My ACT scores arrived!!! And they're pretty decent, too! =) Not perfect. Not lousy. Just good. C= I was best in English, then came reading and science, and guess what I did poorly in! Math. Told y'all! But it was still okay, because I wasn't expecting to do exceedingly well. I think the paper said that I did better than seventy-odd percent of ACTers in math. Well then, I'm happy.
I drove down to my Grandma's house in Illinois and back today. =) I like driving. To some extent. "Okay, turn left." I turn left. Halfway through the turn: "And turn right right away." I'm thinking he means at the next road, because when someone says next right, they usually mean the next road so I continue towards the next road. "No, I said right away! I meant turn into [this little gravel drive that leads to] the coffee shop!" Blah blah blah. The trouble with driving with Dad is that I'm supposed to be able to drive, pay attention to speed, cars, and road, and read his mind. I can't do that.
But he did let me eat Twizzlers while I drove, which Mom might not....
Good day, all 'round. =)
~Kiwi~
Showing posts with label ACT test. Show all posts
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
We interrupt this story to bring you an Important Word from Kiwifruit:
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(I'm headed to the ACT taking headquarters in 8 hours, 16 minutes. I'm not sure this whole 'test-taking thing' was a Good Idea.
First off, I don't feel quite prepared for anything but the English and [to a lesser extent] the Reading. I loathe the quadratic formula, trigonometry, semicolons, and full-sized colons!!
Secondly, isn't this intellectual segregation? These colleges are forcing me to take this test, and then if I'm not smart enough they'll send me packing! That's separating the "smart" from the "unsmart." Shouldn't be allowed in this day & age. They don't allow racism or sexism, why smartism? Un Fair! ;)
Third, I know I'll do 'fine.' Maybe even 'good.' EVERYbody keeps telling me that, and I'm beginning to believe it myself, but that doesn't stop these last minute jitters.
What would help me is going and reading the entire prep book again, instead of sitting here writing all this!
I think I'll sleep with it under my pillow, then eat it for breakfast in the morning. That's one way to get all its information in me!
~Kiwi~)
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Monday, February 8, 2010
School Stuff
I'm working through chemistry (as previously mentioned), and to entertain myself I've started giving chemists points for creativity, clarity, and such.
Creativity Points given for the word "Stoichiometry!" A very original, creative word, I doubt there are any others like it in the chemistry language! Easy to forget how to spell it, but more difficult to forget the word itself or confuse it with others.
Creativity Points removed for "molarity" and "molality." C'mon, surely they could do better than just change one leeetle letter, couldn't they? I understand that molarity came from Moles and molar mass and all that, but what's with the 'l' in molality??
Creativity Points removed for Solvent, Solute, Solution and Solubility. I know they chose similar words to show they're all related, but I always have to repeat them in my head to remember which is used for what.
Easiness Points removed for Pascals (Pa), atmospheres (atm), millimeters of mercury (mmHg), and torrs. 101.3 Pa = 1 atm = 73.15 (or similar numbers of) torr = 73.15 (see last parentheses) mmHg. As I have not yet gotten to the examples of the usefulness of these units, I cannot fully understand them, but....It's just further complications. torr = mmHg. Why? Why have both? It shall probably be explained to me tomorrow, but tonight: why?
I did a lot of ACT studies today. Worked all through the "ACT Mathematics Test: strategies and concept review" section, which I needed. It's amazing how much one forgets when one has not had any algebra for a couple years. Discovered I need tattoos. I want this tattooed up the inside of my left arm:
the definitions of sine, cosine, tangent, secant, cosecant, and cotangent; An=A1 + (N-1)D, An = A1(r)n-1, AX2 + BX + C = 0 (the quadratic formula), Y=MX+B (slope-intercept), and M = (Y2 - Y1)/(X2 - X1) (slope formula)
also I'll have whatever other important info I need to complete the ACT well. I wonder what the ACT people would do if I tattooed my notes on my arm? They can't take THOSE notes away!
~Kiwi~
Creativity Points given for the word "Stoichiometry!" A very original, creative word, I doubt there are any others like it in the chemistry language! Easy to forget how to spell it, but more difficult to forget the word itself or confuse it with others.
Creativity Points removed for "molarity" and "molality." C'mon, surely they could do better than just change one leeetle letter, couldn't they? I understand that molarity came from Moles and molar mass and all that, but what's with the 'l' in molality??
Creativity Points removed for Solvent, Solute, Solution and Solubility. I know they chose similar words to show they're all related, but I always have to repeat them in my head to remember which is used for what.
Easiness Points removed for Pascals (Pa), atmospheres (atm), millimeters of mercury (mmHg), and torrs. 101.3 Pa = 1 atm = 73.15 (or similar numbers of) torr = 73.15 (see last parentheses) mmHg. As I have not yet gotten to the examples of the usefulness of these units, I cannot fully understand them, but....It's just further complications. torr = mmHg. Why? Why have both? It shall probably be explained to me tomorrow, but tonight: why?
I did a lot of ACT studies today. Worked all through the "ACT Mathematics Test: strategies and concept review" section, which I needed. It's amazing how much one forgets when one has not had any algebra for a couple years. Discovered I need tattoos. I want this tattooed up the inside of my left arm:
the definitions of sine, cosine, tangent, secant, cosecant, and cotangent; An=A1 + (N-1)D, An = A1(r)n-1, AX2 + BX + C = 0 (the quadratic formula), Y=MX+B (slope-intercept), and M = (Y2 - Y1)/(X2 - X1) (slope formula)
also I'll have whatever other important info I need to complete the ACT well. I wonder what the ACT people would do if I tattooed my notes on my arm? They can't take THOSE notes away!
~Kiwi~
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