April 25th

Okay, so, I seem to want to make this an almost-daily blog report thing.

In two weeks, I will be taking the Math Studies IB exam; just a taste of what's to come, I suppose. I'm not extraordinarily nervous, as everyone (including my mother) tells me I should be. I mean, I know what I need to study, I'll be meeting with my teacher next week about something I'm confused about, and I just got a huge load of review packets in class today. True, I haven't been studying as often as I know I should be, but this week I definitely WILL study. My original plan was to start studying a month beforehand, but we all know that that plan was doomed to fail. This weekend, not tomorrow, 'cause I'm going to a festival, but on Sunday, I will begin my math studying. I think I'll start with financial whatnot, because THEY DELETE THE TVM SOLVER FROM YOUR CALCULATOR! (Which, obviously, I think is bullshit, but whatever.) So I'll pretty much be by myself with the whole financial crap. That stuff I need to study especially, too, because I did pretty poorly with it during the year. Then I'll go to the p if q stuff and venn diagrams, which aren't too hard. After that, I'm not sure. I kept all of my papers from last semester, though, so I'll look over those to form a plan of action.

Enough about math, though. As everyone in IB 11 and 12 knows, we have to write an extended essay over the summer between 11 and 12 grade! Yay! I actually am excited because my topic is how fighting in ice hockey is an effective tool for team-building purposes. I love hockey. I think I was supposed to be Canadian, but God changed his mind at the last moment. ANYWAY, this will be interesting for many reasons, but mostly because I get to interview the hockey players themselves. (Especially Steve Eminger!) It'll be interesting to dive headfirst into the minds of hockey players. This will be fun.

For us IB kids, we have to choose one of four electives. One is art, the second is music, the third is ITGS, and the fourth is a second year of chemistry (ew). I've chosen art, and I'm extremely glad about it. The IB art program is the best art program I've been in; we get all the cool supplies. We get the real watercolors, not the ones in the yellow plastic trays. We get acrylic paints, not that tempra crap. We're also allowed a lot of freedom within the classroom. Because our teacher trusts us, almost every period is a "do what you have to do" period. We're working on paintings right now, and we're allowed full access to the room and all of its supplies. It's wonderful to be an IB Art student. Next year, we'll begin our "journey." What I was thinking of doing was beginning an exploration of spirituality in various cultures around the world. From there, I'll look at the different myths that these cultures have to offer. From there, I can link that to the whole "vampires and werewolves" myth, and, of course, tie that to Twilight. For those of you who have not read the Twilight books, even if you are a guy, I highly suggest it. These are the best books I have read, and I've read a lot of books. Twilight is actually the reason I started to get into writing, because I want to be as good a writer as Stephenie Meyer. But enough babbling!

I know whoever is reading this has had to suffer long and hard, and I thank you for your patience. I'll try to make future posts more interesting.

Yours,
M.