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Our English Literature classes always involve complicated analyses and technical essay-writing thanks to our teacher. Worse still, they often come consecutive to English Language classes, which means we get to spend around two hours of continuous writing. :/
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I took the PSAT yesterday. The math and writing sections were easy, but I can't stand the reading comprehension section; more specifically reading long passages and answering questions on them. Reading quickly and efficiently was never my strong point. :/
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I am still in a dilemma whether to apply for my SAT this year or the next year. I have my IGCSE this year, which adds a lot of pressure on me, but next year will not be as free too. I was thinking though of doing a PSAT this year, yet again I am not sure. Do you think PSAT is that important?
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Hmm... the only thing I can say when you're going through examinations like the SAT is... don't stress out. You'll only getting the worse part of it. Try to be... well, calm and cool when it comes to everything.
I myself am handling an examination this year. |
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Speaking of the SAT, our school system has provided for about a class' worht of students to take the Kaplan SAT Review course. It is a nice review of everything. I'm hoping it helps me. But it definitely is not worth $700 per student. I'm just glad that I got it for free.
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I bought PlayStation 3 last Friday, which is kinda amusing. This is my second console after my DS, which I haven't opened for months. Not that I have interesting games right now, but I am playing Uncharted 2, which is good so far. The whole system is cool, which I really like.
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Even though I never owned a PS3, I have heard good things about Uncharted 2. Fun fact: While I was planning to buy a 3DS, miscommunication made it end up becoming "PS3". Good thing I corrected them... (It was over the telephone via multiple people.) Note: I already have a 3DS. |
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8:30-12:00 on a Saturday morning. It's an online "classroom" with a video of an instructor at her computer with a webcam. We hear her give her Power Point slideshow while she walks us through questions. When we have a question/answer/anything else, we put it into the instant messager box. For $700, I would expect a bit more 1-on-1 time with our own instructor while we really hone in our weaknesses. Half of the stuff we've done so far is math, the other half is reading/writing. So far, it's only been easy math, so I'm just sitting there waiting to learn. And I still haven't gotten the flash cards that we were supposed to get (nor did I get my vodka I was promised in another situation, but that's another story ) |
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Personally, if I wanted to buy games for my 3DS this coming Christmas... on my wish list?
Super Mario 3D Land Mario Kart 7 When they come out: Luigi's Mansion 2 Monster Hunter 3G Paper Mario 3DS (Yeah, I buy Nintendo systems for Nintendo games most of the time.) |
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There's a sad thing about everything here, though. What is $40 in the US usually becomes about $63 here. And the Zelda one isn't really an import here in my country, sooooo... |
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I could probably live off that for a good week or two. |
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And by the way, I'm pretty similar to you in relation to your last statement: most of the games I have on the Wii are Nintendo ones. Over here, $700 is just enough for you to get a decent laptop. |
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Normally no in chat rooms, since I tend to need to think about what to say depending on the conversation. Which is why I rarely use the chat rooms and prefer the chat threads so jumping into a conversation isn't so awkward for me.
But anyway, I would 700 to get my own laptop. I am seriously thinking about living in the dorms to expand my experience outside of my parents' opinion. I haven't been this angry and want to move out so bad, but it's hard to switch back between the American culture and my culture. |
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$700 would be plenty to do a lot of things... Maybe I'll get a new laptop to replace my old and almost-busted one. |
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Let it be known that today, Thursday, October 20, 2011, I have handed in my final homework assignment and taken my last final. Today I, *name withheld*, more informally known as A'bom or "Quil", have finished college. Over the next few months I will be transitioning from the safety of the academic environment into the cold, unforgiving job market. You know what that means?
Tomorrow, I go from being a full-time student to being unemployed. |
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I never played Spiro before, so I am not sure how good it is in the first place. I will take it into consideration though. |
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It's a funny typo, though, so savor it for the fun, huh? Don't worry too much about it anyway - we all make mistakes, I think.
P.S.: Why do I keep typing "anyway" as "anywya"? I keep having to correct that myself these days. |
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For the time being, I'm just going to take a short rest. Perhaps two weeks. Then I'll be looking for a job.
