I'm kinda happy with my score in Trig. Well, I could've gotten a higher score (61/85), still I'm happy. At least I'm improving. Not so confident about Chem, Social Studies, Fil, and Advance Bio. Kinda concentrated on Trig and Algebra. All the same, I think I did well this grading.

So, I got my phone back. I mean my telephone. Asked dad for it, and he said yes. Mom went in and saw me using it, she asked who told me that I can use it. Told her Dad said so, asked me if who am I going to follow. Laughed, and said Dad. XD

Okay, I think I'm gonna go. See you around, already thought of topic to write about next time.

You know you love me,

Tricia XOXO

I am soooo loving Gossip Girl and Ed Westwick

It turns out that not only are professors people, but they too use crappy grammar in IMs. [a type of reality]

Karma + hardcore punnage = excellent post. [Tales From Your Favorite Resident Assistant]

A class whose total grade is two questions? No thanks. [..c'est la vie..]

Tip link:

• College student's guide to Roth IRAs [Broke Grad Student]

Only 2 days until the SB launch of the Freshman 15 laptop giveaway!

The grade thing kind of carries over to my friends also.  Like if I have friends who get grades similair to or lower than mine I am totally fine telling them what I got.  On the other hand if they receive better grades than mine I sometimes can't tell them.    Then if I get a really good grade I want everyone to admire me so I just go and tell practically everyone.  Though really I find that mostly I just want approval from my parents.

I guess this is normal to some extent, but I just feel like in my case it sometimes controls my life.  Take my boyfriend for example.  Yes I'm in love with him now, but when I meant him a boyfriend was just about the last thing I wanted.  Well after I met him he texted me a lot and I remember I said something about him to my mom and ended up telling her all about him and she was all oh he sounds nice and blah blah blah and basically wanted me to have a boyfriend.  So while that didn't entirely make my decision it played into it. and every time we've  almost broken up, I've thought to myself what is my mom going to think of me now.  I guess this is something I should probably work on, but it seems to be so in control of my life right now I can hardly handle it.

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Anyways, things haven't improved much. I'm still pissed at Kelsey, she's still being a bitch, and it's fucking hard to avoid her when she sits behind me in French. UGH. I hate people who act all stupid and mean when they're around people, and then all cool and nice when they're not. I don't want to be associated with that type of person, so Kelsey better shape up, or else I'm going to be the school's newest outcast.

And Wilson is an idiot. He's failing all of his classes. Not good. Not good at all. Well, it wasn't THAT big of a deal until his parents got home, saw his report card, and flipped. They're taking away his TV and videogames. And his computer. Which means that he can't talk to Jason until his next report card comes. He can still talk to me, though, via text message, but it still sucks. How much can you really say over a text?

Anyways, hopefully things will start looking up again. But we'll see later...

<3

"My friends..."

Shut up! I'm not your friend, pal!

Anyway, Harvard and Stanford are considering going to a modified pass/fail for their law schools, which means essentially a doing-away with grades.

Above the Law provides me with this video, though.

That was crazy. I hope all law schools switch, and we can all do stuff like that.

I snapped a picture of the grade distribution for our class that Dr. Chua had written on the blackboard:

I was one of THREE people to get a B+, putting me somewhere in the top 4 of the class! Of course, then there's the actual numerical "grade," and thank goodness he curved all the scores. After curving I received a 76: 9/20 for the terrible "multiple choice" [slash fill-in-the-blanks], 17/20 for essay 1, 16/20 for essay 2, and 17/20 for essay 3. Yippee!

In other news, and not as exciting as the exam scores, I fell down half a flight of stairs in the chemistry building today. The only thing that stopped me from going all the way down was that my right arm, which was holding the railing, couldn't extend any father. My spine is bruised, and my neck & arm are both stiffening up and getting sore. How sad! Good news can be found in this horrible accident though: no one was around to witness my embarrassing moment.

Anyway, thank goodness my test turned out well. Now I need to go finish my one and two point perspective drawings complete with pencil shadings. My arm may fall off tonight.

FIrst post...

Today we got our "Progress reports"... Don't forget, they are supposed to "guide" you and provide a guideline of how you are doing academicaly. BS!!! they want you tu suffer and die...

To all those in 11th grade, welcome to the IB and stop whining about homework, this is just the beginning... to those in 12th... just 2 more months to go and JOLLY, predicted grades, how fun! :)

Also, to all those in TOK, have fun proving something you can not prove, everything is relative, if you say "it is art" the teacher asks "is it?" then you give an arguement (very long obviously) and the teacher says "but it isn't" and just then you realise that its like the teacher says then the teacher says "but it could be" so you actually just realise that you are wrong and they are right... So you use this theory and pass TOK and get your extra 2 points for the TOK essay while showing "Exemplary" work habbits to your teachers and by using the "Study skills" that you have acquired in the IB from various teachers.

Ang bilis ni Sir Martin:)

Thanks very much sir!!!:)

Sem break na naman. Hindi ko maiwasan ang matawa sa sarili pag naaalala ko nung estudyante pa ako – ang ilang araw at gabi ng pagka-cram, at matapos yun, ang kuhanan ng grades.

