I've got the sicc wraps and I've got the wicked rimes,
But more importantly a journal entry - about thyme!
I've been a bit slack and haven't updated my journal for a while. My excuse can be any of the following options (you chose)
- I've been busy trudging through mountains of fan mail
- I got stuck in highly-viscous honey after disappointing a large bee
- I was captured by foreign spies and had to escape using only a crumpled flower
- I briefly metamorphosed into a pigeon and could not operate a keyboard
- I was sublimated by a ticked-off wizard and only recently re-assumed a solid form.
- I was lazySo as you can see, I have had good reason to take a break from this here journal…
But the holiday's over and your sufferance can now recommence!
Whats been up?
Not much exciting 2 bee honest. I've been consistently keeping up my running training and my work (for da monies) amidst the demands of schooling. I'm quite happy I've been able to balance everything generally quite well and have not had to cut back on anything. My stress levels have been pretty low recently too = good.
Excitingly, I have well surpassed the hour requirements on my learners and have passed the hazard perception test, so all I have left is the driving test which is booked for next-next Friday. Hopefully, I pass it and earn the privilege of a red letter P.
I still haven't been doing as much reading would like too. I've got a fair line up of some pretty interesting reads and would like to get through them. Poet, you need to hold me accountable.
[at this point of writing I did get up and retrieve a cool beverage and thought that I would give a special prize to the lucky fan who can guess the flavour of my beverage]
I shall now give a summary of what's been going on in each subject
Maths
I whizzed through calculus and am just going through plenty of exam-style questions for everything in unit 3. I really enjoy calculus - I think It may be my favourite part of methods. I'm not sure why. Maybe its cause it has some pretty cool applications or maybe its simply because I seem to grasp it pretty well.
So this week I'm just gonna continue with my revision since next week we enter the big boi SAC that is all of unit 3. Its CAS enabled, so I need to pick up the calculator and learn some skillZ. I seem to be pretty proficient when it comes to CAS free maths, but my inability to perform calculations on the CAS without errors beating me into sadness, makes the CAS enabled questions a bit less manageable. So I would say my main area in need of improvement is this proficiency with the CAS.
Chemistry
We've finished Unit 3 content and have since moved into some organic chemistry basics. Our chem teacher moves fairly quickly, which is good since I seem to be keeping up fine, but it does seem that some kids are being left behind. While we're going this organic chemistry, we are also planning and performing our experimental design poster SACs. I Like to think that I'm fairly good at writing reports and discussing experiments, so I'm feeling pretty comfortable with it. The only worry is the annoying 1000 word limit, where my planned introduction currently sits at about 500 words. I'm going to have to fix that, unfortunately, but I'm sure it'll all work out fine and dandy in the end.
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Physics
I'm just nearing the end of unit 3 physics and am focused on revising and consolidating all that knowledges. This mainly means going through exam-style questions and making sure there are no holes in my understandings. We had a Test the other day on fields + motors, and apart from a few small and silly mistakes, I went pretty well. I'm not too worried about physics at the moment - everything has been pretty relaxed. I am interested in moving into waves and stuff in the next unit though - I think that stuff is pretty interesting.
Psychology
Psych has been going really well for me recently. Much like bio, I just seem to have a good affinity for the content and find myself remembering stuff with fair ease. We got back our last SAC results for the memory and learning SAC we did the other day and I got the top mark (around 97%) which now pushes me into rank 1 for the cohort.
Apart from being moderately successful content-wise, I'm also really enjoying psych classes because the teacher is really engaging. Amidst all the content, she manages to fit fun little pracs in all the time. Since the last journal update, we operatively conditioned her dog to do some tricks for a couple of lessons and spent another lesson doing origami.
Today though, we moved onto unit 4 and started talking about consciousness and I am most certainly intrigued.
English
The Frankenstein SAC has come and gone since the last entry and I think I went pretty good in it. Based on the marks I got from my practice essays, I will probably be expecting around 85%. English is probably my weakest subject, but I still manage pretty well in it thankfully. We've since moved onto language analysis and stuff, so I've been pumping out a decent few practice analysis essays and been researching an issue for my oral presentation. My language analysis seems to be going pretty good, and I'm feeling pretty comfortable with it. For my oral persuasive thingo, I've tried to choose an issue that is partially grounded in biology, so I've picked the banning/stricter regulation of glyphosate insecticides (i.e round up). There's a fair argument you can make on either side, but I am fairly certain that I'll be opposing any immediate bans on these insecticides.
If anyone is well acquainted with this issue, I would love to hear your opinions on it.
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