Test Corrections Poem

ELITE Test Corrections: (written 06/30/08)

I took a practice SAT today and it was quite intense
A vast array of problems, of which many made no sense;
I bubbled, I wrote, I calculated,
The SAT isn't weighted.

I got the answers to the test!
Did I do well?  I tried my best!
Correct the problems that I missed; it shant be too bad!
That's what I said before I corrected, now I'm homework clad

A noble quest, a valiant struggle
(Though I'd rather draw, or maybe juggle)
The pen is mightier than the sword,
But trumping that is the #2 Pencil
Because that's the only thing you're allowed to use on the SAT.
HB lead is the bane of ink.

I must complete my task!


Rather random and lame, but it was fun to write, so deal with it. :D

Movies

So I watched a few movies lately.

WALL-E was very good; probably my favorite (or in the top 3) Pixar movie.

Grave of the Fireflies was well done, except the characters got a bit annoying sometimes, and it was very sad.

Daisy (데이지) was quite good, but sad as well. I don't watch much drama-type movies so it was interesting. I especially enjoyed the music (that is how I found the movie to begin with.)



Eww back to homework. :P Have fun!

Sheet Music

Everyone likes sheet music. For those of us who are too lazy to google:


http://my-piano.blogspot.com/

I have some asian people music like Yiruma and stuff, but I lost the links. If you need some though, I downloaded a substantial number of sheets, so you can e-mail me for then at captainalan@gmail.com.

The Edge of the World

Colors from a Park

Errmm... Random photographs... I was playing with manual focus/exposure... (that's why it isn't very good) I thought I captured some interesting things here though, so might as well share. Feedback is always welcome!

Art etc. from MBC#C

For Shelley

안녕!
낱말이 여기 입니다. 숙제가 귀찮다!!!

76. endeavor: n. a serious attempt or effort
77. timid: adj. easily frightened; lacking self-confidence
78. stem: v. to stop; to restrain
79. commodity: n. an item of trade or commerce, esp. as distinguished from a service
80. overwrought: adj. extremely nervous or excited
81. gamut: n. an entire range or series
82. podium: n. a raised platform on which a speaker or conductor stands
83. herald: v. to bear news; to announce
84. judicious: adj. wise and careful
85. conceit: n. a fanciful idea or image, esp. an exaggerated poetic comparison; an extravagant construction

행운! 안녕히 계세요!

Today so Far in PIctures

My SAT II Scores weren't as good as I hoped they would be.





Scary!



We should appreciate the small things in life... like Manual focus :D

For future reference...

Alright, so this particular blog doesn't get too cluttered, I created two new more specialized blogs for the upcoming year:

Calculus AP
Chemistry AP

If you are interested in being an author for either of these, please e-mail me at captainalan@gmail.com.

I will be posting similar to content to what I did at the end of the year for pre-calculus. In addition, I will post more links, and attempt to put things in a more organized fashion. More authors (if I get support) will also mean listening to more people than me say how things ought to be done :)

Elite

Yes, these are notes for class :D

Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

Summer is here!

Saluton amikoj!
Summer has been quite nice so far. Because of lack of school in the morning, I've gotten to go hike outside and such. The photographs shown here were taken in Peters Canyon Regional Park. Some people don't like my editing *cough*, but I think overall they came out pretty well.

As far as school stuff goes, I have not started on summer homework like some nerds have, but as I did with the Pre-Calculus thing, I think I'll post my study plan up for people that like that sort of stuff (and for myself because this is a convenient place to look it up.) If anyone followed my Pre-Calculus study guide thing, I hope you got better results than me (84%! What is this?)

Does anyone else have to take SAT classes this summer? (I assume around 1/3 of all people, and 4/5 of Asian people do :D ) I am going to be in Elite Boot camp (Northwood)... So maybe I'll see someone I know.

The Fall of QWERTY
I stumbled upon this video on YouTube and read the description. Among the things mentioned in it were "...Other gaining standards are: the Dvorak keyboard, SI, international sign language and braille, and Linux." A few of these things were of great interest to me.

Dvorak keyboard: (Don't ask me how to say the name) Basically this is a keyboard layout designed for maximum efficiency, that was unfortunately developed later than QWERTY, which was originally designed to prevent jams in mechanical typewriters. If I get the time, I wish to learn how to use this keyboard layout because I'll probably be typing till the end of time...

Linux: So I installed opensuse 11.0. Unfortunately since it was released for non-beta people really recently (try yesterday or the day before), the update servers and such were really busy, so I didn't get to fix up my distro yet.

Esperanto
Also included in the description of the above linked YouTube video is esperanto. "...Esperanto is also an emerging standard that steadily gains in popularity, while every year several national languages die off (due to their complexity, lack of convenience etc.)..."
What exactly is esperanto? It is a constructed international auxillary language. In normal-people jargon, that means it is a language made up by someone(s) rather than coming into existence and changing as people change (Not that new words and such aren't added, however). What are its advantages? It is very consistent. You will find no irregulars and easy to follow patterns. If you want to begin learning I suggest going here or here. I'm learning at a very casual pace if you want to try and chat.

I'll probably go post something later today as I'm going to the LACPS (Los Angeles Carnivorous Plant Society) meeting... so I'll probably have some good pictures.

For Spanish Final...

I think most of us need to review the verb tenses,
Here is a helpful link that has pretty much everything we need to know on one page. The textbook and such still helps for easy access to the irregulars though, but I'm sure with some searching, one can easily find a list.

Spanish Tenses

Precalculus Final Study Plan; etc.

If you follow this path, victory is inevitable! (Or so I think)
If you need direction in your studying, perhaps you can try what I am doing.

Do the assignments and check your answers in the back to be safe, obviously.

06/12/08 : (Thursday)
Ch. 2 Test : Page 237
Ch. 3 Test : Page 319
Ch. 4 Test : Page 385

06/13/08 : (Friday)
Ch. 5 Test: Page 458
Ch. 6 Test: Page 520
Ch. 7 Test: Page 574

06/14/08 : (Saturday)
Ch. 8 Test: Page 629
Ch. 9 Test: Page 733
Ch. 10 Test: Page 814

06/15/08: (Sunday)
Ch. 11 Test: Page 873
Ch. 12 Test: Page 928
Sleep!

School stuff

Study guide for tomorrow's Quiz

Page 1

Page 2

Sorry if you can't read my writing. I was too lazy to scan :P



Today's Notes!

Board 1

Board 2

Taka teaches math!

Pre-Calculus etc.

Sorry for getting this up late... I was working on the What-if presentations with my study groups for world history.



Pre-Calculus

Today's assignment was : Page 924 11-17 odd

and page 928 : Chapter Test (Start this, I don't think it is due yet)

Notes from today

I will try to get a study guide or something up for finals.

Spanish 3:

Did someone say... EXTRA CREDIT?