<p>On a lighter note guys, what are your plans for winter break? Mine include the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Starting (and hopefully finishing) my summer program applications.</li>
<li>Emailing my summer mentor about a reccomendation.</li>
<li>Practicing for basketball at 11 AM on most days.</li>
<li>Playing a basketball game tomorrow (and hopefully winning so that we can get Christmas Eve off!)</li>
<li>Hopefully getting a Kindle Fire for Christmas.</li>
<li>Making apple pie and chocolate truffles.</li>
<li>Checking out and reading a book my IB Biology teacher reccomended for me.</li>
<li>Hanging out with friends.</li>
<li>SLEEPING!!!</li>
</ul>
<p>Lol, it’s kind of random, but just a brief rundown of my plans. Not that anyone cares, lol, but whatever.</p>
<p>What are you guys doing? Did some of you guys get homework over break?</p>
<p>Homework.
I got AP Bio homework and some other stuff to do, but I have two online classes I’ve been procrastinating on since June that I need to work on.</p>
<p>My school does not allow teachers to give us work over break. That being said I have stuff for APUSH, honors physics and honors pre-calc that is not due on the first day, but earlier enough that I need to do it over break…
I was hoping to weave a scarf over break, but I am not sure if that is going to happen.</p>
<p>I feel like I should start reading Ayn Rand, because everyone keeps making fun of her books and I don’t understand their inside jokes. From what I’ve gathered, she wrote about some eugenic-type utopian society. I think.</p>
<p>I wanted to go see the Great Gatsby, but it doesn’t come out until MAY. (I thought it came out in December…) So disappointed!</p>
<p>Les Miserables comes out soon (or did already come out?) I want to watch it only because of Anne Hathaway on the sound track. Good, real singing instead of some of that electronic crap that’s been tampered with far too much.</p>
<p>Have you every thought of decades as “music-eras”? Like people talk about the big hair bands of the 80’s, the glam-metal bands of the 90’s, and even the techno-sounds of the 2000’s. The 00’s. As in, 3 years ago.</p>
<p>Soon the 20-teens will be ancient history, too.</p>
<p>Anyone super excited for the new star trek movie in may?
I am planning on cleaning my room out and doing summer applications. And maybe sledding because it snowed here yesterday.</p>
<p>Does anyone like magnetic poetry?
I just discovered it last week when my English teacher had some in class and now I’m obsessed with writing really dumb poems with the online version.</p>
<p>hahaha i don’t know much about non-classical music, sad life. Basically I didn’t know who Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Beyonce, etc. were until about freshman year. But then I started using the Internet a lot. </p>
<p>I’ve never watched the original Star Trek so I don’t know whether I would be excited. :P</p>
<p>I looked up magnetic poetry, and now maybe I should make word magnets (I would rather arrange the magnets physically than online)</p>
<p>-Friends
-Tutoring a friend in chemistry (so not going well…)
-Pageant ch. 26, Chem chapters 21 & 25, completing the memoir Angela’s Ashes + a packet for it, writing essays for L&C
-Start studying Spanish (not taking it this year, but taking it again next year)
-Get my permit (?) a year late, which will hopefully get me a car for my birthday
-Get off social networking
-A lot of delayed reading
-Playing piano because I start lessons again next Saturday (so excited)
-Maybe (although most likely not; one program was kind of enough) looking into summer programs
-USH & Chem Exam Prep
-SAT Prep
-A lot of food consumption, which is clearly the best thing on this entire list
-A lot of previously neglected anime nights with popcorn, cocoa, and people who actually like that sort of thing
-Learn my Eastern Regionals songs
-Learn my All-State audition song</p>
<p>There’s a star trek marathon on today and tomorrow (there went all my weekend plans) can you tell I’m a huge geek? I have a cold, so I guess sitting on the couch will have to be enough. I have to start practicing my songs for contest soon, one is in italian and very hard. I am loving winter break!</p>
<p>On my first night of break, I watched The Devil Wears Prada by Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. It was surprisingly good but I thought, from a narrative sense- it didn’t really add up. They tried to make the Fashion world seem well, multidimensional and interesting and then you have the main character being all “OMGZ! I’m turning evil!! and therefore must quit my job to cater to my fairly terrible friends.” And the build up to that plot point was just…weak. Meryl Streep was fantastic (I’m turning into a Streep fangirl now) and the other characters good but it just didn’t come together in a meaningful way.
Blah, still a fun way to kick off winter break. And at least some of the lines were memorable. </p>
<p>Since we’re still complaining about workload:
I have to read: 2 novels (Siddartha and Anna Karenina). I’ve read Anna Karenina before when I was younger but this time I’m reading for literary quality. I might start War and Peace (reread) or the Idiot (new) as well. All of the books are really exciting and interesting (I’ve heard really good things about Siddartha) so this shouldn’t be too bad.
I have to get through 12 chapters of AP World History which shouldn’t be impossible + 1 DBQ.
I have to do my math course and make arrangements for a new schedule for French Distance learning.
Complete a couple of reading assignments for AP Bio.
I have to do a lot of Chemistry. Like a LOT of chemistry. Like as in finish a really difficult textbook in a really short period of time. Honestly, I have no clue how I’m going to hack this. I kept putting it off and now I have to actually do it.
I have to put together proposals for two things. One is thankfully done but needs to be modified; the other, I have to start from scratch. Does anyone have experience with using Calc I/II/III and maybe Linear Algebra to do modeling? I was originally going to do some stuff with Physics but I couldn’t manage Physics C this year. </p>
<p>I also want to see some movies and chill out. Let’s see how this all goes…</p>
<p>The only homework I have is for AP Physics B, and it’s pretty easy stuff. I have no obligations this break besides going to practice (we get Christmas Eve, Christmas, and New Year’s Day off :D) and four meets (went to one today, have two next weekend and one the weekend after that). </p>
<p>Probably going to unwind a lot. I really need it.</p>
<p>No homework over this break. Really should learn to drive though, I’ve had my permit for like 8 months… Other than that I have to hit the SAT prep books hard to be ready for the January test date.</p>
But in a way, it’s also pleasing :)</p>