“Form 5A” nga ba ang tawag dun? – yung listahan ng mga grado every end of each semester na makukuha sa College Secretary’s office?  Mataas o mababa, pasado o bagsak, nakaugalian kong ipunin ang listahan ng grades ko.

Niyaya ko ang isang barkadang iskulmeyt na kunin ang Form 5A namin.  Nabuburyong sya dahil walang magawa nuon.  Imbes na walang makausap sa pag-iisa, napilitang sumama sa akin.  “Napilitan” – kasi obyus namang ayaw na ayaw nyang makita ang grades nya.

E di kinuha nga namin… matapos sulyapan yung kanya, aba’y nilamukos lang at ishinyut sa waste can na nadaanan namin? “Hmp! Pang-gulo lang yan!” eka pa.

Taga-Los Baños ang barkada naming ito. Uncle nya ang PE instructor ko sa lawn tennis (ni-dropped ko – kung saan-saan pumupunta ang linsyak na bola), at tiyahin nya ang university registrar namin. Grumadweyt ako, sya hindi… Later, nabalitaan kong na-kicked sya dahil nag-overstay na.

Pero alam nyo, magaling ang barkada naming ito. Fluent sya mag-english at sensible makipag-usap.  Kahit nga si bestfriend, miski papano bilib sa bright ideas nya, compared sa ibang stereotyped ‘genius’ sa campus.

Dahil nga kicked-out sa UPLB, ipinagpatuloy ang pag-aaral sa isang kilalang unibersidad sa may Recto, Manila; ahehe, Political Science ang naisipang kunin. Minsan nakita ng barkada, kinumusta namin sya.

“Pucha pare, nagha-harvest ako ng uno.”

I’m not insinuating na mas mataas ang standard ng school namin kaysa sa university na nilipatan nya. I think it boils down pa rin sa attitude. Tamad din kasi nuon mag-aral si prend namin, siguro wis nya type ang ilang mga subjects.

Aanhin mo nga ba ang ganito o ganireng subject?  Kailangan daw kunin, pwes kunin.  Kung pwedeng daanin sa nagkakaisa at matinong usapan, ay di ipaglaban. Tanyo nga yung mga Spanish subjects? Nung panahon ng mga magulang namin, 24 units ang required para makagraduate ng college; nung panahon namin ibinaba sa 12 units; kayo ngayon, wala na. Inabot ko pa nga yung Español sa 4th year HS (ahe, naka-94% ako?)

Parang buhay din iyan eh, in fact mas matindi pa nga – hindi ubra na yung mga GUSTO LANG natin ang mangyari.  Edi suungin... malagpasan din naman.  Powtek.

Ako rin naman, muntik nang ma-kick-out nuon dahil overstay na – eto ang pruweba (CLICK mo) → “Psst, tagal mo na dito a !?” Sabi ko nga sa inyo nuon, talagang apektado lang ako sa problema at pagbagsak ng kabuhayan ng aming pamilya.

Naibida ko na dito na inabot ako ng siyam-siyam sa pag-aaral; 1978-1987 – 9 years, literally! But actually pitong taon lang naman (aru, tumawad pa!)

Hindi naman kasi ako nakapag-enroll agad pagkagradweyt ng highschool, dahil nung second sem na naayos ang Grants-in-aid ko (GIA, pinakamadaling scholarship sa UP). In short, expected Octoberian ako. Then, after three semesters sa College of Forestry, nag-LOA (leave of absence) ako ng 3 semesters din. Ano ginawa ko?

• Semester 1 (1980 Nov to 1981 Mar).  December 1980, nag-physical-medical ako sa V Luna, dahil nakapasa ako sa PMA written exam (topnotched daw). Bagsak sa ECG at sa height. :lol:

• Semester 2 (1981 Jun to 1981 Oct).  May 1981, nag-try akong mag-shift sa BS Architecture sa UP Diliman.  Hindi umabot sa quota ang average grade ko na 2.83 na hinatak pababa ng mga namumutiktik kong “INC” “4.0” at “5.0” Ahehe… anu pa?   E di bagsak ule.  Ang saya-saya! :lol: Pero donk wori – hindi ako prastreyted, dahil ako ngayo’y arkitek ng mansyon ng aking mga daga.

• Semester 3 (1981 Nov to 1982 Mar).  October 1981, nag-try naman akong lumipat hindi lang ng kurso, kundi pati eskwelahan: Pagpipiloto ng eroplano sa PATS School of Aeronautics sa Pasay! (anubayan!) As usual, hindi pumasa ang mga incomplete at bagsak na subjects ko, kailangang ipasa ko muna daw ito sa pinanggalingan ko(?) ...anlabo yata?   Eka pa sa akin ng registrar:

“Kung ako ikaw, itutuloy ko na lang yang kurso ko dun... UP ka na eh!” (??)

