The second of the most worried about exams has arrived, my perpetual concern for these last few years, Agriculture. But, after today, it was done, it was finished, and Ag had essentially finished for the year. But, I'm getting ahead of myself. So, let's get to my Monday, and see if I can try to beat this late post streak. Probably not, but we'll see.
I was driven to school today, as I was for Friday, just in case the train was late and I miss part of the exam because of it (Mum insists, but not unreasonably.). I went straight up to the library, where I saw Eric, John and Shafi sitting around a table, where they were studying for Ag. I joined them, of course, and we discussed many things and anything from our Ag books, in an attempt to get ready for the exam. I also told Shafi that I had 'The Five Greatest Warriors,' at which point he sat bolt upright, checked his watch, exclaimed that the book was already out, and begged for the book. It was quite funny to see, but also predictable in a sense (Shafi is like that with books.). When the bell went, we all went down to our rooms, to start the Ag exam.
It went for 80 minutes, as it usually does. I wouldn't say that it was easy (they never are; you have to memorise a lot of facts for Ag), but it was easier than I expected. Probably because of my study, though: it did help quite a bit. Without that, I would have been in severe trouble in some parts. I think I did well, but we'll have to see. I finished with a few minutes to go. Here's hoping the Ag exam comes up good. Recess was talking about the exam.
Period 3 was Maths, in which we did a non-calculator exam. So we did that for 30 minutes, and then we marked it, because that's just the sort of thing we do in A1. I got 22/25, which is pretty good (only one person got 25, and Mango got 21.). It was stupid mistakes that tripped me up, as they so often do. They get very annoying sometimes, as I can, say, miss one word in the question, which is so often one of the most important ones, giving me the wrong answer. Damn. Period 4 was Science, which was doing study for the exam tomorrow. Do these exams ever end? (Yes, on Thursday. That's not soon enough.) I also finished 'And Another Thing...' It's good, to say the very least. Lunch was more talking.
Period 5 was Commerce, where we too had a study session. Apparently, we aren't going to start any new work until the exams are over, which seems fair to me. Now, if some of the other classes were like that, we'd hopefully be going better. Ah well. Period 6 was English, where we got a copy of the Year 11 exam for Advanced English, and we went through one of the sections together as a class, just to have a look at it and maybe prepare for next year. I think. It wasn't really too clear (you'd reckon with an English exam tomorrow... anyway.). And when I got home, I did some study, blogging, and then it was time for hapkido.
Shirisha wasn't there today, and neither was Grandmaster Geoff. Not entirely sure why for the latter, but he doesn't have to come. So we had Manuel (I think that's his name) for the first half of the lesson, who works us a lot, and Tina for the second half, who is equally as tiring for us, maybe more so. One thing's for sure: you get a good exercise in hapkido. I learnt how to get out of a bear hug, for one. And when I got home after a time, I blogged, but not enough. So here I am.
That was my Monday. I am really sorry about the late post, believe me, I don't like it. It's not fun trying to remember two days back, and doing a decent sized post about it. But I'm trying, and soon I'll get back up to schedule. Soon.
Yearlies down, Trial School Certificate to go,
AB
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Yearlies '09: Mathematics and English
Yes, they've put arguably the two biggest exams of the year that aren't for the School Certificate (Maths and English being two of the most important subjects, and the yearly being big for both of these. Of course, if you do IPT, you've done your biggest exam. But I'm not, so I haven't. Anyway.) on the same day. Is this intelligent? I don't think so. So, without further ado, to my day, as I must post quickly. I'll explain next post.
I was driven to school, as I had an exam on the first period, and I went to borrow a book from the library. When school actually sounded, we went to our exam, but apparently, we had to have Assembly, instead of before Recess. I'm not entirely sure why, but we ran with it. In the actual assembly, the microphones didn't work (there was a blackout), and at one point we were left for 15 minutes as all the teachers (I mean, every single one there) went to go and get Norris, who wasn't there. The word 'disorganised' comes to mind. We did eventually get around to doing the Maths exam, and I went for almost the whole time allotted. I went over my work, and I think I did pretty well. Some people actually didn't finish (even Mango didn't!), so I'm thankful I did. All in all, I think that exam was, if not easy, then at least not mind-bogglingly hard. Recess was discussing the exam.
