I was just (re)reading The Blood of Olympus, and I came upon this quote, which is now officially my favourite book quote:
“Correct." Kekrops sounded bitter, like he regretted his decision. "My people were the original Athenians--the gemini."
"Like your zodiac sign?" Percy asked. "I'm a Leo.""No, stupid," Leo said. "I'm a Leo. You're a Percy.”
And then Hazel tells them to stop goofing off, but I like this part of Percy and Leo. :)
Friday, 31 October 2014
Thursday, 30 October 2014
T1B35
OMG Mr. Hauck threw a HUGE bomb today--he had us read our stories aloud in front of everyone! That was so totally unexpected, it was like WHOOOOOOOAAAAA.
I think that was really good though, because everyone knew his/her story best and reading it aloud allowed us to put the feeling we really wanted to convey into it, I think it helped bring out our story more.
It was pretty awesome (I went today :) ).
I think that was really good though, because everyone knew his/her story best and reading it aloud allowed us to put the feeling we really wanted to convey into it, I think it helped bring out our story more.
It was pretty awesome (I went today :) ).
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
T1B34
It feels like all my tests landed at the SAME TIME.
Last Wednesday I had a Spanish test, which I got back today (49.5 out of 50! 49.5!!!!!), Thursday was our English test, Friday was a pro-d, and first day back on Monday we had a Socials test.
Crazy? Yes. Welcome to my life. But I studied hard for all of them and hopefully I did well on them.
This postcard story is seriously freaking me out, but since I've picked my second story to hand in, I've printed it out, made the drawing and everything, if it's done it's done and no regrets.
Just wait till I get a bad mark then I'll start screaming at myself wondering why I didn't submit the other one. :P No, just kidding. I won't do that. But I will mentally kick myself for not doing better. *sigh* I was never really good at these stories. Ms. Greskiw entered us in a short story contest last year and I didn't make it :( mostly because I switched stories 2 times from the original, but yeah... :P
Hopefully, this year's better. It's a story with a surprise ending.
Here it is, if you want to read it:
It's called: the dream. Yes, no caps. For drama. *cue suspense music here*
She snapped awake from her dream, feeling as though she were falling.
It was still dark out. Ivy glanced at the clock: 7:00am. Her alarm clock would ring soon. She sighed. Might as well get up, she thought. Stretching, she slowly stood up and stumbled to the bathroom.
As she brushed her teeth, Ivy pondered her dream.
It wasn't the first time she'd had this dream. In fact, it had been haunting her for a few weeks now. She wasn't sure why, though. For the past few nights, she'd been dreaming of a man, a mysterious, darkly clothed man, following her as she tread her familiar path home from school. She would walk faster and faster until sweat beaded on her brow, even running, but he would always catch her, and push her straight into what seemed to be empty space. She really ought to tell someone. Repeated dreams were never good.Ivy walked back to her room, scrubbing at her eyebags. Was she perhaps too stressed? Was she hallucinating? And why, she thought, why was she falling?
She doubted the dreams represented her school. Ivy was a model student, never smart-mouthed, always studious. She was an extrovert, too, and friendly with everyone. Did the dark man represent an enemy? It seemed unlikely. Also, she played sports—it should have been easy for her to outrun him. But she couldn’t. Of course, in a dream, nothing can be trusted.
Ivy sighed. She was only torturing herself with these thoughts. It wasn’t like her to keep this to herself, though. Recently, Ivy had noticed an increasing concern with her mother. She seemed to make an extra effort these days to talk with her.
After a fast paced day at school, she meandered home on her usual route. Ivy reflected: It had been a normal day. Nothing scary or out of the ordinary. But despite the warm spring day, she shivered. Deja vu overtook her. This was the same path in her dreams, the same walkway. The same sights. The same feelings. Even the same sounds. ...Wait. Sounds?She glanced behind her, feeling like she was being followed. And her heart nearly stopped.
Behind Ivy was a darkly clothed man.