Tama ba naman yun? Paano kung gusto kong magpalipad ng eroplano? :lol:

Hay nakow… talagang gusto ko lang malayo sa gulo ng pamilya nuon kaya kung anu-ano ang naiisipan ko, wala naman akong napasukan ni isa sa tatlong iyan. Etong huli ay willing sana ang tita ko na suportahan ako.

So eun… tatlong semester na hindi na ako nagpilit pang mag-enroll dahil sa kakapusan ng pera. Si Dad naman, nawalan na rin ng ganang back-up-an ako sa pag-aayos ng GIA; aniya kukuwestyunin na yung needs ng family namin for me to qualify for a scholarship, kasi nga nag-asawa na ang ate ko na 3rd year college pa lang nuon. Well… kalaunan nakatapos naman ang Ate (pinag-aral ni bayaw), pero hindi rin nagamit ang Animal Husbandry na pinagkadalubhasaan dahil hindi rin naman na makapagtrabaho. Syempre priority ang mga anak (at least in this area, she made the right choice).

Isa’t kalahating taon akong sumasama as tindero ng penoy-balut sa gabi; pag-uwi, listener sa mga “buntung-hininga” ng Dad na malagihay na dahil sa pagtanggap ng itinatagay ng mga suki namin sa balut.  Sa maghapon naman, taong-bahay (in-house out-of-school youth).  Ahehe, homebodyhousekeeper... Naging anemic nga ako dahil hindi naaarawan? Pero sey mo, sa mga panahong ito ako mas naging produktibo (maraming naimbento). :lol:

June 1982, bumalik ako ng UPLB (buti nga tinanggap pa!), nag-shift sa DevCom (dahil nainlab sa photography) major in Educational/Audiovisual Communication. Atsaka... nagpalipad na lang ng PAPEL na eroplano. Hehehe, ewan ko ba sayo – may pa-career-career ka pa kasing nalalaman dyan.

Hindi biro-biro ang hirap ko para maka-graduate. Malimit akong sungitan ng isang staff sa College Secretary’s office dahil nga sa tagal ko na sa unibersidad. May edad na rin sya, siguro mas bata-bata lang nang konti sa nanay ko nuon.  Minsan, self-remorseful, nasabi ko na lang sa kanya:

“Sige po... hindi ko na lang tatapusin ang pag-aaral ko.”

Ahehe, biglang nag-iba ang tono ni madam:

“Hindi, iho... Tapusin mo na, sayang din. Iba na yung professional ka. Makiusap ka na lang sa Secretary at Registrar.”

Humingi ako ng extension, kasi nga na-exhaust na ang full-term ko.  Pumayag naman SILA, pero ni-warning-an ako na if  I didn’t finish my thesis that sem, they gonna kick my ass!

Sa madaling kwento, naka-graduate naman ako. At alam nyo ba? Yung staff pag nasasalubong ako, talagang nakangiti at parang proud na proud sya sa pagtatapos ko. Alam nya kasi ang sinseridad kong maka-graduate nuon. Ako yung tipo na hindi pwedeng hindi kumpletuhin ang maski na anung bagay na naumpisahan. Though HINDI naman ako nag-e-expect na sa mga natutunan ko lang sa kurso o kolehiyong ito ako aasa habangbuhay, kelangang matapos ko ito NUON alang-alang sa nanay ko. As expected, nagkatrabaho naman agad ako.

Kaya kayong mga estudyante ngayon, kung tinatarayan man kayo ng mga “authorities” dyan sa school nyo, ay huwag kayong agad na magtatampo. Baka naman ang hangad lang nila ay ang mapabuti kayo? Basta gawin nyo ang lahat ng makakaya nyo para makapagtapos kayo.

O, ano? :lol: Sembreak naman ngayon, pakitaan tayo ng grades!?

Hindi ko ipinagyayabang ang grades ko ha – puro “kulot” nga eh. Alam ko, mas magaling ka dahil puro “unat” yang mga grades mo.

Wala lang, trip ko lang na i-post.  Sa kabila ko inilagay para naman umiksi- iksi ang post na ito.  Niliitan ko na rin ang font size, para hindi mo pagtyagaang basahin kung hindi ka interesado (saka empre dyahi din ako). Pwede mong hindi puntahan yun at dumiretso na lang sa ibaba, duon ▼ sa “madyik” ng math.

Baka lang may maligaw na namang isang kaluluwa dito na namomoblema sa grades niya ngayon. Huwag mo gaanong kadibdibin yan tols... lilipas din yan.

May dalawa akong kapitbahay na Koryano nuon dito sa building, estudyante ng CLSU (sawa kami sa kimchi na sila mismo ang gumagawa).  Pinay ang asawa nung isa kaya umuwi sa Nueva Vizcaya, derpor naiwan itong isa... Matagal na palang hindi dumadating ang allowance, hindi nagsasabi sa amin -- malamang nahihiya. Napuna ko na lang ang pangangayayat nya. Dati-rati, lumalabas; pag-uwi, may pinamiling groceries -- nitong huli pirming nagmumukmok sa bahay nya. Ay hindi na pala kumakain? Kaya sa tuwing magluluto si misis, hinahatiran na rin namin ng pagkain. Awa ng Diyos, dumating naman agad ang allowance. Nung grumadweyt sya, hindi nakalimot na kami'y imbitahan though hindi nga lang kami nakapunta.

