not only did i have a full day of lessons without anything extra from an 80minute break two-thirds of the way through the day, but every teacher was around to teach save for the strand 1 of english, but even then i was discussing the all-important IOC stuff with my english classmates.
after math ended at 440, i stayed around to study with Mel/Gerald/Patrick/ChunWui/Elliot.
i left at around 7 feeling not entirely satisfied primarily because i had been unable to do any substantial IOC preparations because in the end no one was doing IOC stuff but other work, apart from Chun Wui and i who were reading the Angelou HL text. instead i managed to finish my math worksheets up to whatever he's given us, slaving away at one horrible vectors question and still not getting the right answer (i think).
i left soon after we had discussed the themes of The Color Purple a little, though i realized how little i knew because whatever i (attempted to) contribute(d) to the conversation seemed somehow detached, and even as i was saying those things i felt myself castigating my lack of depth. perhaps partially due to my brain shutting down after more than 10 hours in school, i took my positively unsophisticated literary speak as a sign that my capacity for work for the day had been exhausted, and humbly made my exit.
i hope tomorrow's studying after school picks my spirits up, 'cos heaven knows i need an academic burst to get through my IOC preparations and plan my Paper 2 essay which i'll be writing on Thursday in class.
speaking of that, it is also my chance to redeem my pathetic mark from the common test.
having had time to think it through, that mark is with little doubt the biggest disappointment of the entire block of tests, and i've got to get the confidence which i had before the test after i had a good run of 4 good-grade essays back.
English A1 HL, my most loved yet most loathed part of my IB course.
PS. history was spent in the comp lab, which explains Mel's post on my Facebook wall, which also reminds me of my need to brush up my arguments on the Korean War since i didn't absorb much during lesson time (maybe get the notes Daryl duplicated today?)
PPS. 5 of my seniors from ACS(I)'s first IB batch have been awarded PSC scholarships, 2 of whom have perfect scores. i wonder if any of them (all guys) will be awarded the President's Scholarship. i'm interested only because it's the first time ACIB will have such statistics.