As for what kind of job, something in the field of programming stuff. Not that specific, is it? I want to keep my mind open to any job in the field. I have never actually been "job hunting" before, so I'm preparing myself with the mindset that every job is going to turn me down. That way, if I do get the job, it's that much more awesome. I know, my mind works backwards a bit. |
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Like Phantom, I am also doing well in math, surprisingly well. I was very reluctant to take AP Stats (after nearly failing US History and hating AP English Lang and Comp). I thought it was going to turn out like those two classes. But it just seems like another math class to me. As in, it's not too hard (knock on wood). I'm understanding a lot of it and doing well, better than I did in Pre-Calc last year.
And in other news, I actually have a date for homecoming this year It's in one week, so I can't wait! |
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Marching comps are over (thank god). District qualifiers for forensics are next weekend. District auditions for band are November 12. Districts for forensics are November 19 (which is also ring dance). Latin Convention is November 20. Just a heads up that if you happen need to talk to me, I won't be on these days.
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Problem, power? But seriously, 8th grade. Yeah, I remember those days. I didn't interact with others enough to exert any power |
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8th grade was a *****. Not much of another way to put it. To this day, I can't say I'm entirely certain how I pulled out with my head intact. BUT, I'm a Senior now, so I actually get a real feeling of authority. Yeah, freshman year of college is going to put me back down to the bottom, but I don't really plan on being in the places where you get that freshman treatment.
Math, I'm doing surprisingly quite well in. I have an A in AP Calc, which turned out to be not nearly as difficult as my brother seemed to make it out to be. I also got a little side-job tutoring this girl in AP Stats that her mom is actually going to pay me for So MTC, if you ever need help with AP Stats, I can definitely provide support (I got a 5 on the test). |
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My progress report will be distributed on Saturday and I can say that it will not be as pleasing as my parents expect. I will be dealing with a lot of trouble soon, I sense that.
My English Language mark is expected to be a D, a grade I never got before. It is just my new Language teacher who succeeds in being a total jerk. The whole class has low marks, so I am not an exception, yet it is annoying to have such a start. Maths is surprisingly bad so far, not that I don't understand it, but I was too lazy in the past two/three weeks that I didn't bother to study, which resulted in a B. I am uncertain of my Business mark, but Biology, Chemistry and Physics are all well. The marks are indeed bad, but this year, the only thing I have to focus on is my external examinations in May, so I still have a great chance of getting good grades by the end of this year. |
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Today, the top scores for the class came out. This is what my report said.
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We never hear anything about our soccer team (that is, if we have one. I hear so little, if not at all, about it that I'm not sure), we only hear about our football team, which sucks HORRIDLY, and our water polo team, which is one of the best in the state. The other sports that we have around school are merely mentioned and usually aren't anything special, like golf, basketball, track, etc.
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As a matter of fact, Spyro was the only game my step-mom ever liked, and she was addicted. I swear she'd hog up the Playstation just so she could play, and sometimes she'd even stay up at night playing with my dad. ;0 On the topic of dogs: I have three dogs at the time of typing this. A German Shepherd-Sheepdog mix named Lucky. We got her literally the same day she was going to be put down. She's also survived biting into electrical wires, getting a part of her tongue singed off, and jumping out of the window. Luckily the window wasn't that high, though. Her name does come in handy, though. ;> And then I have two other Chihuahuas I got from my grandma. They're like the third or forth generation that my grandma's had. Both are female and named Negra and Loca. |
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If I had more spare time, I would've probably liked to experiment with music editing. It really interests me. |
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Slowly learning Pro Tools in my morning classes on Tuesday/Thursday, and then my afternoon class covers Audacity and pretty much some of the overall history of electronic. Although lately I've been using Audacity for other things; thanks to a plug-in I DL'd for it, I've managed to convert everything I've made in Editing from .wav to .mp3, which I'm sure will find a use one of these days. |
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It's also available on the XBOX 360 and Wii, and a different version is available for the 3DS (that will come with a different set of figurines, but all of them are usable in other platforms) It can get expensive, though. That game got mostly good reviews, but it, I think, isn't what most people call a true Spyro game. |
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Considering English was my secondary language, it's one of my best classes.
Sometimes I have to resist pronouncing things as you'd say in Spanish. Like, say, pronouncing the "th" sound as the "t" sound. I also go from speaking in English to Spanish at random times, too. Last edited by Shiny; October 29, 2011 at 12:24:43 AM. |
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Seriously, I was thinking two ports and/or external AC adaptors. I was wrong. |
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Speaking of IE, it's getting native spell check in version 10. Took them long enough. It even does autocorrect Microsoft Word style. |
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