One for the road…

I feel like I’ve neglected this blog. Haha. So to make up for it, I shall post a considerably long post! The only area of discussion in my mind right now is school, exams in particular. Let’s make things organized, though. For each subject, I shall post my score (and its percentage) and my thoughts on the teacher of that subject and its exam. Sounds good.

CHRISTIAN LIFE
Score: 51/70 (73%)
Thoughts on Exam/Teacher: I dreaded the return of the old format of CL exams. I did well when Miss Derige was our substitute teacher. Although I can learn from Mrs. Guevarra, I feel like I didn’t do so well this quarter because I simply didn’t care about it anymore. It’s the Fourth Quarter, after all. In addition, it’s the last subject to have an exam. Nobody wants to do it anymore. They just want to get things over with and who can blame them? Plus, the options were very confusing. Considering the Scantron nature of the exam, it’s either you choose the right one or you don’t get a point. Shame.

MATH
Score: 42/55 (76%) (Scantron)
Thoughts on Exam/Teacher: I could’ve done better but this exam was a lot tamer than expected. Funny though that one problem there was a spawn of the problem that I tried to make Sir Berns solve a few weeks ago! Talk about revenge! I always accept my low scores in Math, anyway. It’s natural. But I’m glad I didn’t opt to stay in the regular class when I had the chance. Sir Berns is a great teacher! A little crazy at times but it’s all good! It makes me proud to have him as a teacher because not only does he simplify the topics for us but he also injects some weird fun into the class. I’ll miss him! :(

FILIPINO
Score: 80/100 (80%)
Thoughts on Exam/Teacher: Considerable improvement! The difference between this quarter and the other three quarters is that I turned to Sir Castro’s Powerpoints for guidance. Maybe it’s also because I prefer El Fili over Noli. But yeah, I actually didn’t read the book to review this time and I still got a score like this. For once, Filipino is not my lowest subject! As for Mrs. Balmes, I don’t think she’s boring but I just feel that Sir Castro’s classes are a lot more stimulating.

ENGLISH
Score: 81/100 (81%)
Thoughts on Exam/Teacher: I was happy with the score I got for my paper. Yes, there was room for improvement so I put that into mind when I revised my paper. However, I can’t say the same for my oral defense score but I have to thank Miss Mireille for being extremely lenient on me. If I wasn’t the first to defend my paper, I would’ve gotten a line of one for my defense. It was absolutely terrible… Let’s just say, I won’t miss her. :) I would’ve preferred Miss Kresta or Miss Casty as my English teacher.

SCIENCE
Score: 88/100 (88%)
Thoughts on Exam/Teacher: No complaints here. As expected, most of my mistakes came from the conceptual questions. You win some, you lose some. I’m happy with my score, considering the time I allotted for studying Chem. I will miss Daddy Dayag and his weird lolziness. I couldn’t ask for any other teacher to teach Chemistry for me! Hope he gets to be Subject Area Coordinator next year! That would be awesome.

SOCIAL STUDIES
Score: 88/100 (88%) (or it could be 89)
Thoughts on Exam/Teacher: This is the best I’ve done in a Social exam! But still, I thought the exam was easy so I was expecting to at least get a line of nine. Damn. I tried to fight for my answers, though. One thing’s for certain about the teacher, though… I WILL MISS SIR LEE SO SO SO MUCH. :(( Yes, I know he’s not leaving next year but I probably would not have motivated myself to do well in World History without him. I’ve always liked World History but if my teacher was Miss Mac or Sir Jeff or even Miss Derige, then who would I try to impress? Sir Lee, on the other hand, has transformed me into a high-mark-achieving student because here I am, hellbent on trying to impress him! I always fall short on that but in the end, he’ll always affect the non-academic side of myself. All the things I’ve went through for him, the gifts, the cards, the active participation, the volunteerism, the teasings… I hope it doesn’t just pass him by in the future. :)