Teachers - Young the GiantThis week...was interesting to say the least. I started off Tuesday strong, we went to UCSD and the SALK institute to learn more about the brain, as well as seeing as to how research was done on mice in UCSD. It was great, we got to do some hands on activities such as gathering slices of a mice brain.
While the trip was incredibly fun and educational I found myself feeling rather down as the day progressed, I just shrugged it off, tomorrow I had a Socratic seminar and had to perform the best I could! I prepared hours of notes and wasn’t it gonna let it go to waste. Next thing you know boom. I had a fever once I woke up the next morning. That fever lasted the rest of the week and I didn’t go to school at all. So a great five day weekend for me. But luckily I felt chipper enough to go do my SAT, and to say the least it was fine. Although I must apologize to all those who had to hear my sniffling during the test taking I’m sorry about my congested nose. But other than that, it went smoothly and I was able to pace myself really well and have some extra minutes to check over my answers (Thank you Princeton Review!). I also felt pretty confident in my essay. (Although now looking back I note a mistake I made...keep me in your prayers) I believe the SAT gave me great experience. I’m just glad I got it over with and now I can’t put in words how happy and ecstatic I am to have to take it again!! (Obviously I am not)
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Break My Stride - Matthew WilderSo, humanities. We’ve recently begun practicing some essay writing in preparation for the SAT. I have had some experience writing essays in the past (As last year we had to create an SAT style essay for our final project) so I’m not too wary about it. All in all it’s actually been pretty nice to get a refresher and I guess you could say I' pretty content about writing an essay.
Going back to the actual writing we’ve learned on what basis we'll be scored on, how to create an outline, and finally how to pace ourselves when writing the actual SAT essay. I’m pretty excited to apply what I’ve learned to the SAT! Humanities honors has helped me learn even more about strategy and pacing so that's a bonus. Now in regards to biology, we’ve been listening to some Ted Talks and reading articles regarding nature and the brain. I think it's pretty interesting how exposure to nature can be incredibly beneficial to mental health, I also found this information to be useful as a subtopic for my topic, which is chemical medicine. Regarding what I've earned through the Ted Talks: I believe where exposure to nature can come into play for my topic would be in the holistic medicine area; a medical practice in which incorporates the use of mainly herbs. Overall with the SAT looming behind our backs for what seems like years, it's now only a week away. I find myself surprisingly relaxed I don’t feel a sense of urgency nor fear. I feel pretty normal, but who knows. Perhaps the day of the SAT I’ll break down in tears and feel unprepared? But I quite honestly doubt that will happen. |
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