers that well. You?
What are samosas? I've never really had the...motivation, shall we say, to try sushi. I don't know, people talk about how good it is, but raw fish just doesn't really appeal to me.
Now that I see a picture of them, they look familiar. There's one Speech tournament that we go to every year that serves Indian food. It's probably not the best Indian food you can get, but I'll have to try it sometime.
Will do! Gosh, I'm so uncultured! :D
Anyone excited for "The Fault in Our Stars?" (haven't read it yet, but I plan to SOON)
Anyone excited for "The Fault in Our Stars?" (haven't read it yet, but I plan to SOON)
I'm planning on buying it very soon, as in this weekend, and I'm VERY excited about doing so! Going to see the movie tomorrow?
Yeah, and I knew that (view spoiler) , so the shock factor wasn't there. If it had been, I definitely would have cried...so much. :D
Awesome! Excited? Well, I'm getting my braces off in 10 days, and I'm taking French over the summer. Oh, and I found out that I'm ASMing for the musical again next year, which I'm excited about.
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