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Dear Diary, Today, I took a little break and went online. I found out that I could listen to CHFI FM 98 online...and as I'm typing this, I'm doing just that. Call me slow, or whatever, but I only discovered the little button on my browser, that allows me to play the radio. I was clicking here and clicking there and then I checked off the option of "Radio", because I'd never seen it before. Low and behold, I discovered what trillions of people had already known many years ago, even. Haha....aren't I just so special? Hahahahaha Anyway, if you're a regular reader of my diary entries, then you'll know that I am tutoring grade nines (for my Finite Independent Study). Anyway...some of these kids are really friendly and kind, but then there are a whole bunch of them who are so lazy and *ahhhhhhhhh* it makes me sick. They complain about how much homework they have. Ummm...excuse me......but the Calculus homework that I get is WAAAAAAY more....If they complain in grade nine already, imagine once they travel later on down the road! Frankly, it scares me somewhat. Imagine.....if they can't do simple fractions....what will they be like when they start learning trigonometry!!!!!!! *brrr...shiver* There was this one girl, in fact, who was trying to tell me that 6 divided by 12 was equal to 12 divided by 6!!!!!!!!!! In my mind, I was like, "This is such a sad case....."...On the outside, I told the girl that the numerator is always divided by the denominator. Anyway......then there was another student who was not any better. She needed to use her calculator to multiply or divide by powers of 10, so I had to tell her about the trick we can use by moving the decimal place. Geeezzzzz.....That was depressing. It's astounding how these types of students can pass grade 8. It's not good for the student. They should be learning the basics and passing before going on to highschool. If they're behind now, they'll be forever trying to catch up in highschool. Every year gets more and more challenging, so if you're crumbling in grade 9, you will be demolished by the senior classes. Anyway, I try to help the students as much as I can. My responsibilities so far are to tutor the students who need help, mark homework/assignments, check to make sure that they're really working, etc. This takes place in the classroom...and it's also during my period 5 spare!!!! After class today, I asked the teacher how she would be evaluating me. She said that I'm always on time and I help her out a lot, so she'll be giving me 100%!!!!!!! I'm sooooooooo happyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!! This independent study is worth 10% of my final Finite Mathematics mark. Soooooooo....this 100% will help me to boost my marks up higher. I need that. I'm trying to achieve an 85% average or higher. I need to get a scholarship for university. Anyway....school is getting harder now. This is my last year before I head off to go to university. Everything seems to come down to MARKS, MARKS, MARKS. There are some people in my classes who seem like they don't care. They slack off and then later tell me how they want to go to university. [knock knock] How can you get accepted if your marks are good enough? You have to work for it! It's silly. Still...I cannot coach people to study. I tried a few times...and I really have to concentrate on my own studies. I really find that my time has been eaten away by studying and working. Goshhhhhhhh......I'm under so much stress. I am going to boil over in a few minutes! It does upset me when my friends just slack off, like they don't care about their future. In younger grades, it didn't matter quite as much, but now, it does. I'm worried for them. Well...guess what? Mike's birthday passed by on the 25th of this month. I sent him a letter and a birthday card. He probably got it today. I sent it late...I was so busy. It's like I never have time to do things that I enjoy anymore. I can't wait for the long weekend (Thanksgiving)...I need a break. I'm pooped out! *phew* Today, while I was surfing the net, I came across this page that allows you to skin your browser. I'm sure that a lot of people know what I'm talking about, but for those who don't, a little explanation won't kill me. Skinning a browser basically puts a picture at the top of your screen, where the grey is. It makes it so much prettier, in my opinion. I found a few good ones. The one I have right now has blue, turquoise and a hint of pink. There's this unicorn on the right. It's so uplifting. I love it. I also have one with a tiny little baby, yawning. It's so adorable. Okay, I know that this entry is short, but it'll have to do. I'll write something better next time. Right now, I have to go back to the grind of *CALCULUS* Oh boy! What fun! ((GROAN)) ......Actually...Chapter two so far isn't that bad. I understand derivatives better. Alright.......so.......take care and enjoy the upcoming weekend......I'll probably write next week or sometime then. Buh bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thursday September 28th, 2000. - 8:43 PM