Can you believe it? First semester is almost done... and it feels like it just started yesterday! Meeting all our teachers, meeting new friends, getting back to the school routine... it all seems so recent.
Next week is our exams, and everyone is pretty hyper right now with all the studying that needs to be done, and all the confidence that needs to be used for exams. I'm sitting everyday with all my books studying for 3 hours (which is actually me studying one subject and revising everything I learnt... three times) and it's actually not too bad. I know I'm confident in most of my answers, which I feel is progress so far. I hope I'm able to understand all the concepts for all four subjects by Sunday night.
Today in ICS we continued working on our culminating activities and were able to get a couple more little things done with our partners / groups. I felt that this wasn't too bad of a project because Zahra and I were both able to write some pros and cons of Facebook at the top of our heads. We also consulted some sites (and cited them in our site) to know exactly how we should explain our ideas in detail.
Anyways, I'm going to go sleep now.
Goodnight everyone!
*please don't mind the late posting... unreliable internet connections*
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Exams are near!
Oh my... our exams are next week, and there's so much to study! This is going to be one wild week. I'm really worried.
I'm well aware of the fact that this semester hasn't been going on too well, and I'm very disappointed that I couldn't do anything to get it to be better. I am quite capable of doing many things, but I don't know why this semester seemed very hard on me. Probably because I got all the harder subjects first... but then again, I can't use the excuse according to my science teacher. I can't say I didn't try, because all I've been doing from the beginning is trying. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get my marks higher from my mid-term. I hope that if I spend this week in complete study mode, I'll be able to get atleast 25% marks added to my previous low marks. It's not that I want to drop out of IB, it's just that the subjects this semester made it very hard to cope up with each other. I hope next semester won't be like this; I'm quite confident in making next semester better. By knowing I haven't done well, it gives me more confident in taking care of myself and my work more better. I also hope that summer school could significantly bring up my marks. I've got it all planned and I hope I do much better for the rest of the year.
Anyways, those were my thoughts that were bothering me for the last couple of days. Hopefully I can improve on many of my habits, and take care of my health so that this problem doesn't occur again.
I'm going to go study now, and you should too!
Bye!
I'm well aware of the fact that this semester hasn't been going on too well, and I'm very disappointed that I couldn't do anything to get it to be better. I am quite capable of doing many things, but I don't know why this semester seemed very hard on me. Probably because I got all the harder subjects first... but then again, I can't use the excuse according to my science teacher. I can't say I didn't try, because all I've been doing from the beginning is trying. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get my marks higher from my mid-term. I hope that if I spend this week in complete study mode, I'll be able to get atleast 25% marks added to my previous low marks. It's not that I want to drop out of IB, it's just that the subjects this semester made it very hard to cope up with each other. I hope next semester won't be like this; I'm quite confident in making next semester better. By knowing I haven't done well, it gives me more confident in taking care of myself and my work more better. I also hope that summer school could significantly bring up my marks. I've got it all planned and I hope I do much better for the rest of the year.
Anyways, those were my thoughts that were bothering me for the last couple of days. Hopefully I can improve on many of my habits, and take care of my health so that this problem doesn't occur again.
I'm going to go study now, and you should too!
Bye!
Friday, January 14, 2011
Almost finished!
Even though Mr. Arkin wasn't here today, many groups were able to be very productive today. Maybe because it's Friday and everyone wants to get over with their culminating activities so that they can start studying freely. That's actually my goal for this weekend: finishing up my culminatings, then studying everyday for the rest of the week. Hopefully that works out.
Zahra and I have gotten most of our things done, and we're on the part of creating our final copies of all our work. I got the layout for our Facebook Security site set, so now we just need to put in our acutual information we wrote and work on it from there. I'm sure we can finish by Sunday.
Finally it's Friday, and even though I'm starting to get a little sick (recent flu shot), I feel somewhat energized and confident to work really hard for the next couple of days! I hope I can stick to my plan up there and get those extra 30% marks by the end of this semester.
Anyways, hope everyone has a happy weekend!
Byee!
Zahra and I have gotten most of our things done, and we're on the part of creating our final copies of all our work. I got the layout for our Facebook Security site set, so now we just need to put in our acutual information we wrote and work on it from there. I'm sure we can finish by Sunday.
Finally it's Friday, and even though I'm starting to get a little sick (recent flu shot), I feel somewhat energized and confident to work really hard for the next couple of days! I hope I can stick to my plan up there and get those extra 30% marks by the end of this semester.
Anyways, hope everyone has a happy weekend!
Byee!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Lalalala (no creativity in sight!)
Oh my... what a tiring day! It's Thursday and I feel like I've been going to school non-stop for a whole month.
Culminating activities are taking up everyone's lives for the next few days because we all know we could use the extra marks. I'm trying my best to work harder on these projects so that I can show my teachers that I actually learned something. I hope I succeed.