Period 3 was Drama, and in that we had a sub, as Kolodziej was evidently not here. Our sub was Hackett, who was good enough to let us study for our English exam, something which was much needed and much appreciated. So, I checked over that, and thought up a few techniques for the extended response. Period 4 was Commerce, and Kearney, like Hackett, knew there was an English exam, and he also let us study. I mean, it is the English exam, and teachers seem to realise that you really have to study for that. Which is good, because I don't want to completely stuff it like the half-yearly (I really should stop mentioning that.). Lunch was doing some last minute reading up on my texts, as well as talking about jokes and Battlefield Heroes, simultaneously at some points (as in, jokes about BFH. Very rarely were they funny.). And, then the bell went.
I got to the English exam room with a sense of major worry. I was nervous about the exam, and I wanted a good mark to make up for... well, you know. I went through the comprehension in about 25 minutes. It wasn't particularly difficult, as the texts weren't ambiguous like that bloody 'Walter' story from the half-yearly (it just keeps coming up in conversation, I'm afraid.). Soon, I got to the extended response, and after looking through the question, I started to write. And write. So you can imagine my reaction when there's only 20 or so minutes left of the exam, I've done only four and a half out of eleven paragraphs, and I've already used up half of the allotted space for writing. I started to panic, and thus began to write like there was no tomorrow. I finished with about three minutes left; and then the bell rang. And with having to catch the train and everything, I had really no choice. I quickly went over the stuff I'd written, and said to Wilson (who was taking us for the exam) that I had to dash. So I handed in the exam and ran for dear life.
I thankfully got to the station in time for the station, triumphant if a little out of breath, and I got home soon. When I did get home, I played some Battlefield Heroes for a while (I was messing around with abilities, but once I got it down, I was going pretty well), and then Mum and Dad called me in to watch another episode of FlashForward. It's going pretty well; I advise you to watch it. And for the rest of the night, I pretty much just watched TV, and blogged a bit.
And that was my Friday. Before you say anything, I know, this is very late (it's bloody Sunday afternoon), but that's for reasons that were not under my control. So I'll try to get back up to schedule as quick as I can. But with the Ag exam... let's just say I won't make any promises.
5 down, 1 to go,
AB
I was driven to school, as I had an exam on the first period, and I went to borrow a book from the library. When school actually sounded, we went to our exam, but apparently, we had to have Assembly, instead of before Recess. I'm not entirely sure why, but we ran with it. In the actual assembly, the microphones didn't work (there was a blackout), and at one point we were left for 15 minutes as all the teachers (I mean, every single one there) went to go and get Norris, who wasn't there. The word 'disorganised' comes to mind. We did eventually get around to doing the Maths exam, and I went for almost the whole time allotted. I went over my work, and I think I did pretty well. Some people actually didn't finish (even Mango didn't!), so I'm thankful I did. All in all, I think that exam was, if not easy, then at least not mind-bogglingly hard. Recess was discussing the exam.
Period 3 was Drama, and in that we had a sub, as Kolodziej was evidently not here. Our sub was Hackett, who was good enough to let us study for our English exam, something which was much needed and much appreciated. So, I checked over that, and thought up a few techniques for the extended response. Period 4 was Commerce, and Kearney, like Hackett, knew there was an English exam, and he also let us study. I mean, it is the English exam, and teachers seem to realise that you really have to study for that. Which is good, because I don't want to completely stuff it like the half-yearly (I really should stop mentioning that.). Lunch was doing some last minute reading up on my texts, as well as talking about jokes and Battlefield Heroes, simultaneously at some points (as in, jokes about BFH. Very rarely were they funny.). And, then the bell went.