She sped up.
He didn’t seem to be doing much. Maybe he wasn’t even really following her. But she decided to be cautious, just in case. She slowly swung her backpack around without stopping, to reach for her phone, before she realized that it was still on her desk at home, charging.
No help. Heavy breathing. Heart racing.
As she turned the corner, she sneaked another look back. He was still there, getting no closer, and no further.
Ivy’s heart pounded. She broke into a run.
The growing footsteps behind her panicked her more. She flung her backpack behind her, hoping to trip up her pursuer. Then she sprinted.
She felt hands on her back, and she plunged into empty space.
She snapped awake from her dream, feeling as though she were falling.
Last Wednesday I had a Spanish test, which I got back today (49.5 out of 50! 49.5!!!!!), Thursday was our English test, Friday was a pro-d, and first day back on Monday we had a Socials test.
Crazy? Yes. Welcome to my life. But I studied hard for all of them and hopefully I did well on them.
This postcard story is seriously freaking me out, but since I've picked my second story to hand in, I've printed it out, made the drawing and everything, if it's done it's done and no regrets.
Just wait till I get a bad mark then I'll start screaming at myself wondering why I didn't submit the other one. :P No, just kidding. I won't do that. But I will mentally kick myself for not doing better. *sigh* I was never really good at these stories. Ms. Greskiw entered us in a short story contest last year and I didn't make it :( mostly because I switched stories 2 times from the original, but yeah... :P
Hopefully, this year's better. It's a story with a surprise ending.
Here it is, if you want to read it:
It's called: the dream. Yes, no caps. For drama. *cue suspense music here*
She snapped awake from her dream, feeling as though she were falling.
It was still dark out. Ivy glanced at the clock: 7:00am. Her alarm clock would ring soon. She sighed. Might as well get up, she thought. Stretching, she slowly stood up and stumbled to the bathroom.
As she brushed her teeth, Ivy pondered her dream.
It wasn't the first time she'd had this dream. In fact, it had been haunting her for a few weeks now. She wasn't sure why, though. For the past few nights, she'd been dreaming of a man, a mysterious, darkly clothed man, following her as she tread her familiar path home from school. She would walk faster and faster until sweat beaded on her brow, even running, but he would always catch her, and push her straight into what seemed to be empty space. She really ought to tell someone. Repeated dreams were never good.Ivy walked back to her room, scrubbing at her eyebags. Was she perhaps too stressed? Was she hallucinating? And why, she thought, why was she falling?
She doubted the dreams represented her school. Ivy was a model student, never smart-mouthed, always studious. She was an extrovert, too, and friendly with everyone. Did the dark man represent an enemy? It seemed unlikely. Also, she played sports—it should have been easy for her to outrun him. But she couldn’t. Of course, in a dream, nothing can be trusted.
Ivy sighed. She was only torturing herself with these thoughts. It wasn’t like her to keep this to herself, though. Recently, Ivy had noticed an increasing concern with her mother. She seemed to make an extra effort these days to talk with her.
After a fast paced day at school, she meandered home on her usual route. Ivy reflected: It had been a normal day. Nothing scary or out of the ordinary. But despite the warm spring day, she shivered. Deja vu overtook her. This was the same path in her dreams, the same walkway. The same sights. The same feelings. Even the same sounds. ...Wait. Sounds?She glanced behind her, feeling like she was being followed. And her heart nearly stopped.
Behind Ivy was a darkly clothed man.
She sped up.
He didn’t seem to be doing much. Maybe he wasn’t even really following her. But she decided to be cautious, just in case. She slowly swung her backpack around without stopping, to reach for her phone, before she realized that it was still on her desk at home, charging.
No help. Heavy breathing. Heart racing.
As she turned the corner, she sneaked another look back. He was still there, getting no closer, and no further.
Ivy’s heart pounded. She broke into a run.
The growing footsteps behind her panicked her more. She flung her backpack behind her, hoping to trip up her pursuer. Then she sprinted.
