PPAO! ...or not
Oct. 16th, 2003 06:15 pmThursday, 16 October, 2003
Mods 1-3:
Chemistry. Stuff about solutions. Juniors who bought rings go to the ring-turning ceremony. Dr. Crane gives us an easy problem of the "here's the molarity, here's the density, now find the mass percent, molality, mole fraction, and normality (in the context of acid-base chemistry)" type, which those who bought rings missed.
Mods 4-6:
Gym. Started Ultimate Frisbee. Learned 3 basic types of throws. Juniors who bought rings return, late.
Mods 7-9:
Free. Studied for PCS. Ate lunch in upstairs cafeteria, played a few games of Chipo[3] with Max.
Mods 10-12:
Free. Went back to my locker and studied for PCS. After getting up to go to the bathroom to get tissues a few times, decided to go study in Dr. D's room instead. He had no tissues. Went back to my locker and studied for PCS.
Mods 13-15:
Free. Sat by my locker and studied for PCS. Didn't quite finish all the material. That's right, I hadn't read all of this before.
Mods 16-18:
Calc. Vijaya introduces integration, badly. While she is doing so I read my PCS textbook, finish what we were supposed to read.
Mods 19-21:
Latin. Realized I hadn't done the homework and did it while we were going over it, staying only a few questions ahead.
Mods 22-24:
PCS. Arrived outside Dr. D's room to see the students all quizzing each other. They say, on 3, we all shout "PPAO!". Oren arrives. We all put our hands in a circle, and are about to shout "PPAO!", when... we don't. We go inside. Anand and Yasha are already there. We shout, "PPAO!". We shout it again. We shout it a few more times. Everybody laughs. Dr. D hands out the test. He says, I forgot to randomly pick 2 for each of you, so just pick 2 yourselves. I say, but today was supposed to be the multiple choice! Mark tells me that multiple-choice is Monday because Monday is a half day. Dr. D realizes that I may not be prepared for the essay part, and says if I want, I can leave now and take it later. I freeze. While I would have left immediately had I not studied, I am afraid that I actually *may* be prepared. Am I? I don't want to walk away from this if I am prepared. Everybody tells me to leave. Do I really have any reason not to? I do so. I wander around, and come to the downstairs cafeteria. I see some people playing Magic, and realize, having not played in a while, I don't know all the latest rules. I go to room 126 and look them up. Then I realize I've never read the official, official rules. I find them, and start reading through them. They're numbered and all. Annie asks me the margins look right on her Chem paper. Crap. I need to do my Chem paper. It's due tomorrow. It's only 2 pages, but I don't think it's going to be easy. While I am writing this, I still haven't. Why haven't I? By that time school is ending. I go home.
-Sniffnoy
[3]The sophomores' term for Chinese Poker.
--
"Office supplies are necessary for LIFE! They separate us from
single-celled protozoa! With brightly colored plastic index tabs!"
-Cecilia, Nukees
Mods 1-3:
Chemistry. Stuff about solutions. Juniors who bought rings go to the ring-turning ceremony. Dr. Crane gives us an easy problem of the "here's the molarity, here's the density, now find the mass percent, molality, mole fraction, and normality (in the context of acid-base chemistry)" type, which those who bought rings missed.
Mods 4-6:
Gym. Started Ultimate Frisbee. Learned 3 basic types of throws. Juniors who bought rings return, late.
Mods 7-9:
Free. Studied for PCS. Ate lunch in upstairs cafeteria, played a few games of Chipo[3] with Max.
Mods 10-12:
Free. Went back to my locker and studied for PCS. After getting up to go to the bathroom to get tissues a few times, decided to go study in Dr. D's room instead. He had no tissues. Went back to my locker and studied for PCS.
Mods 13-15:
Free. Sat by my locker and studied for PCS. Didn't quite finish all the material. That's right, I hadn't read all of this before.
Mods 16-18:
Calc. Vijaya introduces integration, badly. While she is doing so I read my PCS textbook, finish what we were supposed to read.
Mods 19-21:
Latin. Realized I hadn't done the homework and did it while we were going over it, staying only a few questions ahead.
Mods 22-24:
PCS. Arrived outside Dr. D's room to see the students all quizzing each other. They say, on 3, we all shout "PPAO!". Oren arrives. We all put our hands in a circle, and are about to shout "PPAO!", when... we don't. We go inside. Anand and Yasha are already there. We shout, "PPAO!". We shout it again. We shout it a few more times. Everybody laughs. Dr. D hands out the test. He says, I forgot to randomly pick 2 for each of you, so just pick 2 yourselves. I say, but today was supposed to be the multiple choice! Mark tells me that multiple-choice is Monday because Monday is a half day. Dr. D realizes that I may not be prepared for the essay part, and says if I want, I can leave now and take it later. I freeze. While I would have left immediately had I not studied, I am afraid that I actually *may* be prepared. Am I? I don't want to walk away from this if I am prepared. Everybody tells me to leave. Do I really have any reason not to? I do so. I wander around, and come to the downstairs cafeteria. I see some people playing Magic, and realize, having not played in a while, I don't know all the latest rules. I go to room 126 and look them up. Then I realize I've never read the official, official rules. I find them, and start reading through them. They're numbered and all. Annie asks me the margins look right on her Chem paper. Crap. I need to do my Chem paper. It's due tomorrow. It's only 2 pages, but I don't think it's going to be easy. While I am writing this, I still haven't. Why haven't I? By that time school is ending. I go home.
-Sniffnoy
[3]The sophomores' term for Chinese Poker.
--
"Office supplies are necessary for LIFE! They separate us from
single-celled protozoa! With brightly colored plastic index tabs!"
-Cecilia, Nukees