I got to the English exam room with a sense of major worry. I was nervous about the exam, and I wanted a good mark to make up for... well, you know. I went through the comprehension in about 25 minutes. It wasn't particularly difficult, as the texts weren't ambiguous like that bloody 'Walter' story from the half-yearly (it just keeps coming up in conversation, I'm afraid.). Soon, I got to the extended response, and after looking through the question, I started to write. And write. So you can imagine my reaction when there's only 20 or so minutes left of the exam, I've done only four and a half out of eleven paragraphs, and I've already used up half of the allotted space for writing. I started to panic, and thus began to write like there was no tomorrow. I finished with about three minutes left; and then the bell rang. And with having to catch the train and everything, I had really no choice. I quickly went over the stuff I'd written, and said to Wilson (who was taking us for the exam) that I had to dash. So I handed in the exam and ran for dear life.
I thankfully got to the station in time for the station, triumphant if a little out of breath, and I got home soon. When I did get home, I played some Battlefield Heroes for a while (I was messing around with abilities, but once I got it down, I was going pretty well), and then Mum and Dad called me in to watch another episode of FlashForward. It's going pretty well; I advise you to watch it. And for the rest of the night, I pretty much just watched TV, and blogged a bit.
And that was my Friday. Before you say anything, I know, this is very late (it's bloody Sunday afternoon), but that's for reasons that were not under my control. So I'll try to get back up to schedule as quick as I can. But with the Ag exam... let's just say I won't make any promises.
5 down, 1 to go,
AB
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Yearlies '09: PDHPE
I was tossing up putting just plain 'PE,' but I figured that in the half-yearly posts, 'Mathematics' wasn't 'Maths,' so it's 'PDHPE' instead of 'PE' (yeah, I checked past posts. I won't really bother with linking, because it's only a title. Also, I should really stop with the apostrophes.). So, before too long, let us all have a look at my day, on this 256th post (that's sort of a nerdy computer joke, to do with binary. I will link you the Wikipedia page, as Wikipedia somehow has a page for the number 256. OK, enough binary nerdiness.).
Period 1 was Maths, where we did some study for the Maths exam tomorrow. Faulds actually didn't get to class until about 10 minutes after the bell, and for the whole of the class I pretty much just played Sticks with Justin (we're about of even skill), as well as doing dice rolls with the random integer function on my calculator (I can say it's not really random; there's a clear favoritism for some numbers. Though coin flips are evenly distributed.). Period 2 was Drama, and we had more groups doing their 'Fawlty Towers' scenes. Shane made an excellent Basil Fawlty (as I said, I sorta wish I'd been Basil, but Mr. Hamilton), and Tansy made her appearance as Mr. Hamilton in classic Tansy fashion, that is, in mock-promiscuous nature (or, rather, I think it was mock). Recess was talking.
Period 3 was the exam, and we got in, as we do, and we read through it. And there was quite a bit of chuckling. The PE staff, geniuses they are (no sarcasm intended), had taken 'at least one incredibly wrong answer in multiple choice' to a hilarious level, with some answers being 'Chuck Norris was born before his father' for which is the most true and 'A fully sick car' for road safety. They also had repeated mentions of Mr. T, proving once and for all that the PE staff are the funniest in the school without a doubt (they even had cartoons in last year's yearly. Cartoons!). Period 4 was Science, in which we got a sheet saying absolutely everything we had to know for the Science yearly, and I thankfully knew most of it, except for the stuff we hadn't been taught, which is quite annoying. I also, with the help of a stopwatch on my iPod, was able to find out that I could do the periodic table in about 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Which is pretty good, I say. Lunch was more talking; we will return to cards soon.
Period 5 was English, and in that we discussed potential for the exam tomorrow. By which I mean that we talked about what the question could be (Hancock obviously knows, but he wasn't telling us. He was more telling us what we should do so we could be prepared for all manner of eventualities.), and he told us things to do for the essay: the basic structure, substructure, technique, quotes and so on. Basically, doing what he could to prepare us for the yearly, which I need; after the half-yearly, I need a good mark. Period 6 was History, which was watching a video on Gough Whitlam, as we have been for quite a while now (we got back into the swing of things in a new term like we never left.). In it, I also talked to Hewie about the English thing, which most seem to be worrying about rather than Maths, with good reason (not to say Maths is unimportant. But English exams...). And when I got home, I did some study, and blogged for a while.
