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I have done it once again. I did not do a whole set of problems. This time, like most other times, it was the last page, consisting of 10 questions. But this time, I had a logical reason for why I did not do the ten questions. I saw the 41-50 on the bottom of the second-to-last page, with some pencil marks on it. I suspected that it may have been crossed out, so I asked Ms. Jankowski if we had to do 41-50, and I pointed at the questions I was referring to.

She said no.

Little did I know that she thought that I knew that there was another page with exactly the same number sets: 41-50. Anyway, after she told me that I did not have to do the 41-50 (She was probably referring to the ones I was pointing at). But (this part’s a joke :P) I made the wrong judgment: I assumed that Ms. Jankowski, an English teacher, could count. Considering the fact that I had only 50 spaces on my MC sheet in which to answer the questions (because the other side was used), and that 41-50 were to be skipped, I assumed that there would be no more questions. How often does a test have the same question numbers over? (”Ok class. Do questions 41-50, but don’t do the other 41-50.” “Which is the ‘other’, teacher?” “The one that does not refer to the former”)

Anyway, I am thankful that she offered me amnesty by permitting me to do the 10 questions I did not do.

Before leaving class today, she told me that I did not do so well on the test, telling me that I received a D+ or something like that. She told me to come afterschool (or lunch?) in order to find out why. So, I came afterschool.

Immediately upon entering, she told me to drop my stuff, and run to Ms Touchton’s to get the test - form A. So I did, ran back, and I was given a paper to do the last 10 questions on. I thanked her again after turning them in.

Once again, I was saved from the grueling consequences of ignorance and absent-mindedness (and benign assumptions of my teachers :P) by Ms. Jankowski.

Well, now I got to around 2 million dollars in revenue per year by the year 2150. Pretty good eh? Guess how I did it? I did what I did last time: tax the citizens 20% (the max). But the regular denizens already left because of the high tax, leaving me with only a portion to tax. So what did I do?

I built around 150 of those huge archologies that can store 65k people each (and occupies 16 squares). These huge structures basically helped me inflate my city’s population by 25 times — more people I can tax! The best part about the archeology is that the 65k people, once entered, cannot leave. So I set tax to 0% for a year, so everyone crowded into those structures, and then the next year I raised tax to the max, when the population was maximized.

Fun!

Guess what? I beat Mr. Woo in chess today in period 5. Because I was watching Jim play Justin, Mr. Woo called me over in order to alleviate a distraction; he yelled “JINGHAO, GET OVER HERE. I’m gonna teach you who’s the boss around here.”

Looks like I am I gained superior position at first, and then forked his rook. After that, it was all a spiral downward for him. He was close to checkmating me, but I forked him again. It’s hilarious

I then used my promoted queens and my rook to checkmate him. I made sure I didn’t stalemate, but checkmate. That was highlight of my high-school chemistry career.

I have a guaranteed A in his class now. (He said that whosoever beats him in chess gets an A regardless of anything else) I mean, sure, I do have the highest grade right now (102.4% <-- 10^-1x2¹⁰%), but it’s nice to get it guaranteed, since we still have a final.