Yeah, that makes sense :]

I did an O-level too but apart from that it's the simple GCSEs :/
And since I'm at the grammar school it's higher tier for me
Still easy though

anyone watch The Armstrong & Miller show here?

So like, I just realized today that refraction is a really difficult topic in Physics (actually, pretty much everything regarding waves is). I'm already confused and I need the teacher to do some more explanations for me. >_<

Also, Twistedspoon, I never heard of that show which you mentioned...

yeah, It's a British sketch show.
I doubt it's aired outside the UK since it contains lots of British humor, which not many other countires would get XP

oh, refraction?
Light sorta bends when it enters a less dense medium, such as glass or perspex :/
but yes, i can sympathise with bad teachers *coughMrsAppletoncough*

I can explain more if you want, but light and waves is a huge topic, and even an A-level physics student can't explain all of it :s

Yeah, waves are hard to get in mind. We do know that the waves get bent in refraction. We aren't stupid, but as Shadow said, the whole criteria that surround waves, and specifically refraction, is complicated. However, I thing I got the main principle, so I should be fine.

now you're thinking with portals waves

My dad bought a metal detector... one of those things you use to look for metal in the ground so that you can find coins and stuff. Has anyone ever tried using one of those before? How do they perform?

metal detectors are awesome

you can find some cool treasure with them =D

I can't say I've ever seen anybody with a metal detector around here. I guess the fact that I don't go out that much contributes to that. :/

Anyways, my first semester's grades came out, and let's just say I was a little less than satisfied, especially in one particular subject.

Biology P -> Final Exam Score: 103% -> Final Class Grade: 101.41% (A+)
World Geography -> Final Exam Score: 86% -> Final Class Grade: 94% (A)
Chinese -> Final Exam Score: 96% -> Final Class Grade: 99.2% (A+)
Math -> Final Exam Score: 90% -> Final Class Grade: 95.4% (A)
Marching Band -> Final Exam Score: 92% -> Final Class Grade: 94.4% (A)
English Honors -> Final Exam Score -> 88% -> Final Class Grade: 89.25% (B+)

It's my first B since 5th grade and its tearing me apart!

You got a B?

shame on you

jk

It doesn't matter really if you get a B unless it's an important test.

I wouldn't know since I have no clue what 'English Honours' is :s

I finished my remaining finals today. I actually answered all most of the questions on the math final. Hopefully I'm not gonna have to repeat that class...

This totally should have been a half day. I don't know why they made it a full day, considering the last two periods were pretty much filler.

And thus begins the second semester. I checked my schedule and remembered that I signed up for hispanic culture class. Well, I've decided on learning German instead of Spanish, so I should really switch out of that class.

PS: You know that oshawott pic I like so much? I printed it out and put it in front of my binder. It's embarrassing.... but it's cute as hell! I just had to do it!

I have Pokemon pics on my Facebook. People actually like them.

Over here, most people think that Pokémon is for kids. This is why I have to tolerate such ignorant assumptions, and also why I share my experiences in the games only with a handful of similar students in school. I'm not really complaining, but I would definitely like to be a bit more 'free' about discussing Pokémon without the fear of being overheard.

(Spirit and I actually cut out any words which relate to Pokémon in some way while talking about it. It sounds really funny/strange at times: "Did you hear what GrassFTW said last night?" or "News were released yesterday about Black and White!". People generally don't understand what we're talking about, so the strategy works very well. )

By the way, the forums today are really annoying. Every one minute an error message comes up saying: "The server is too busy right now. Try again later". It is frustrating trying to get your post on the forums by refreshing for many times. >_>

Took my midterms last week.

Math: 75
History: 81
English: 95

I took my finals already but I don't know my grades for some of them until next week. For right now, I got 103% on math since the teacher lower down the total scores(It was originally out of 40), and 84% on Chemistry. Honestly I don't like the school year is divided by semesters. You can make up work if they gave you enough time but since I am drowning with homework that hurts my grade and other people who already tried to improve their grade have no recovery from getting a passble grade. I usaully get A's in my classes except on harder classes where I actually have to work my butt off to earn that grade *coughscoughsphysics*. The only class I am strugging with is U.S History which I have a C in my mid term grade(no final grade is determine yet) otherwise I did well with my classes espeically IB Chemistry. Since getting straight A's is very difficult to hold as you go on high school (unless you take easy classes or you are good at schoolwork), at long my grade is good enough for NHS and have a GPA at least 3.5, I don't mind.

On the other note, I have gym as my elective. I like it to get out of the way so I don't need to take in my senior year and focus on my plans after high school. This Friday I plan to take a field trip to the dentist school in my University State and I am hoping that I narrow down the job choices relating to the medical field.

Great! I have been plying basketball daily for the last two weeks. It surely feels refreshing. For some reason, today at noon, I started feeling something strange in my chest. I am having some kind of chest burn. I can barely breathe, and when I breathe, my chest starts whistling. It is really painful...

I have to sleep on the couch tonight, so my mom said I can stay home from school tomorrow. Yay.

Well for the past few hours I've done nothing but try fixing my computer(again). Oh yeah did I mention I broke it again? Well doing nothing doesn't really keep me occupied. At least my dad made me help him apply tiles to the kitchen floor so I had something to do.

So a new show called "Arab's Got Talent" has been recently launched over here for the Middle East, and I must say: it is one of the most entertaining shows I've ever watched in a while (besides the new American Idol, which I'm really enjoying). It might be based upon the original American show, but trust me, the cultural differences account for many exciting changes and turns from what we already know. Plus, who wouldn't want to have a good ol' laugh at all the stupid people? xD

^ I DONT BELEEVE YOO did not know that...