And that was my day. There aren't any comments, but that's understandable, since most people are studying like crazy (me, I figure that you have to have some balance, so I do hapkido and blogging. It works.). So, this is the last paragraph. Tomorrow brings the two biggest exams, and one of the two I'm most worried about: English (the other being Ag.). So, I better finish up on this post, as I have time problems. As usual.
3 down, 3 to go,
AB
Period 1 was Maths, where we did some study for the Maths exam tomorrow. Faulds actually didn't get to class until about 10 minutes after the bell, and for the whole of the class I pretty much just played Sticks with Justin (we're about of even skill), as well as doing dice rolls with the random integer function on my calculator (I can say it's not really random; there's a clear favoritism for some numbers. Though coin flips are evenly distributed.). Period 2 was Drama, and we had more groups doing their 'Fawlty Towers' scenes. Shane made an excellent Basil Fawlty (as I said, I sorta wish I'd been Basil, but Mr. Hamilton), and Tansy made her appearance as Mr. Hamilton in classic Tansy fashion, that is, in mock-promiscuous nature (or, rather, I think it was mock). Recess was talking.
Period 3 was the exam, and we got in, as we do, and we read through it. And there was quite a bit of chuckling. The PE staff, geniuses they are (no sarcasm intended), had taken 'at least one incredibly wrong answer in multiple choice' to a hilarious level, with some answers being 'Chuck Norris was born before his father' for which is the most true and 'A fully sick car' for road safety. They also had repeated mentions of Mr. T, proving once and for all that the PE staff are the funniest in the school without a doubt (they even had cartoons in last year's yearly. Cartoons!). Period 4 was Science, in which we got a sheet saying absolutely everything we had to know for the Science yearly, and I thankfully knew most of it, except for the stuff we hadn't been taught, which is quite annoying. I also, with the help of a stopwatch on my iPod, was able to find out that I could do the periodic table in about 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Which is pretty good, I say. Lunch was more talking; we will return to cards soon.
Period 5 was English, and in that we discussed potential for the exam tomorrow. By which I mean that we talked about what the question could be (Hancock obviously knows, but he wasn't telling us. He was more telling us what we should do so we could be prepared for all manner of eventualities.), and he told us things to do for the essay: the basic structure, substructure, technique, quotes and so on. Basically, doing what he could to prepare us for the yearly, which I need; after the half-yearly, I need a good mark. Period 6 was History, which was watching a video on Gough Whitlam, as we have been for quite a while now (we got back into the swing of things in a new term like we never left.). In it, I also talked to Hewie about the English thing, which most seem to be worrying about rather than Maths, with good reason (not to say Maths is unimportant. But English exams...). And when I got home, I did some study, and blogged for a while.
And that was my day. There aren't any comments, but that's understandable, since most people are studying like crazy (me, I figure that you have to have some balance, so I do hapkido and blogging. It works.). So, this is the last paragraph. Tomorrow brings the two biggest exams, and one of the two I'm most worried about: English (the other being Ag.). So, I better finish up on this post, as I have time problems. As usual.
3 down, 3 to go,
AB
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Yearlies '09: Commerce
Yes, it's the second exam in this session of many, and this is the post talking about such a fact (I started that sentence having no idea where I was going, and so I got caught in the middle of the sentence having no idea what to do. Damn, I suck sometimes.). Yeah... Anyway, it's a late post, but that's because the bloody schedule has been thrown off yet again. I have no idea when I'll get it back up. Probably when exams are over, but we'll see.
Before school, I looked for my shoes (this does have a point), and after some searching, it turned out Dad had taken them to Canberra (yes, my feet are that big). So I used his. They fit. When I got to school, there weren't that many people in our group, as a lot of our group does IPT, and they had the option to not go to school to study (it was the same yesterday, but there was an exam yesterday. Today, it would be IPT. Anyway.). First, it was Role Call, which was reading, as well as doing some studying for Commerce. Period 1 was Science, and in that we started a new topic, which was evolution (which, you can probably guess, due to my atheism and self-confessed science nature, I am all for. Quite frankly, I'm surprised that there wasn't any religious objections, although, in all fairness, we aren't that much of a really religious school.). That was pretty fun, and I actually read through the whole chapter in the period, as well as reading up for Commerce. Period 2 was Computer Maths, or, rather, it would have been if we actually went on the computers. Instead, we did a non-calculator test, and talked about the School Certificate (which, according to Rawson is sorta pointless. Certifiably pointless. ...OK, even I thought that pun was bad.). The non-calculator test was pretty easy, really, and I spent the remainder of the time doing more Commerce revision. The more the better! Recess was talking, as I'm yet to bring cards. After exams.
