Transportation
Unfortunately for me (and Albert), a three-inch nail was stuck through the rear tire of my bike, going in one end and coming out the other. (Yes, it’s that bad) Because of that, my dad drove me to South hills, and I rode Al’s van to school (Thanks Al!). But because my dad drove me to the testing site, I had an extra 5-10 minutes to “study” my math formulas: I popped open my formula list and skimmed them, closed the list, then walked around the place trying to derive them (so that I can memorize the formulas).
Anyway, when the test was over at around 12:15, Al kindly accepted my request for a ride, and Jeff and Mikey followed. Sitting in the same row as Mikey and Jeff, both of whom are probably twice my weight, was not very comfortable, though !:P! Of course, my sitting there did not improve the situation at all.
By the time we got to the school, the lunch bell had rung, and Amy and I were “late” for Chemistry, although Mr. Woo wouldn’t mark us tardy.
Setting up the facility
We BC students had the whole Youth Hall to set up to facilitate 67 people. Because Jim and I were the closest to the entrance when Mrs. Sitkewich came out, she asked us to help set up the tables. Isn’t it ironic that the two weakest guys in our BC class were called upon to do the most menial tasks? I mean, I saw people like Justin and Jeff H. outside conversing; why were we chosen instead?
Anyway, we (Jim Gao and Jinghao) weren’t exactly the most efficient physical laborers, so the task took a while. Amy later told us (during our trip to school) that we were mocked for being called in to help set up the tables. “What’s taking them so long to set up our room?” “Who’s working anyway?” “Hey, didn’t Jinghao and Jim get called in?” … dramatic pause … “HAHAH! Oh!! That’s probably why it’s taking so long then.”
During the test
- Patrick sniffled and sneezed too often. He made too many noises. That was quite annoying, but I could deal with it.
- The AB people were too loud, so I complained to the proctor to kick them out of our building. That worked wonderfully.
- I could hear the kindergarten kids and two old ladies conversing outside. That was annoying.
Miscellaneous
I noticed that the church only employed Caucasian custodians. Is it too immoral to employ mexicans? I don’t get it.
Also, on the front of the test packet, it said “I understand that if I do not agree to the above and sign below my scores may be disqualified.” That reminds me of the first article in English Lit — the one about ambiguous wording. Personally, being the fobby immigrant that I am, I can see all of the ambiguity: that seems to imply that if I do not agree to the above AND DO SIGN below, my scores may be disqualified; to put it another way, my scores cannot be disqualified if I do not sign below. Well, I went with what I expected normal people to interpret it as. I just signed below.
How was your calc AP test?
