AP Prep
GAAAAAAH.
AP Prep.
The last few days have been me holed up in a corner with my only friend in the world, my AP Prep book. How did the Indo-European language family originate? There are two predominant hypotheses about this, Renfrew's Anatolian Farmer Hypothesis and Gimbutas's Kurgan Warrior Hypothesis. They attribute the spread of language through food sharing and conquering respectively...
Bleeeeeeeeeeh...
I'm sorry, I just dozed off a little. What was I talking about, photosynthesis and respiration?
But seriously, if we had a bar graph of my knowledge of AP Human Geography, it would look a bit like this:
I don't understand how people do so well in HGAP. The way I see it, I'm in a shipwreck that is my effort in HGAP, clinging to whatever theorists I can see, and then a luxury liner passes by with all of the kids who are actually good at it.
But post-AP HGAP is literally paradise, kind of like the eye of the hurricane. Sounds ominous, but it's actually not that bad.
Yeah.
And then we get thrown into the 200 mph winds of the eyewall.
Semester Exams.
The good thing about AP exams is the fact that they only cover one subject. For finals, though you have one whole week of cramming, and then you have to sit in a room for 2 and a half hours regurgitating all you know and ever will know on said subjects.
Note that I said "subjects", with an "s", to pluralize the word.
Ok, some of the subjects, it's actually easier to study for than others. It's just the fact that you have to go over a whole year's worth of notes within a short time span after all your projects and stuff that you had to prepare for before are done.
During exam week, you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it's as if the teachers planted a bucket of squid ink near the end of the tunnel to dunk on you in the most terrifying prank in your whole school year. You can do nothing but despair about how you will never reach the light when you are covered in all this darkness.
Not that teachers like to see you suffer. Actually, it's the exact opposite. Teachers want to see you succeed, so they help you as much as they can. But they can only help you to a certain extent. Afterward, you have to take initiative and do it yourself.
But enough about school. How about summer?
See, summer may look like motivation to get through the semester, but 104 days of doing nothing is...
BORING.
Yes, I said it. I mean i-would-rather-retake-my-semester-exam-right-now-instead-of-doing-literally-nothing kind of boring.
Sidenote: For some reason, a lot of my friends pronounce "literally" as "litt-ralee", and not "liduralee" like me. I guess it's just attributed for the way that they learned English.
This is actually a very serious disorder, called midsummer lack of planning syndrome, or MLOPS. MLOPS is prevalent in adolescents between the ages of 11 and 19, and usually is prevalent in those who are older as well. Symptoms of MLOPS include being a so-called "couch potato", texting other adolescents who might be affected as well, and playing video games for long periods of time and actually getting bored of video games. MLOPS is a very serious and widespread disease, but we can combat it. How?
By being driven. If people with MLOPS stay driven to do something, they usually recover very quickly. Why sit in front of what my parents sometimes call "the idiot box" when you could be working out or studying for next year?
Not that I ever work out. Lol.
But seriously, do something productive. I've realized that this year, I've become a productivity freak. I cannot do anything if it is not productive. And do you know why? Because productivity is what made the Homo sapien the human. Without productivity, we would have still been hunter-gatherers, but only through the hard work and toil of our predecessors could we be lazy today. So get out there and DO SOMETHING!
Anyway, inspirational rant over. Bye!
Wait, I'm forgetting something.
Wait, no, I'm not forgetting something.
Our soundtracks for the day are the Lalo Cello Concerto and something you've heard way to many times.
I'm trying to make blogging a regular thing, but I just get caught up in my schedule, you know?
Until next time, my dear reader,
-Demosthenes
Sidenote: Looks like I have a brand new closing to my posts!
AP Prep.
The last few days have been me holed up in a corner with my only friend in the world, my AP Prep book. How did the Indo-European language family originate? There are two predominant hypotheses about this, Renfrew's Anatolian Farmer Hypothesis and Gimbutas's Kurgan Warrior Hypothesis. They attribute the spread of language through food sharing and conquering respectively...
Bleeeeeeeeeeh...
I'm sorry, I just dozed off a little. What was I talking about, photosynthesis and respiration?
But seriously, if we had a bar graph of my knowledge of AP Human Geography, it would look a bit like this:
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| See, knowledge can be negative too! Now excuse me as I cry in my corner. |
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| This is an accurate representation of me right now. |
Yeah.
And then we get thrown into the 200 mph winds of the eyewall.
Semester Exams.
The good thing about AP exams is the fact that they only cover one subject. For finals, though you have one whole week of cramming, and then you have to sit in a room for 2 and a half hours regurgitating all you know and ever will know on said subjects.
Note that I said "subjects", with an "s", to pluralize the word.
Ok, some of the subjects, it's actually easier to study for than others. It's just the fact that you have to go over a whole year's worth of notes within a short time span after all your projects and stuff that you had to prepare for before are done.
During exam week, you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it's as if the teachers planted a bucket of squid ink near the end of the tunnel to dunk on you in the most terrifying prank in your whole school year. You can do nothing but despair about how you will never reach the light when you are covered in all this darkness.
Not that teachers like to see you suffer. Actually, it's the exact opposite. Teachers want to see you succeed, so they help you as much as they can. But they can only help you to a certain extent. Afterward, you have to take initiative and do it yourself.
But enough about school. How about summer?
See, summer may look like motivation to get through the semester, but 104 days of doing nothing is...
BORING.
Yes, I said it. I mean i-would-rather-retake-my-semester-exam-right-now-instead-of-doing-literally-nothing kind of boring.
 |
| Normal me: Nice meme. Grammar Nazi me: *erratic twitching* |
Sidenote: For some reason, a lot of my friends pronounce "literally" as "litt-ralee", and not "liduralee" like me. I guess it's just attributed for the way that they learned English.
This is actually a very serious disorder, called midsummer lack of planning syndrome, or MLOPS. MLOPS is prevalent in adolescents between the ages of 11 and 19, and usually is prevalent in those who are older as well. Symptoms of MLOPS include being a so-called "couch potato", texting other adolescents who might be affected as well, and playing video games for long periods of time and actually getting bored of video games. MLOPS is a very serious and widespread disease, but we can combat it. How?
By being driven. If people with MLOPS stay driven to do something, they usually recover very quickly. Why sit in front of what my parents sometimes call "the idiot box" when you could be working out or studying for next year?
Not that I ever work out. Lol.
But seriously, do something productive. I've realized that this year, I've become a productivity freak. I cannot do anything if it is not productive. And do you know why? Because productivity is what made the Homo sapien the human. Without productivity, we would have still been hunter-gatherers, but only through the hard work and toil of our predecessors could we be lazy today. So get out there and DO SOMETHING!
 |
| Thanks Shia for the assist. |
Anyway, inspirational rant over. Bye!
Wait, I'm forgetting something.
Wait, no, I'm not forgetting something.
Our soundtracks for the day are the Lalo Cello Concerto and something you've heard way to many times.
Until next time, my dear reader,
-Demosthenes
Sidenote: Looks like I have a brand new closing to my posts!
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