Period 3 was the major exam (that's not to say it was the major exam, except it was an exam on my major. That's still confusing. Anyway.), which was the Commerce exam. It was long, it involved a lot of writing for 40 minutes, and it was... easy. Or, rather, it was easier than I expected. I expected long questions needing statistics and knowing in-depth stuff about employment. Instead, we got questions that just needed far-reaching answers, ones that didn't need that much detail. And, from what I heard from other people who did Commerce (such as Kevin), they thought the same too. So, yeah. I got good luck on the Commerce front, and I hope I get good marks. Lunch was more talking, with the only people there: me, Kevin, Victor and Ebony, the latter two having come down from study (I have no idea where Andy got to.).
After Lunch, we had sport, or that's what we called it. What we actually did was go down to the computer rooms (they said it was because it was too hot. I'm not entirely sure, but I'll run with it.), and mess around for a while. For about half an hour, I went on the school's version of Pivot, which, if you don't know what it is, is a program that lets you create animations with stick figures (here, let Wikipedia show you). However, we soon actually had to do sport, as a teacher came in and said we had to do it. So we went down to the oval; and he promptly said that we only had to play sport if we wanted. So 7 people did it, and the rest sat down. Pretty much pointless, really. When 'sport' eventually ended, I went and read for a while, and once I got home, I did a little study for PE tomorrow. And at around 6:45, we left for hapkido.
When I got to hapkido, I talked to Amadeus for a while, on a whole manner of things really. Shirisha wasn't there today, but that's understandable, as she goes erratically anyway (it's not her fault.). It was another tiring session today, and coming up to summer that means a lot of water being lost. Today, I learnt a bit of a new technique, which was a way of getting out of a bear hug, I didn't get to try it for long though. I was also Grandmaster Geoff's training dummy at one point when it came to doing stretches, and damn did it hurt. I mean, jees. And after hapkido, I blogged, but not enough.
And that was my day. Next in the line of exams is PE, which should be pretty straight-forward; you don't need to know that much. You just need to memorise a few choice facts, use common sense, and you'll most likely pass with ease. And we don't have much to study, since we didn't have many periods (hell, that was why the half-yearly for PE didn't go ahead. Not enough classes.). Anyway. Soon I will post on time. Until then, I'll keep trying.
2 down, 4 to go,
AB
Before school, I looked for my shoes (this does have a point), and after some searching, it turned out Dad had taken them to Canberra (yes, my feet are that big). So I used his. They fit. When I got to school, there weren't that many people in our group, as a lot of our group does IPT, and they had the option to not go to school to study (it was the same yesterday, but there was an exam yesterday. Today, it would be IPT. Anyway.). First, it was Role Call, which was reading, as well as doing some studying for Commerce. Period 1 was Science, and in that we started a new topic, which was evolution (which, you can probably guess, due to my atheism and self-confessed science nature, I am all for. Quite frankly, I'm surprised that there wasn't any religious objections, although, in all fairness, we aren't that much of a really religious school.). That was pretty fun, and I actually read through the whole chapter in the period, as well as reading up for Commerce. Period 2 was Computer Maths, or, rather, it would have been if we actually went on the computers. Instead, we did a non-calculator test, and talked about the School Certificate (which, according to Rawson is sorta pointless. Certifiably pointless. ...OK, even I thought that pun was bad.). The non-calculator test was pretty easy, really, and I spent the remainder of the time doing more Commerce revision. The more the better! Recess was talking, as I'm yet to bring cards. After exams.