At this point, I'm going to take some rest so that I can be wide awake for my science quiz tomorrow and be ready to finish off at least one more project.
Hopefully, I'll write more tomorrow...
Goodnightt!
Oh! I totally forgot! I don't know exactly why I found this joke funny, but I want to share it:
Bill Gates is building a new massive mansion, most of it underground. I guess he is doing this because he doesn't want to spend another dime on Windows!
Culminating activities are taking up everyone's lives for the next few days because we all know we could use the extra marks. I'm trying my best to work harder on these projects so that I can show my teachers that I actually learned something. I hope I succeed.
At this point, I'm going to take some rest so that I can be wide awake for my science quiz tomorrow and be ready to finish off at least one more project.
Hopefully, I'll write more tomorrow...
Goodnightt!
Oh! I totally forgot! I don't know exactly why I found this joke funny, but I want to share it:
Bill Gates is building a new massive mansion, most of it underground. I guess he is doing this because he doesn't want to spend another dime on Windows!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Culminating work!
Unfortunately I haven't been able to keep up with my blogging due to internet acting up, but thankfully my dad was able to fix it (finally)! I'm back!
Today was quite productive because Zahra and I were able to begin on our webpage work. Our topic for the culminating activity is "Facebook Security". For this, we're going to be researching how safe Facebook is considering how many people make accounts for it everyday around the world. We have our brainstorm ideas all figured out, and now we need to write proper paragraphs and mini facts. We even how our 'blueprint' on how our webpage is going to look like. After we're done the webpage with the information, we'll be starting on our little advertisment.
Hopefully we'll be able to do more tomorrow!
I'm going to finish my other assignments for now... byee!
Today was quite productive because Zahra and I were able to begin on our webpage work. Our topic for the culminating activity is "Facebook Security". For this, we're going to be researching how safe Facebook is considering how many people make accounts for it everyday around the world. We have our brainstorm ideas all figured out, and now we need to write proper paragraphs and mini facts. We even how our 'blueprint' on how our webpage is going to look like. After we're done the webpage with the information, we'll be starting on our little advertisment.
Hopefully we'll be able to do more tomorrow!
I'm going to finish my other assignments for now... byee!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Work Period
Today was our last work period on our mosaic project, and one of the 14 days left to work on our culminating activities with our partners!
I was able to organize all my information about the hacker, Jonathan James, and now all I have left to do is fix up that webpage a little more and then I'm ready to put it up live on the world wide web. I felt this was an easy project, and I had interest in learning about how curiosity could take you far (in a negative or positive way).
Tomorrow will be the day Zahra and I start working on our culminating activity on the pros and cons of Facebook security. We already have a list of what we could talk about in one sentance per fact, now all we need to do is sort it out as an advertisment on a radio or t.v. channel.
Anyways, I'm going to go back to finishing up my mosaic project, and then I have a lot more to do for other classes. Ouch, I feel this month is going to be really harsh on us... oh well, good luck to everyone out there!
More to come tomorrow!
Byee!
I was able to organize all my information about the hacker, Jonathan James, and now all I have left to do is fix up that webpage a little more and then I'm ready to put it up live on the world wide web. I felt this was an easy project, and I had interest in learning about how curiosity could take you far (in a negative or positive way).
Tomorrow will be the day Zahra and I start working on our culminating activity on the pros and cons of Facebook security. We already have a list of what we could talk about in one sentance per fact, now all we need to do is sort it out as an advertisment on a radio or t.v. channel.
Anyways, I'm going to go back to finishing up my mosaic project, and then I have a lot more to do for other classes. Ouch, I feel this month is going to be really harsh on us... oh well, good luck to everyone out there!
More to come tomorrow!
Byee!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Back to work
After the wonderful and peaceful holidays, VP welcomed their students back with culminating activities... oh how fun!
Thankfully these projects will refresh our minds about our previous knowledge on the subject. I think this a good way to prepare us for the exams that follow after we're done the culminating activities.
Yesterday we were introduced to a mini-project to do before we start on our actual culminating activity. Personally, both these projects seem a little confusing, but I'm asking people about it so that I have a clear undrstanding when I do it.
I have a lot of work to be done right now, so I guess I'll write more tomorrow!
Good luck to everyone during this month! Back to work!
Thankfully these projects will refresh our minds about our previous knowledge on the subject. I think this a good way to prepare us for the exams that follow after we're done the culminating activities.
Yesterday we were introduced to a mini-project to do before we start on our actual culminating activity. Personally, both these projects seem a little confusing, but I'm asking people about it so that I have a clear undrstanding when I do it.
I have a lot of work to be done right now, so I guess I'll write more tomorrow!
Good luck to everyone during this month! Back to work!
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