haha.

Maia:	I didn't wash my mug last week. I left it in the sink thinking I'll wash it later and of course ended up not doing it.
Sangay:	Boxers of Shame, Maia.
Maia:	Hey Sangay, what's said in TOK stays in TOK!

This is what happens in TOK.

Seb:	You guys are supposed to be the idealistic cream of the youth of the world!
Esther:	You’re supposed to be leading us!

Currently

Wearing ankle braces which really help- but get mighty annoying after a whole day of wearing ‘em.

You Know You're an AP Student When...

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Story of my life… minus studying.

You Know You’re an AP Student When…

1.You know AP actually stands for “Advanced Procrastinator.”

2.You could have done your homework at home but you prefer the pressure of getting it done two periods before its due.

3.Studying consists of furiously glancing over your notes the period before the test.

4.“Not a lot of homework” means: 10 chemistry problems, calc homework (that you won’t do anyways), a 15 page story to read in the Lit book, and studying for a French quiz. 

5.You don’t think of it as “cheating”, you think of it as “cooperative learning.”

6.The weekend before mid-terms or finals you don’t start studying until Sunday at seven or eight PM.

7.You have multiple breakdowns throughout the year from school-related stress.

8.You know senior project is a joke and intend on putting forth as little effort as possible.

9.On top of your full schedule, you’re involved in several extra-curricular activities and you have a job.

10.Every extra-curricular activity you sign up for is framed with the words “It’ll look good for college.”

11.Senioritis set in during the last few weeks of 11th grade.

12.You’re convinced summer work was invented as a form of torture.

13.You sign up for a class because it’s weighted, not because the subject interests you.

14.You question whether you’ll make it through the year with your sanity intact.

15.You swear twice as much as you normally do on the day of a test.

16.You have no time management skills. Whatsoever. 

17.You consider any non AP class to be a blow-off class.

18.You never meet anyone new in your classes because it’s been the same group of kids since ninth grade.

19.You and your closest friends are all in the top 10% of your class.

20.You like to pretend you’re not a nerd but on the inside…you know.

21.You do your best work between the hours of 11 PM and 2 AM.

22.At sleepovers with your friends you discuss politics and financial aid.

23. The probablity of your homework getting done depends more on your mood than the fact that it needs to be done.

24. You find yourself arguing for points not because you genuinely feel that you are right, but because you know that one more point will boost your grade letter.

25. You consider anything below a B to be a bad grade.

26. You spend a few hours doing optional and bonus assignments you don’t actually need to do just because it will boost your grade which will in turn raise your GPA and class rank.

27. People ask you how you manage an AP class you just say “It’s easy” when on the inside you are screaming bloody murder.

28. You watch TV or do other random things until 10pm then complain the next day about doing homework at 2am.

29. You struggle to find ways to entertain yourself when you don’t have any homework, but when you do have homework the possibilities are endless.

30. You have four projects due the following day, but instead of doing them you go on Facebook to talk to anyone who will answer.

31. You find yourself complaining to everyone how much homework you have… when you should be off facebook doing it.

32. Your teacher thinks that his class is the only class you have and therefore is the most important so he overloads you with homework.

33. Your GPA surpasses the average hours of sleep you get a night.

34. You get mad when non-AP students whine about how much homework they have.

35. The teacher assigns reading two weeks prior to the test but you end up reading it all the night before.

36. Sometimes the highlight of your life is just crawling into bed and passing out.

37. You use random, obscure information you learned in class in everyday conversation.

38. You stare at your homework and repeat the words FML as you go through it.

39. You have forgotten what the meaning of “free-period” is.

40. You can’t stand taking regular electives because when a big group project comes along, you end up doing the whole thing.

41. You put the pro in procrastination.

42. You know that school is a joke after the second week in May.

43. You have at least one test or a quiz a day.

44. You write BS-ays instead of essays.

45.You have back problems because your backpack weights more than 50lbs.

46. You can’t help but find symbolism in every single thing you read/watch.

47. You or someone you know has gone to therapy for school-related stress.

48. You willingly pay $86 to take a test.

49. Sparknotes is practically your homepage.

50. You hate missing school, not because you like school, but because of the massive amount of make-up work you’ll have.

51. You are confident that if the author of the book you are reading had to analyze it for an AP quiz, he or she would fail.

Sigh.

Dammit, this is like the IB. Sighs.

has an econ test to study for

AND Wandi’s computer just died.

Well done, dear.

Tree Time

The 2nd year theater productions ended at 9.30pm; leaving me 30 minutes until my next activity: Tree Time.

This might be a good time to mention that my ankles are acting up, the running has taken its toll them. It hurts so bad.

The game was simple enough, somewhere within the Deep Woods, off the trail, there is a group of people surrounding a fire. Around them are objects, cardboard strips with numbers on them, arrows as well as glowsticks.

Each of these items are worth different points; the glowsticks are placed in difficult areas and thus are worth the most.

Objective of the game: Be sneaky and stealthy- get these coveted objects. Translation: No flashlight.

As I trekked up the trail to the observatory in pitch black darkness and on to the Deep Woods, I silently cursed under my breath: “WHY am I doing this to myself?”.

I feared with every excruciating step that I was going to get lost.

After a while though, my eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness and I wasn’t as prone to misstepping on a giant rock. It was at about this point that the team of five decided to split up upon hearing the sound of the guitar and a light at the end of the tunnel.

I was scared out of my wits- constantly running into branches of trees and trying to find footage without making noise. It might be worth mentioning that I might have taken the harder way to get to the fire- it involved climbing and falling down several slopes.

Falling was painful- not only could you not see anything, you couldn’t check for surrounding danger easily.

Eventually I managed to climb there, fooled multiple people into thinking I was a log, got caught several times and stealthed like nobody’s business.

I really enjoyed it, and was reluctant to gather when the ending sound was called- a long whistle. I was in the midst of formulating a plan to get the glowstick.

Oh well, next time!

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So I went to the woods today.

AT 10.30pm. PM. AT NIGHT.

Without flashlights.

thinks

She might have a really good Econ Internal Assesment in her hands. :)

There's some things

About you

That piss the hell out of me.

I apologize for the crude language.