always triple-check

okay, I'm short on time. I just had an AoPS class that ended at 10 but since it was the final class some of us stayed behind to chat a little and bid each other farewell. 

Sigh, I wonder how long I'll be able to write today's blog because of that though. Right now, it's 10:40. If I write as much as I can and finish in 10 minutes, that leaves 10 minutes for showering and preparing for bed. Hmm, I might just be able to do it. 

OK, let's commence. We have physics first class as always. We had to finish the worksheet we started last class on waves and then we had another PPT presentation on um, actually there wasn't a specific name for the topic but a whole assortment of info. There were formulas for calculating the period of a pendulum and a spring, what interferences are and the different kinds of interferences, the superposition principle, standing waves... Yeah, so it was a pretty long presentation. 

After that, we had a short assignment on a website where we had some practice problems that counted for points. You do get as many tries as it takes though so I'm sure basically everyone got a 100%. Oh, but he also gives bonuses on these so in my case I got a 20/15 which I believe is the highest score. 

In Music, we just had our usual discussion on how to improve and then I was also given the task of learning what's the difference between playing a song straight and playing it swing. Mhm, he said that by knowing this knowledge, I would be able to fine-tune my piece even more. I'll look into it more over the weekend. 

Next in PE, we finished that big worksheet we were given on Monday, and that basically took up the whole class. Really, I had to apply my insane writing skills a lot in today's class because there was a writing part. Yes, writing in PE. When did PE become a writing class? I have no idea. Nevertheless, I think I did pretty well regardless of it being related to fitness or not, my writing skills are through the roof. And my self-confidence is also quite high as of this moment if you couldn't already tell by my previous self-flattery LOL. 

Finally, in Algebra we reviewed adding and subtracting rational expressions and we had a quiz. The "quiz" was two problems only but one of them was actually a bit tricky. I mean, not TRICKY but a bit time consuming and you could mess up easily if you weren't careful. I think some kids fell into that trap of not double-checking their answers. Meanwhile, I triple-checked my answers because I had a suspicion that a two-question quiz couldn't possibly be as simple as it looked like. Therefore, I redid the problem 3 times until I got the same answer all three times. Only then did I submit my answer. The second question was easy though. So, all in all, I think I got another 100% on this quiz too. 

Right after math class, I had science bowl practice. 3:20 - 4:20 PM to be precise. In these practices, it's usually just the members of the club divided into two teams and competing against each other with the teacher reading the questions to us. We don't count points though, albeit if we were back in school I think we would have. Oh, look, the time I set up for myself is almost up. 

I guess I wrap it up here then. Hope you all had a marvelous day and have a fantastic night as well. Boa noite!