Ahehe... naibida ko lang kasi medyo kinabahan ako nuon.  Ang dalawang ito ang nagkwento sa amin na may mga kababayan daw sila (sa Korea) na suicidal kapag hindi na-meet yung expectations sa pag-aaral. Mas lalo sigurong mahirap makapasa kung walang laman ang sikmura, dagdag-lumbay pa yung malayo ka sa pamilya at mga kababayan mo.

Ikaw?  Bokya ba’ng mga grades mo?  Baka naman yun laang e, pakamatay ka na?  Yan ang huwag mong gagawin. That is more dishonorable that flunking your subjects. Just do your best. Kung na-kicked-out ka, ay di sa ibang school – tignan mo nga yung barkada ko.

Aheh, nandito yung grades ko nung college → :oops:

Uy!!! Nakabawi siya ng retake sa math 26… :mrgreen:

Hmp! Yan yung subject na wala pala sa curriculum ko nung nag-shift ako sa DevCom! :? (tsamba lang yan, sabi ko nga sayo, bobo ako sa math)

Eto ang math na GUSTO ko… subukan mo nga? Tignan ko nga kung hindi ka mawindang din:

“Mathemadyiks?”

1 x 8 + 1 = 9

12 x 8 + 2 = 98

123 x 8 + 3 = 987

1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876

12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765

123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654

1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543

12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432

123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11

12 x 9 + 3 = 111

123 x 9 + 4 = 1111

1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111

12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111

123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111

1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111

12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111

123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

Hingaaaallll!!! Pahinga munha thayoo…

Maalala ko, October 8, 2008 ngayon, kaya itong araw na ito ang talagang et-et-et (08-08-08). :lol: Kung hindi mo pa nabasa ang diskusyon ko tungkol sa kasaysayan ng kalendaryo, ay talagang eepal ka nga.

Kaya nga October – “octo” means eight, this is in fact the 8th month. Kung hindi ka maniwala sa akin puntahan mo ito → “Kalendaryo sa ibang anggulo.” Balik ka dito dahil hindi pa tayo tapos.

Tuloy natin ang ‘madyik’ ng math. Huwag ka bumilib sa akin dahil ito’y nakuha ko lang naman sa email messages na ni-send sa misis ko. Ayan… puro et-et-et-et-et-et-et-et itong susunod.

9 x 9 + 7 = 88

98 x 9 + 6 = 888

987 x 9 + 5 = 8888

9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888

98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888

987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888

9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888

98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Anggaleeeeeeeeng!

And look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1

11 x 11 = 121

111 x 111 = 12321

1111 x 1111 = 1234321

11111 x 11111 = 123454321

111111 x 111111 = 12345654321

1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321

11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321

111111111 x 111111111=12345678987654321

Now, take a look at this → 101%

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:

What Equals 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?

We have all been in situations where someone wants you to GIVE OVER 100%.

How about ACHIEVING 101%?  But first, What equals 100% in life?

Here’s a little mathematical formula that might help answer these questions:

If

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

is represented as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

then,

H - A - R - D - W - O - R - K

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

and

K - N - O - W - L - E - D - G - E

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But!

A - T - T - I - T - U - D - E

1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:

L - O - V - E -- O - F -- G - O - D

12+15+22+5 + 15+6 + 7+15+4 = 101%

Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:

While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it’s the Love of God that will put you over the top!

Okey ba?  Opkurs pwedeng play of letters and numbers lang yan.  Bakit? Kelangan mo pa ba ang pruweba ng math para maniwala dyan? ;)

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of

what we do not see.”

-- Hebrews 11:1

All the written examinations are done with. I’ll get my grades on Monday. The only thing left are two oral defenses: one for NSTP and one for Philippine History. NSTP, would be, I guess, a breeze. The only thing I’m going to do there is to ask questions, which I’m good at. The one in Philippine History, on the other hand, is harder: I have to answer questions instead of asking them. NSTP oral defense would be on Saturday, while Philippine History oral defense would be on Tuesday, the day after I get my freakin’ grades.

So now I’m currently hating Siakol, but listening to the damn songs anyway. I asked Mark for reggae music, and he lent me additional ones with SIAKOL written all over them. Gahd. How many Siakol songs are in this shit? I know three songs from them already, and two of them are reminiscent of Kimpoi’s agonizing infatuation for her best friend. Haha. The other one, I remember, is Hennie’s song. Anyway, I’m listening to Peksman, and I am cringing with hatred. I don’t know why I never liked their music in the first place. They’re like a horrible English-translated emo band—I was referring to Bakit Ba, Ayos Lang, Gabay, Pantasya, Iniwan mo akong Nag-iisa and everything else colored with romantic anguish. *eew*

I’m sorry, to anyone who happened to read this and loves Siakol’s music, but I just don’t like the band’s music.