She felt hands on her back, and she plunged into empty space.
She snapped awake from her dream, feeling as though she were falling.
T1B33
WE ARE GETTING OUR ENGLISH TESTS BACK NEXT CLASS
AAAAAHHHH THE SUSPENSE
Mr. Hauck had us mark most of the test in class (mark someone else's test) and then he's going to mark the essays and give it back to us next class.
I can't wait to get it back. :D
AAAAAHHHH THE SUSPENSE
Mr. Hauck had us mark most of the test in class (mark someone else's test) and then he's going to mark the essays and give it back to us next class.
I can't wait to get it back. :D
Monday, 27 October 2014
T1B32
OMG I'M SO HAPPY
The HUGE (okay, big) socials test we had today is finally over! OVER!!!!
I spent basically all of Saturday and Sunday studying like crazy for it! It was a Canadian Regional Geography test or something like that, I don't really know how to say it but it involves Canadian regional geography.
So, at first Mr. Chau scared us all because the stations activities were hard(ish), but then he told us what he expected and everyone was like, "Oh my goodness that's awesome." (because we didn't need to know as much as we thought we needed to know--we're Synergy, after all :P). But Mr. Chau posted the answers to the stations on Saturday morning, so I was kind of freaked out because I was scared 2 days wouldn't be enough. Plus, the stations went by so quickly that I needed more time to absorb the information, so I was going to spend more time understanding the concepts.
We also had like a sample test that Mr. Chau said he'd post the answers to as well. When he posted the test answers, that one essay question had me going "WHAAAAAAAAT?" because there were so many things we were supposed to say based on a "Describe the regional geography" question. And I got freaked out all over again, because my answer wasn't enough.
t also kind of, so to say, "took a gamble" with studying this time, because we had 2 parts of each station we were studying, and that was the concept related to the region, and the topography-climate-vegetation of the region. I knew the general idea about the topography-climate-vegetation (for example, continental vs. maritime climate, rolling hills vs. jagged peaks, small shrubs, lichens, and mosses vs. deciduous trees) but I didn't memorize every tree or the exact elevation of every place. I figured that the more important things were the concepts, so I focused on those and the vocabulary. That actually really paid off because I learned the concepts well (like not just for this test, but for general knowledge) and still knew the general topography-climate-vegetation which helped me to understand the concepts better. Also, the concepts give you clues about the topography-climate-vegetation of a place. I understood the main ones, for example, the Arctic has a 10 month winter and short, not very warm summers, because of permafrost, trees are stunted and the vegetation is mostly small shrubs, lichens, and mosses, and also, for example, the St. Lawrence Lowlands has a continental climate, whereas the southern part of the Coastal plains has a subtropical climate, the Western Cordillera has a maritime climate.
I noticed that a lot of my classmates had the same problem I did, which was that we got confused sometimes. For example, my friends said that they could identify (draw) which region on a map had wetlands, but it would be harder to name it. Personally, I knew that the Coastal Plains had 2 concepts related with it, but I for the life of me could NOT remember what else it was besides wetlands (after a LOT of studying, I can now very confidently tell you that it's sinkholes. :P) Also, I kind of got mixed up with hurricanes and tornadoes, but I got that straightened out.
Overall, I'm really happy with the way this test turned out. The actual test wasn't as hard as the sample test (in my opinion--Erica disagrees) but maybe that's just because I know the concepts better. Also, one of the most important things is that I also know the concepts really well, and that's very important too, besides the test, because knowledge and skills are what keep with you your entire life, not a test score.
(And I feel kind of blunt saying this, but I'M SO HAPPY THAT IT'S OVER, NO MORE STUDYING MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I'M SO HAPPY :D :D :D)
The HUGE (okay, big) socials test we had today is finally over! OVER!!!!
I spent basically all of Saturday and Sunday studying like crazy for it! It was a Canadian Regional Geography test or something like that, I don't really know how to say it but it involves Canadian regional geography.
