2017-03-31

【Aiden in English】

        So the third marking period of the 8th grade is over. Or was. I don’t even really know or care. The only reason that’s in the draft is because of English, in which we finally are beginning to pay attention to key grammar points.

        Ironically, the very point English is to be simplified as an utter pile of mesh. Like such. What even is a pile of mesh?

        Physical Science has gotten easier. So much that the entire subject has become near a stroll through the par. Actually, the concepts are fun, as well as the curriculum, but I really do think that a formula sheet and a good calculator with a significant figure setting can easily blast you ahead of the rest of the pack. Besides, the teacher never strictly states the students have to follow a set path to solving, so I somewhat go along and finish them with as much efficiency as possible.

        Algebra II, however, has become difficult. By that I mean I have to be extremely careful about trivial reasoning of all works in the cumulative review. Additionally, I am responsible for not only wrapping up my homework but turning it in on time under any circumstances.

        I am very disappointed.

        Even so, I have strong faith in being good at math (possibly overestimating), as the only reason for my downfall, other than the obvious fact of not acing every test, was the reviews handed out by the teacher, in which they absolutely killed my average. But I am not about to be discouraged from a few bad marks, as I always bounce back.

        Something tells me there will be a point where I can’t.

        But until then, it’s smooth cruising for me. Except in health class. The entire period is simply terrible. And I don’t mean the curriculum in cancer and heart diseases, which by the way, is quite the ride itself. The very class is obnoxious to the point of idiocy, to such degree that it felt contagious. Catch the pun? Wow, another pun. Guess you can say I’m PUN-ishing.

        In Health, I made it through with only in total answering three items wrong, including extra credit, as the teacher made the tests so easy that there were answers within questions. Sometimes, one did not need to think about a problem, rather than to read the next one.

        I believe that way of life is the one I should go to. Maybe stop staring at the issue and look elsewhere for help. Although I may be too late for help on my math perfection, which by the way does not count towards GPA yet, life offers many answers hiding in plain sight.

【紅霞譯文】

        初中三年級第三學制到此結束，亦即一去不返，我甚至還沒真正意識到或者多想片刻，之所以這麼說恐怕得歸咎於英語課，我們方才開始學習語法要素。

        莫非天大的笑話，英語權可簡化成胡編亂造，僅此而已，甚至有過之而無不及？

        物理學比較容易，整個學習過程循序漸進，實際上其字義概念有趣，課程內容不錯，但在我看來熟知公式表及計算器各項運行功能有助於學好這門功課，何況老師從不強求學生按部就班解答問題，我得以儘可能少花精力搞定作業。

        然而高級代數越來越麻煩，我指的是必須小心對待綜合複習題各個繁瑣推算步驟。除此而外，我不僅要如期完成家庭作業，而且還要保證在任何情況下按時上交家庭作業。

        我甚感遺憾。

        即便如此，我仍然堅信自己在本科確有優勢（可能過於自負），撇開考試答題失誤，唯一讓我丟分的地方就是老師發放的練習題，而且絕對影響到學製成績，不過我並未因為這些扣分而萎靡不振，畢竟本人總能迎頭趕上。

        直覺告訴我遲早會遇到自己力不從心的時候。

        但在其到來之前，我始終一帆風順，健康課當屬特例，本學制簡直糟蹋透頂，我並不在說普及癌症與心臟病知識有啥不妥，相反卻極其有用，只是課堂上大家談論的話題相當晦氣，人人胡謅八扯像得了傳染病似的，悟出雙關成分了嗎？哇塞，又一個雙關語，你肯定要說我話裡有話。

        健康課上我順利過關，全部考試連同附加題在內僅答錯三道，老師簡直太便宜我們了，答案隱含在問題當中，有時學生犯不着多想，只要順藤摸瓜就成。

        我相信生活方式源於個人處世態度，也許應停止盯着問題不放，試圖從其它方面尋求解決辦法。雖然我可能來不及亡羊補牢達到數學滿分，但尚不至於影響到總評成績，再說人生有很多道路可走，“天涯何處無芳草”。

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2015: Descriptive Poetry─Black(敘事詩─黑色)

2013: Baltra & Daphine Island, Ecuador(厄瓜多爾巴爾特拉島和達芙妮島)

Crosslinks(相關博文):

Second Marking Period of Eighth Grade(初三第二學制)

First Marking Period of Eighth Grade(初三第一學制)