It's a snow day today. It's pretty bad out (well, not really so much anymore, but there was like 8 inches of snow last night). Still nothing compared to last year's snowstorm.

Hey I'm new, and I've seen topics on other forums like this, so I'd like to talk as well.

And yeah, Frostbite isn't fun at any time, much less school.

Welcome to the forum of animals with super powers and stuff like that ^~^

Yeah, thanks. It seems pretty cool so far.

Almost forgot to brag here. I'm getting this babe in the mail soon (Not a mail-order bride)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-338-_-Product

<3

Seems to be a nice piece of hardware you got there.

Last thing I ordered online was a DVD set.

It's about a year old, but it'll still take most of what you throw at it.

That's good at least. I need to update mine eventually.

There are plenty of people here to help with that.

Holy shizzle. There's a huge, strong sandstorm outside right now, and everything turned suddenly darker although it's still around midday. Pretty much every person who was walking tried to shelter somewhere for safety reasons. I hope it subsides quickly instead of it actually becoming hazardous... 0_0

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Originally Posted by Magmaster12 Actually like American Idol it started out as British show

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Originally Posted by SK Shadow! You need to remake the American Idol thread like you had for season 9. I'm going to watch last night's episode later but before the one that is on tonight.

I went yesterday to the optometrist. It turned out that my left eye became worse than before, so I am getting new glasses tomorrow. I was going to do so anyway, since my glasses broke two days ago. I will be posting my new look soon. xD

Just 45 minutes ago, a very strong sandstorm hit the whole place here. It is still in the move, but less wild. I can't really explain it, but out of a sudden, everything turned dark to an extent where you think it is full eclipse. Then huge clouds of dark sand covered the buildings, and everything. Sings, on the streets, fell and flew away. The wind was so strong that our windows start moving constantly, and strongly. Considering that I have to go down and get some important items for my ICT project, I am unlucky. Heh, I just hope it rains extremely heavily after this sandstorm so that the whole city gets drowned and we don't go to school. It has to do so; I am bored! D:

I'd give anything to have a sandstorm. It's snowing AGAIN.

It's been snowing ALL DAY. But it wasn't enough to have a snow day.

Phys Ed = hell. Well, I'll admit it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but I got pretty sore at the end... also my partner must be the only person in the school who's quieter than me.

I don't think we should be calling the freebies/giveaways in VB "unwanted". It seems cruel.

Wow. I'm probabley a noob sense i don't own a wii.





100th post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We haven't had snow in a week due to the fact my city is in the one location that gets chinooks. It's good sometimes but meh, I kinda miss the snow now considering what every one else has been having.

It just started snowing! Fubab's wish came true.

I actually never own a Kirby game but play the first Kirby game released in nintendo8.com along with Pokemon gold. I am stuck on the Sun and the Moon boss fight. After awhile, my computer start to have problems and ever since I haven't come back.

I've owned a few Kirby games on the GBA and I recently downloaded the N64 one on the Wii.

I was searching for a particular thing today in my drawer, and guess what? I found my PokéWalker which I thought was lost a long time ago!

But... that came with another price. I needed to use my scientific calculator for something in the house, and when I searched my bag for it, I didn't find it anywhere. I need to search for it in school tomorrow because it is expensive and required in many classes. >_<

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Originally Posted by The Spirit of Time I don't own one as well. I don't need one anyway.

Plus the DS has proportionately better graphics, IMO.

Not that I can afford any of these expensive gaming consoles, but if I ever gain the money, I won't buy a Wii. PS3 has better games, better facilities and quality, and better graphics.

My hair is allover the place, but in a way so I don't have to constantly comb it. It really looks like a style now but meh.

My hair is 17 inches long, mostly straight except for the ends where it likes to flip a bit. Then I have my "Bieber" bangs as my mother calls them. :/
It's so super soft, it's even silkier than silk itself. Yeah that's right. :3 Gets a bit weird when my friends pet me though.

...Lol, when I push the sides of my hair forward it kind of looks like Boober. xD I should post a pic of it.

I accidentally ran over my headphones with the vaccum cleaner, so I got new USB ones.


Plug it in, open winamp. First song (192kbps) sounds like crap. I blame the headphones.

Then I play a song that I ripped at 320kbps. Sounds perfect.



So... these headphones are so HQ that I can pick out all the imperfections of a 192kbps file, which I couldn't do before. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I do know that games will be much more awesome now.

Ugh....weather folk are saying its supposed to snow YET AGAIN.

Bad enough almost all my classes the past week were inadvertently canceled and I wasted at least $10 in busfare I didn't have to spend, on top of digging out a car.

That and I have another bad headache.

We have a Physics and "Theology" test tomorrow. I'm fairly confident about them both, although I'm starting to get sick of the crapload of work which I have to do in the upcoming month. =.=

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Originally Posted by The Spirit of Time Are you really sad that you actually missed classes?

hai!

Today I had two new classes. I was supposed to have them almost a week ago, but thanks to the crappy weather, I didn't get to take them until now. They're computer programming II (which only had 7 people... that's the smallest class I've ever had) and Pennsylvania and Lancaster County history. Both classes seem pretty cool.

They're saying it's going to snow AGAIN tomorrow. And then it'll turn into freezing rain. I may have a whole two days off. Geez, at this rate, this winter's gonna be way worse than 2010's.