So, at first Mr. Chau scared us all because the stations activities were hard(ish), but then he told us what he expected and everyone was like, "Oh my goodness that's awesome." (because we didn't need to know as much as we thought we needed to know--we're Synergy, after all :P). But Mr. Chau posted the answers to the stations on Saturday morning, so I was kind of freaked out because I was scared 2 days wouldn't be enough. Plus, the stations went by so quickly that I needed more time to absorb the information, so I was going to spend more time understanding the concepts.
We also had like a sample test that Mr. Chau said he'd post the answers to as well. When he posted the test answers, that one essay question had me going "WHAAAAAAAAT?" because there were so many things we were supposed to say based on a "Describe the regional geography" question. And I got freaked out all over again, because my answer wasn't enough.
t also kind of, so to say, "took a gamble" with studying this time, because we had 2 parts of each station we were studying, and that was the concept related to the region, and the topography-climate-vegetation of the region. I knew the general idea about the topography-climate-vegetation (for example, continental vs. maritime climate, rolling hills vs. jagged peaks, small shrubs, lichens, and mosses vs. deciduous trees) but I didn't memorize every tree or the exact elevation of every place. I figured that the more important things were the concepts, so I focused on those and the vocabulary. That actually really paid off because I learned the concepts well (like not just for this test, but for general knowledge) and still knew the general topography-climate-vegetation which helped me to understand the concepts better. Also, the concepts give you clues about the topography-climate-vegetation of a place. I understood the main ones, for example, the Arctic has a 10 month winter and short, not very warm summers, because of permafrost, trees are stunted and the vegetation is mostly small shrubs, lichens, and mosses, and also, for example, the St. Lawrence Lowlands has a continental climate, whereas the southern part of the Coastal plains has a subtropical climate, the Western Cordillera has a maritime climate.
I noticed that a lot of my classmates had the same problem I did, which was that we got confused sometimes. For example, my friends said that they could identify (draw) which region on a map had wetlands, but it would be harder to name it. Personally, I knew that the Coastal Plains had 2 concepts related with it, but I for the life of me could NOT remember what else it was besides wetlands (after a LOT of studying, I can now very confidently tell you that it's sinkholes. :P) Also, I kind of got mixed up with hurricanes and tornadoes, but I got that straightened out.
Overall, I'm really happy with the way this test turned out. The actual test wasn't as hard as the sample test (in my opinion--Erica disagrees) but maybe that's just because I know the concepts better. Also, one of the most important things is that I also know the concepts really well, and that's very important too, besides the test, because knowledge and skills are what keep with you your entire life, not a test score.
(And I feel kind of blunt saying this, but I'M SO HAPPY THAT IT'S OVER, NO MORE STUDYING MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I'M SO HAPPY :D :D :D)
Sunday, 26 October 2014
T1B31
On Nov. 6 we have a science fair proposal due. I'm not sure what I'm going to do.
I mean, there're so many options! I want to do something involving energy this year, and possibly making sustainable energy from something like waste. I don't want to do compost, because that's so cliché, but I think it's a good place to start. I partnered with Amy this year, and I think we could take this really far. I feel like we could do something related to compost or energy, but it has to be something original and unique so it will be interesting. And actually beneficial. But I really like this energy idea, I think knowing more about it will be helpful for me to reduce my environmental footprint personally.
T1B30
So, the answer to the riddle I posted last last blog is:
**SPOILER ALERT**
0 cubic feet.
If you dig a hole that's 6ft by 6ft by 6ft, and you ask how many cubic feet of dirt are in it, well obviously there is no dirt in it. It's a hole! I remember doing this on an app called "The Impossible Test" and screwing up on this question at least 16 times before finally getting the answer. I answered "216" so many times, before it finally "clicked" that there is NO DIRT IN A HOLE! I got fooled so many times in that app, I'm now hyperalert with wording for riddles and brainteasers and things like that.
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