Anyway, my grades. I think I’ll fail in Interpersonal Comm, Psychology, NSTP, and Philippine History. interpersonal Comm, because my Midterm exam grade is low and so is my Final exam grade. Psychology, same reason as Interpersonal Comm’s. NSTP, because I have a lot of absences. And Philippine History, because I missed ¼ of all the quizzes, and I’m worried for the oral defense.

Goodbye UP then. T_T

-isablahblah-

Pamilyar ba kayo sa grading na may decimal ang format? Or, ganito rin ang system na gamit dyan sa school nyo?

Nasanay kasi ako mula sa elementary ng by percentage – 100% ang perfect, 75 ang passing. Minsan yata ibinaba pa ng iba sa 70, 60, o 50 yung pasang-awa. May ibang school naman na letra ang grading system – A, B, C… hanggang F nga ba yun? Nang lumipat ako sa public school (1974), O, VS, S, F, at NI naman. Nung nag-highschool ako, balik sa percentage.

Maski ang scoring sa NCEE nuon, by percentage. Ahehe, I got a score of 95 – pinakamababang di-hamak sa scores ng lima kong kapatid na pawang mga 98 hanggang 99+. Maski nung makapasok ako ng college, gulat ako dahil marami nuon akong blockmates na 99+.

Pero wala lang din... I found out na mediocrity is not exemplified by a low NCEE rating or a below-average score or grade.  May matataas ang IQ na talagang matalino, meron din namang mga “geniuses” na hindi naman tutuong matalino. Hindi magandang panukat ang IQ ng “talino” ng isang tao. Yes, that could be one, pero hindi yun LANG.

Ganito ang grading system sa amin:

• 1.0, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75 ► 1.0 = excellent, 1.5 = very good.

Ma-maintain mo lang na ganito ang average mo, nasa chancellor’s o dean’s list ka (university or college scholar). Si bestfriend ko, parating ganyan, PNB scholar din sya.

• 2.0, 2.25, 2.5, 2.75 ► 2.0 = good, 2.5 = satisfactory.

Kung wala kang ambisyong magpataas ng grades, ay okey na yan.

• 3.0 ► “Pass.” Pasang-awa kumbaga. Karamihan sa mga kilala ko,

olrayt na ito kung sa mga subjects lang na hindi namin gusto.

• Inc ► “Incomplete.” Baka may kulang ka lang na project o exam,

ay di kumpletuhin mo. Kung ayaw yo, di wag yo.

• 4.0 ► “Conditional failure.” Kelangan mong mag-make-up.

Dito ka kilabutan pag terror na BADING o DOM ang propesor mo, kasi baka pamiliin ka: “Kuwatro… o kuwarto?”

Nyay! ‘conditional’ nga!

• Drp ► Wala kang planong ituloy ang subject kaya mo sya ni-dropped.

Next sem or sems na lang.

• 5.0 ► “Failure.” Wala nang pag-asa ito, chong.

Tulad ng “Drp” ripit mo na lang neks sems, en beter lak neks tayms.

:oops:

Ahuy, eto’ng grades ko nung undergrad college student ako sa UPLB. NiPULAhan ko’ng mga ‘tagilid’; sa tabi nun, ang retake o completion.

EXTRA-CURRICULAR muna:

Physical Education

• PE 1 (buryong na lekyur) – 3.0

• PE 2 (track and field) – 2.75

• PE 2 (swimming) – 1.5

• PE 2 (ballroom dancing) – 2.75

Naipasa ko yang ballroom-dancing nang kaliwa pa rin ang dalawa kong paa.

Dalawang PE subjects ang kinuha kong hindi natuloy. Lawn tennis yung isa – nag-awol ako, bago pa makunsume sa akin si sir, dahil kung saan-saan ko ‘ipinapasa’ ang bola. Advanced swimming naman yung isa, kaso dadalawa kaming nag-enroll kaya na-dissolved na lang yung klase, at hindi na in-offer ang subject that sem.

ROTC (Military Science) :lol:

• MS 11 (1^st yr basic course) – 2.5

• MS 12 (1^st yr basic course) – 2.5

• MS 21 (2^nd yr basic course) – 2.0

• MS 22 (2^nd yr basic course) – 3.0

DevCom MAJOR subjects naman: :cool:

• DC 1 (Intro to Dev Comm) – 1.75

• DC 2 (Fundamentals of Development Journalism) – 2.25

• DC 3 (Fundamentals of Community Broadcasting) – 2.25

• DC 4 (Fundamentals of Audiovisual Communication) – 1.75

• DC 5 (Communication and Society) – 1.75

• DC 6 (Communication Internship) – Inc, 1.5

• DC 60 (Basic Photography) – 1.25

• DC 65 (Writing for Educational Communication Media) – 1.25

• DC 160 (Communication Campaigns and Programs) – 2.75

• DC 166 (Visual Design and Techniques) – 1.25

• DC 167 (Visual Aids Planning and Production) – Inc, 1.5

• DC 169 (Educational Broadcasts) – 1.5

• DC 196a (Intro to Communication Research) – 2.0

• DC 196b (Undergraduate Thesis) – Inc, 1.5

Botanical Science TECHNICAL courses:

