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I GOT 20 ON MY MAAAATH QUIIIIZ I GOT 20 ON MY MAAAATH QUIIIIZ

We got our Ch5 Quiz1 quiz back on Polynomials AND I GOT 20/20 :D

I seriously got like 78% on my last math test, because I missed the lesson and I panicked when I ran out of time at the end AND BECAUSE I GOT A DIAGRAM WRONG, I GOT THE WHOLE QUESTION WRONG AND THE OTHER QUESTION I GOT THE DIAGRAM WRONG TOO D':

So anyways that's like THE FREAKING LOWEST mark I've EVER gotten in ANY subject in my entire LIFE! (silent raging)

And so I freaked out, and that happened to be on the day of the pre-IB testing, and uggghhhh it was a huge mess.

SO anyways, I got this test back and I'm really happy because this will pull my mark up to an A. I was LITERALLY getting like a B in math, around 84%. I NEVER GET A B IN MATH. NEVER EVER EVER. (Actually in any subject... not counting PE.)

Hopefully this little 20 will push me up to a 86%, and then since polynomials is pretty easy I'll hopefully raise my mark with this test. Plus we have another Ch. 7 test so I'm not too worried, 'cause we always have lots of opportunities for quizzes and tests and stuff in math. Because, you know, our entire mark is based on quizzes/tests. So you know.

OBTW I'm also working on my fallacies for English right now, and they're soooo fun. Mr. Hauck gave us logical fallacies notes to define, and I really like them, because it's fun to come up with examples and it makes you sound really smart when you use them in debates and things like that. :)

My favourite is strawmanning. There's actually a story behind that--so Margo and I are debate partners, right? The first time we heard about straw manning was just before the UBC Regionals. I thought it was spelled strawmanning, and Margo thought it was spelled strongmanning. The other day, during a debate, I wrote "point out they're strawmanning" and she kind of looked at it in confusion. When she sat down after her speech, the first thing she whispered to me was, "What's strawmanning?" I was like, "You know, where they twist your words?" We cut it off there and after the debate, she told me she always thought it was strong manning, and I was like, "Oh really? I dunno, it just sounded like straw manning." So then I thought it was strongmanning... (like strong-arming your opponents I guess?) because it makes a lot more sense then strawmanning. So we asked Mr. Hauck after debate today, which one it was and he said it was straw manning, and I was all like HA! So I was right! Although it still didn't make sense why. I searched it up today and according to one (not entirely expertise-d) website, it's as if you took a burning straw man (like a scarecrow), threw it on the floor, and said, "Look, it's my opponent's dangerous straw man!" and then doused it with fire and pretended to save the day, all while your opponents look on in bemusement at the burning straw man that was not theirs.

I'm not sure that's entirely true, but it's certainly an interesting explanation and memory trick. :)

Here's the website: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/what-is-a-straw-man-argument