Period 3 was the major exam (that's not to say it was the major exam, except it was an exam on my major. That's still confusing. Anyway.), which was the Commerce exam. It was long, it involved a lot of writing for 40 minutes, and it was... easy. Or, rather, it was easier than I expected. I expected long questions needing statistics and knowing in-depth stuff about employment. Instead, we got questions that just needed far-reaching answers, ones that didn't need that much detail. And, from what I heard from other people who did Commerce (such as Kevin), they thought the same too. So, yeah. I got good luck on the Commerce front, and I hope I get good marks. Lunch was more talking, with the only people there: me, Kevin, Victor and Ebony, the latter two having come down from study (I have no idea where Andy got to.).
After Lunch, we had sport, or that's what we called it. What we actually did was go down to the computer rooms (they said it was because it was too hot. I'm not entirely sure, but I'll run with it.), and mess around for a while. For about half an hour, I went on the school's version of Pivot, which, if you don't know what it is, is a program that lets you create animations with stick figures (here, let Wikipedia show you). However, we soon actually had to do sport, as a teacher came in and said we had to do it. So we went down to the oval; and he promptly said that we only had to play sport if we wanted. So 7 people did it, and the rest sat down. Pretty much pointless, really. When 'sport' eventually ended, I went and read for a while, and once I got home, I did a little study for PE tomorrow. And at around 6:45, we left for hapkido.
When I got to hapkido, I talked to Amadeus for a while, on a whole manner of things really. Shirisha wasn't there today, but that's understandable, as she goes erratically anyway (it's not her fault.). It was another tiring session today, and coming up to summer that means a lot of water being lost. Today, I learnt a bit of a new technique, which was a way of getting out of a bear hug, I didn't get to try it for long though. I was also Grandmaster Geoff's training dummy at one point when it came to doing stretches, and damn did it hurt. I mean, jees. And after hapkido, I blogged, but not enough.
And that was my day. Next in the line of exams is PE, which should be pretty straight-forward; you don't need to know that much. You just need to memorise a few choice facts, use common sense, and you'll most likely pass with ease. And we don't have much to study, since we didn't have many periods (hell, that was why the half-yearly for PE didn't go ahead. Not enough classes.). Anyway. Soon I will post on time. Until then, I'll keep trying.
2 down, 4 to go,
AB
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Yearlies '09: Drama
I have chosen the title in accordance with the rules set down by myself in the half-yearlies (I was going to say 'in accordance with the scriptures,' but it seemed a bit religious. So I put it in brackets.). And if you don't believe me, then do (by clicking on that link.). Because it's right there, in the first paragraph. Anyway. Let us all have a look at the second day back to school, and the first day of exams...
Before school, I attempted to do some work on Monday's post, but since I had to catch the bus, I didn't get much done. Ah well. Period 1 was Geography, where we did work on synoptic charts, which is basically another word for weather charts (which, if you want to get technical, I would call meteorological charts. I suppose they all have subtle meaning differences, but it all amounts to the same.). It involved looking at sheets, and, on some occasions, pointing out the interior flaws that were present on them (I mean, you can't say that winds move anticlockwise and then show them pointing clockwise. It just doesn't work. It's confusing.). Period 2 was Science, where we went down to the computer labs in the DT block (it used to be called DT, now it's called TAS. Does it honestly matter?) near the dance studio (I haven't been in there in ages), and we went on the net and looked up stuff for the Science exam, which is next week for the Trial School Certificate. Apparently we have to know stuff we haven't even been taught, so I'm not too hopeful. With any luck, I'll be able to wing those parts. Recess was studying.
Period 3 was the first exam, which, if you read my title, was Drama. We got in, and once we'd unpacked, we went straight into it. It was a fairly long exam, and Kolodziej packed a heap into 40 minutes. I think I got it done with about a minute to go. It wasn't hard, I'd say, and I suspect people will lose marks for two reasons: because they didn't finish, and because Kolodziej put questions into the exam that he didn't teach us the answers to. Or, so I think, as everybody did seem to not know the answer to one of the questions. Anyway. Period 4 was PE, and Wilson pretty much said that we're not going to have that many theory PE lessons for the rest of the term, so he gave us a booklet and essentially said (in fact, he did say; there's no 'essentially' about it) that we just do whatever we want from it for the rest of the term. Which was pretty cool. In the end, we went around the class saying professions beginning with each letter (hard ones included K, Q and X. I didn't get around to saying 'Quantum Physicist,' which I think was a good one.). Lunch was talking, as well as paying some money to the cash registrar for the formal.