• Soil Sci 1 (Principles of Soil Science) – 3.0

• Crop Sci 1a (Fundamentals of Crop Science) – 2.75

• Crop Sci 1b (Fundamentals of Crop Science) – 2.75

• Crop Prot 1a (Principles of Crop Protection) – 2.5

• Crop Prot 1b (Principles of Crop Protection) – 2.5

• Horticulture 30 (Fruits and Plantation Crops Production) – 3.0

• Horti 130 (Major tropical fruits) – 5.0, 2.0

• Horti 139 (Handling, Proc’ng & Grading of Plant’n Crops) – Inc, 2.25

• Entom 101 (General Entomology) – 2.25

Social Science/Education ELECTIVE courses:

• Ag Ed 44 (Evaluation of Learning Outcomes) – 2.0

• Ag Ed 112 (Theories and Principles of Education) – 2.75

• Ag Ed 120 (Rural Sociology) – Drp, 2.5

• Ag Ed 134 (Group Dynamics) – 2.5

CORE COURSES, subjects na common sa ating lahat:

Biological Sciences

• Bio 1 (General Biology) – 3.0

• Bio 2 (General Biology) – 2.75

Arts and Humanities :roll:

• English I (Comm skills) – 3.0

• English II (Comm skills) – Drp, 2.5

• English III (Introduction to Literature) – 2.25

• English 5 (Expository Writing) – 2.75

• Speech I (Fundamentals of Speech) – 2.25

• Span I (Elementary Spanish) – 1.5

• Span II (Elementary Spanish) – 2.0

• Span 12 (Intermediate Spanish) – 2.0

• Span 13 (Intermediate Spanish) – 2.0

• Hum 1 (Introduction to the Humanities) – 2.25

• P.I. 100 (The Life and Works of Jose Rizal) – 3.0

Social Sciences :oops:

• Soc Sci I (Behavioral Science) – 2.0

• Soc Sci II (Govt and Politics) – Inc, 3.0

• Soc Sci III (Gen Economics) – 5.0, 2.75

• Soc Sci IV (Social and Political Thought) – 2.75

Physical Sciences and Mathematics 8O (Huwag na lang kaya?)

• Chem 16 (General Chemistry) – 2.25

• Physics 1 (Introductory Physics) – 4.0, 2.25

• Statistics 1 (Elementary Statistics) – 3.0

• Math 1 (College Algebra) – 2.75

• Math 2 (Plane Trigonometry) – 2.75

EXTRA SUBJECTS, mga nasayang lang dahil sa pag-shift ng kurso:

• Forest Resource Management 10 (Technical Drawing) – 1.75

• Math 26 (Analytic Geometry and Calculus) – 5.0, 2.75 :?

With 24-hour entertainment at our fingertips, it's no wonder that "B"s are more popular than "A"s. Although, most students want to get "A"s, they would rather catch up on their favorite television shows, play video games, and chat online with virtual friends than sleep or study.

There is almost a proud feeling among students. It's an attitude of, "Guess what? I just pulled an all-nighter!" Good for you. According to researchers, pulling an all-nighter is the equivalent of driving drunk, and is detrimental to reaction time and memory. Facts continue to pile up on how sleep is great for your health, your mind, and your school work.

Changing such a culturally ingrained habit, like sleep deprivation, is not impossible. It's easy. Just sleep. Easier said than done, right?

Look no further. In the Student Center on the second floor in room 221, Health Services offers a one-on-one sleep assessment program. Costing only 5 to 10 dollars a session, you can be assessed in two easy steps. First, what your sleeping behaviors are, and second, what your specific sleep disorders are, if you have any.

Amy Grubbs, the coordinator of the Wellness Programs on campus, said, "A lot of people aren't even aware that they have sleeping disorders." Finding this out can increase your chance of curing a serious life long problem and, more importantly, keep you focused in school.

Let sleep balance your life. It will rejuvenate your ability to work more efficiently. You will be able to concentrate, react faster, look healthier, and maybe even get those well-deserved "A"s.

(Read the article at www.uvureview.com)

As the weeks draw to a close, I am concerned as to what may happen to this blog. Then again, we have not had many who have chosen to comment on our works, other than spambots. Specifically, we have received only 6-7 legitimate comments from other users who were not spambots or classmates, and even then, with spambots getting more crafty, I suspect some of our human commentators may have been bots (but that's just my paranoia). When considering how many total users are on WordPress, this is a bit disheartening to know less than even 10 decided to comment, despite our extensive tags.

