Oh. The random thoughts that pop up into my head when I travel from class to class

Oddly, today, I seemed to be in this deep "inquisitive" ( heheh. probably not the write context, but whatever ) mood. I was in the school hallway, travelling from math class to science class and I was getting really frustrated with the amount of people blocking my path. So I did something I hadn't done in a long time -- I started thinking of solutions.

When I was younger, I had this weird habit of having to do everything perfectly. Pencils in my pencil case must be facing the same way, books must sorted my date of first printing, colours should be assorted according to ROYGBIV. I never realized it until now when I started reflecting on how I was in the past.

Now lets get back to my incident in the hallway.
I started thinking about how great it woul be to just float above everyone Harry Potter Style ( I had a good 3 metres of nothingness above ). This somehow lead me to imagine being less dense than air. Suddenly, it occured to me that I was using logic ( something I hadn't used in a long time ) and it occurred to me that ever since I became less logical, I became worse math. Funny, eh? Anywho, this, in turn, lead to this sudden ray of intelligence :

Math is just simply logic with numbers!

HAha! Took me a long time to figure that out. *-*

APS Project leads me to an awesome video. Kewl!

Since I have a project due this Wednesday for my " Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology " couse, I decided that I better get started. So I went ahead and searched up some articles related to the course. I finally came upon a very interesting article which lead me to a CBC video entitled : " Babies: Born to be good?".

I watched the documentary, and it was

AMAZING.

Simply enlightening. Purely delightful. Not to mention ALL THE BABIES! Boy were they cute!
So here's the link:

http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episode/born-to-be-good-1.html

Please do watch it. You won't regret it.
I'm going to tune in November 8, when CBC airs their "Nuts abour Squirrels" episode. I'm curious about the little critters that steal all the damn tomatoes in my backyard.

Seeyall,
Oddrey.

Commentary!! ARGH!

So for my English Pre-Ib class we're supposed to write a commentary on passage that we find in a book. Unfortuantely, I'm just a mediocre student, who gets easily distracted and has not a single inkling on how to write a commentary. Well lucky me, after several google searches, I managed to find several extremely useful websites. Here are the links:

http://academicslavery.blogspot.ca/2010/08/how-to-write-commentary.html
~ this is a link to another blog written by an Ib student. Quite useful.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/IB_English/Commentary
~Hey! Nothing's better than a "wiki" website. Eh?

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Literary-Commentary
~andd yet another "wiki" website. What would we do without them?

A few tips from my teacher:

~brainstorm: Who knows? Brainstorming may allow you to come up with ideas you wouldn't have thought of otherwise. Another plus side is that you have proof to show to your teacher. Hey lookey here teach! I've got my brainstorm right here! This was made 100% from my brain juices!

~find the dominant effect of the passage: What does the author use to create a particular effect on the readers? Sentence structure? Sound or rhythm? How about word connotation? Try reading your passage out loud, it helps bring out the literary elements and feature that the author used.Organize everything out in a chart or whatever make you comfortable :
Diction ( The choice of words used. What's their effect?)
Figurative Language: ( similes and metaphors)
Form (poem? novel?)
Imagery (details added so that you can envision what is happening)
Repeated words and ideas (often used by the narrator to get their point across)
Sound patterns ( the stinky slimy snake... hmmm the repeated s sound reminds of a scared person. Stuttering?)
Synbolism ( although not always present. very useful indeed)
Tone ( basically the atmosphere of your passage)
Point of view or voice ( omniscient? limited omniscience? First person?)

~does your passage develop a universal theme? How about a motif?

Okay, I better start my OWN commentary NOW. Oh, and one more tip?
DON'T PROCRASTINATE :D Teachers can tell when you've rushed. Unless you're exceptionally gifted, don't risk it. Teachers aren't stupid.

Reflections of a normal "highschooler"

Hey there,
this blog if for all those other kids out there, who, just like me, are struggling to addapt yet still try their best to achieve success.

First off, I'm just a normal girl writing about her highschool experience. I'm currently in my second semester of grade 9 at Bayview.S.S so don't be surprised if you find mistakes on this blog. This blog is definetely not top priority so it won't be updated as often as I would like. Fell free to post any constructive criticism! I love making new friends and meeting new people!