Period 5 was Maths, and we pretty much just did some revision work. Nothing particularly hard, just really using basic algebra and geometry, and occasionally getting your calculator out to go over some stuff. It wasn't really that difficult. Period 6 was Drama, which was pretty fun. Ours was the only group that actually did the run-through of the Fawlty Towers skit. Kolodziej asked if I was going to be Basil, but I said that I was Mr Hamilton. It would have been pretty good to be Basil, though (but if we are doing another one, I am going to be Manuel. Just because he is awesome.). And when I got home, I studied for Commerce, and surfed the net. But I didn't get to post that much, so here I am.
And such was the beginning of exams for Term 4. I know this is a late post, it's mainly because hapkido got in the way for Wednesday. Ah well. Tomorrow's exam is Commerce, and, well, I'll get to that when I get to that. Until then, enjoy the late posts (because I'm definitely not.).
1 down, 5 to go,
AB
Before school, I attempted to do some work on Monday's post, but since I had to catch the bus, I didn't get much done. Ah well. Period 1 was Geography, where we did work on synoptic charts, which is basically another word for weather charts (which, if you want to get technical, I would call meteorological charts. I suppose they all have subtle meaning differences, but it all amounts to the same.). It involved looking at sheets, and, on some occasions, pointing out the interior flaws that were present on them (I mean, you can't say that winds move anticlockwise and then show them pointing clockwise. It just doesn't work. It's confusing.). Period 2 was Science, where we went down to the computer labs in the DT block (it used to be called DT, now it's called TAS. Does it honestly matter?) near the dance studio (I haven't been in there in ages), and we went on the net and looked up stuff for the Science exam, which is next week for the Trial School Certificate. Apparently we have to know stuff we haven't even been taught, so I'm not too hopeful. With any luck, I'll be able to wing those parts. Recess was studying.
Period 3 was the first exam, which, if you read my title, was Drama. We got in, and once we'd unpacked, we went straight into it. It was a fairly long exam, and Kolodziej packed a heap into 40 minutes. I think I got it done with about a minute to go. It wasn't hard, I'd say, and I suspect people will lose marks for two reasons: because they didn't finish, and because Kolodziej put questions into the exam that he didn't teach us the answers to. Or, so I think, as everybody did seem to not know the answer to one of the questions. Anyway. Period 4 was PE, and Wilson pretty much said that we're not going to have that many theory PE lessons for the rest of the term, so he gave us a booklet and essentially said (in fact, he did say; there's no 'essentially' about it) that we just do whatever we want from it for the rest of the term. Which was pretty cool. In the end, we went around the class saying professions beginning with each letter (hard ones included K, Q and X. I didn't get around to saying 'Quantum Physicist,' which I think was a good one.). Lunch was talking, as well as paying some money to the cash registrar for the formal.
Period 5 was Maths, and we pretty much just did some revision work. Nothing particularly hard, just really using basic algebra and geometry, and occasionally getting your calculator out to go over some stuff. It wasn't really that difficult. Period 6 was Drama, which was pretty fun. Ours was the only group that actually did the run-through of the Fawlty Towers skit. Kolodziej asked if I was going to be Basil, but I said that I was Mr Hamilton. It would have been pretty good to be Basil, though (but if we are doing another one, I am going to be Manuel. Just because he is awesome.). And when I got home, I studied for Commerce, and surfed the net. But I didn't get to post that much, so here I am.
And such was the beginning of exams for Term 4. I know this is a late post, it's mainly because hapkido got in the way for Wednesday. Ah well. Tomorrow's exam is Commerce, and, well, I'll get to that when I get to that. Until then, enjoy the late posts (because I'm definitely not.).
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