If nothing else, and unless I discuss certain conditions with my group, this will be my final post, as I seem to have lost my enjoyment and further motivation for this blogging. In truth, we were forced to blog, to make one reading response to a particular reading, which I loathed, and then post 4 more blogs per week. We were told blogging was supposed to be spontaneous, whereas in this class, blogging was forced upon us. Thereby, I lost the motivation to effectively blog here without feeling as though this was a strenuous chore. Hell, I even lost the motivation to blog in my own personal spare time for my own personal pages because we blogged way too much on this website. These 5-blogs-a-week exhausted me and turned me off to blogging as a whole. I already have a blog-like journal entry which I maintain on my DeviantART page, and therefore, I have no time for this WordPress blog unless I can be sufficiently motivated to remain here. Yet, seeing as how we don't get any significant comments anymore, I feel my motivation to stay may have run out.

I read in Zinsser's "On Writing Well" that a student will more often than naught abandon his creativity and personal freedom of writing in order to appease an educator or professor, especially when the professor assigns work that the student does not enjoy writing or when the professor does not understand or agree with the student's writing style. This is not to say that I was in those straits all the time, but in recent weeks, I have found myself in such a situation, and I have considered the text which I read, and discussed it with other students.

At times, academic writing can be enjoyable, but the majority of academic writing is what I like to refer to as "forced writing." Forced writing, in my opinion, is defined as writing which is, essentially, forced upon the student, and writing the student does not enjoy carrying out. Some examples of forced writing are academic papers of undesirable subjects and material, blogs in which the student is required to write (whereas blogging should be spontaneous), and reports made concerning subjects the student detests; all of which involve the act of a student abandoning his creativity and writing dry, dull papers in a specific style or on a specific subject in order to appease his professor and earn a passing grade due to the professor's dislike for the student's writing style or the nature of the subjects in which the student discusses.

Blogging for a class is a viable example, as it can be greatly exhausting. In the early weeks of the class, one may enjoy freelancing on the blog site and updating it weekly on topics the student enjoys writing about. Then, when the requirement to write in response to specific readings or otherwise academic parameters are leveled upon the student, those within the class suffering under such parameters may feel that blogging becomes a chore, something that "has" to be done rather than something the student "wants" to do. The motivation to blog on time may be lost, and students may find themselves laboring in order to post blogs which are being forced upon them.

In my case, I hate writing papers, especially when it's for a subject I dislike. I also hate being forced to write a response to a particular reading I may have undertaken and did not enjoy. Hell, I hate reading responses in general, as reading responses are "forced writing." One might say it's how all academic writing is to be conducted, but does that mean that we have to drudge through our academic assignments like they're torture? Does that mean that academic institutions can't make their academic assignments as simple as blogging about anything the student may enjoy? Why is it that academics at times are delivered to the student without any motivating fun-factor involved? I want to be motivated to blog, not forced to do it within certain parameters for a grade. I don't want to discuss a reading, I want to discuss my writing, because I find my writing more interesting than reading, and frankly, we were instructed to blog about our reading as our subject on interest.

I don't like being told what I can and can't write about. I don't like being restricted, I don't like being regulated, I don't like being censored, and God help me and the poor man reading my work, I most certainly hate being silenced. In the greater principle of things, an American soldier fought and died today so we could exercise our right to free speech and freedom of expression, the right to write about what we want without infringement from higher governmental authority, so let's exercise it while we still have the chance before the Constitution is used for some senator or president's toilet paper. My fourteen friends in Iraq who joined the National Guard while in various college are all a testament of this.

Let us seriously consider for a moment exactly how many college students read. Hell, let's consider how many people read in the first place. Out of those, consider how many actually enjoy it. Talk to people, find out if they read. You will find the numbers are minimal. My friends don't read, I personally don't read, not even for "pleasure," because I don't enjoy it, and I most certainly don't enjoy writing reading responses or blog responses.

Additionally, students may become infringed upon when certain classes require them to create particular web pages, which require the student to input his real name. In my class, we had a discussion about online privacy, and how to better protect oneself. Therefore, I refused to put my full name into the web pages we were assigned to create so as to better shield myself from malicious intent. On that note, I've got enough personal web sites to maintain already, such as my DeviantART page (which allows me to blog anyway) and my custom Wikipedia pages, as well as several message boards that I am already involved with. Those with Facebook and MySpace pages already have their hands full with their custom-made pages more so than having the time to create Netvibes and Diigo pages that I feel are useless to me since clicking a link in my favorites bar is faster than going to Diigo, and Netvibes is useless to me since I prefer my Firefox tabs.

I also considered how many students actually read assigned readings, especially when considering that the PDFs which contain the readings can sometimes number beyond 20 and even 50 pages, all on very small font. No one has time for that, not when they'd rather be doing other things, such as writing about subjects they enjoy.

I'm a writer, and I'd rather type my stories rather than read a PDF that I'm going to forget in the next two hours after reading it. This seems paradoxical, since I dislike reading, but as a writer, I expect my work to be read. Then again, I enjoy reading my own work more so than academic reading, and frankly, if one doesn't want to read my work, he doesn't have to, but by God, no one has a right to stop him from exercising his choice to write and read what he pleases.

Some who have written in the heated manner in which I have done so have questioned whether or not an academic official could affect one's grade for having that student express his opinions. I'd have to say that no professor can legally lower a student's grade even if that professor doesn't like what that student has to say. I once had a high school teacher for a typing class give me a B as a final grade instead of an A because I finished my work faster than anyone else. I typed faster than all other students using my own style of touch-typing, which she authorized, and therefore finished ahead of all other students. Hell, I even typed faster than the teacher, and she still lowered my grade because she didn't like how fast I completed my work! Now, things are different. No professor on God's green earth can lower a student's grade based on personal opinions; only the quality of that student's academic work determines the student's grade, and if a grade is lowered because of bias against a student's opinions, there is going to be problems hell to pay.

So, in the end, I hate forced writing, I hate less-than-enjoyable academic writing, I hate forced blogging, I hate reading, I hate reading responses, because they are not engaging; to get me to write, I have to be motivated and inspired to write. If you force me, expect dull, bland, unmotivated or falsely-motivated results, but if you motivate me, if you let me write about what I care about, if you let me write regarding my work, hell, if you let me write my work, you will see me shine.

Rosal 2nd Quarter Tentative Grades

Grades of other sections (wla lng, trip lng..ahah)

Adelfa 2nd Quarter Tentative Grades

Champaca 2nd Quarter Tentative Grades

If grades drive student success then why are the grades in my courses dipping instead of climbing?  I've started to re-evaluate my approach and am tweeking things for next semester.  I'm tweeking for now as well but some of my new ideas will be difficult to present at this point in the semester without starting from the beginning.  These students I have - some days they seem genuinely interested in the information and activities, but mostly they seem to only want the hands-on part of dental assisting.  I understand that doing it is so much more fun than talking about it, but there's only so much they can DO without talking about some things.  It's a didatic, lab, clinical program, so they have to get the talking part.

Saturday night I think I discovered why the younger students in the program are so disengaged.  I talked to a 3rd grade teacher about her class and discovered that at that level these kids are being "spoon-fed" the information.  They get these review sheets prior to tests and quizzes that pretty much spell out everything on their assessments.  What's the point of teaching the class if the day before the test you're going to give them all the information that is on the test.  She even said that once she read the exact test to the students the day prior...WHAT! 

If this chain of instruction begins in elementary school then it must continue through middle and high school.  Which explains why at the college level they just want to know what's on the test and what types of questions will be on there.   What happened to personal responsibility?  What happened to the student having a sincere interest in their work & grades?  I'm not giving grades away - these sutdents are earning them. 

Critical thinking - this seems to be missing from our education system.  I'm hoping not every public education system is like the one of the state in which I live.  I'm hoping there are schools/teachers teaching critical thinking to our students, even in the public education system of this state in which I live.   Who's to say that a 3rd grader can't think critically??  Decision making and problem solving are critical in the well educated.  Without valuable skills how does one decide the more meaningful things in life - those things beyond what to have for lunch or dinner.  Those things like selecting a president based on the facts presented and not just because he's flashy and new or like the correct way to handle a difficult boss or employee or co-worker without deciding that quitting for a new job. 

New approaches to old ideas - that's what I'm going to work on for my future courses.  Any other ideas are welcomed.

Gym: B+

English: A

Biology: D

Animal science Tech: A-

Algebra B: C

Computer Technology: C-

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Looks great ^^^

Until next time.. Game on!

-GameZo

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We attend a gymnastics program for homeschooled families.  It's exactly like any other non-competitive gymnastics program, except that it is during the day, at a discounted price, and every child involved is homeschooled.  I tend to forget that not every family who homeschools is open minded and respectful of their children.  Thursdays are now a sound reminder that there are homeschooling parents who are very controlling.  Listening to the mothers speak is saddening.  I tend to hang out with some mothers from our local AP group (it's debatable how respectful our AP group as a whole is toward their children), when I'm not trying to distract my 15 month old from running out on the mats. He really wants to go join his siblings out there.  If my children didn't enjoy gymnastics so much, attending the class would just not be worth it.

I digress.  My almost 6 year old is now in the "big boys" class at gymnastics.  When did he become a big boy?  One day after gymnastics, one of the boys was giving him a hard time about what grade he was in, making fun of him and trying to say my son was only in kindergarten while he was in first grade, all in a superior tone.  My son blew him off.  Grades mean nothing to him.  He learns at his own rate based on his own interests.

As we were leaving, I told him that if that happened again he could just say he wa in first grade if he wanted.  We don't do grades, but for legal purposes when I have to declare something he will be listed as that.  He told me he didn't want to do that an dthat next time he would just state that we don't do grades.  I love my son.  I was trying to give him an easy out for next time and he came up with something easier in which he could also be true to himself.

Last weekend we went to my father's funeral.  Again he was asked what grade he is in.  He confidently stated that "we don't do grades."  I think I smiled.  My father's family accepted that without question.  I think they expected it from any children of mine.  Besides, what grade is true?  My children's learning and comprehension is all over the board.  Age doesn't dictate learning or intelligence.