ib rants, reflections, and annotations

Latin SL, Literature HL, Chemistry SL, Math SL, History of the Americas HL, Theory of Knowledge, Theatre Arts HL

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CALLING ALL TUCK EVERLASTING FANS

I am writing a 4,000 word paper on how the themes of life and time were changed and preserved as the book was turned into a musical. If you would be willing, I would love to know YOUR favorite moments that highlight these themes and any copy and paste moments from the book/musical and any parts that were changed that you feel were important. It would mean a TON because I don’t want to miss anything

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I decided to wait to start my English Written Assignment (which is due in 36 hours) until now. Bad idea.

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what they say: im fine

what they mean: the line “nothing hurts us” “not physically, anyway” not only shows the difference in age and mindsets between Jesse and Miles but also highlights the emotional pain Miles has experienced in his life. Jesse is forever the age of 17 and focuses on the physical; traveling, climbing trees, proving his immortality through being shot. Miles is “stuck in the past” for a lack of better words. He can only focus on how he has lost his wife and kid from the one thing Jesse is making fun out of, and it hurts him

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OKAY BUT FOR THE PAPER IM WRITING IM ANNOTATING THE SCRIPT AND THERE ARE SO MANY LINES LIKE THIS YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THE EMOTIONAL JOURNEY IVE BEEN ON

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First EE supervisor meeting ☑

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So my first EE supervisor meeting is on Tuesday and I don't know what to do to prepare for it!!! I've looked through the manual and have started annotating one of the texts I'm looking at but idk if there's anything else to prepare. Also, my paper will be my supervisor's first so I'm a lil nervous about that but I love her so it'll be okay....

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60 Tips for IB - from a 45 pointer

A lot of people have been asking me about general tips for surviving IB and how I got 45 points. If I’m honest I think the difference between 40 and 45 points is just pure, dumb luck, but at least here are some tips to getting up to the 40 -points level :D

This is a list of tips my friend and I wrote right after our IB exams. We were feeling quite high at the moment, so I had to edit some of the tips so you could actually take the advice seriously…

1. HAPPINESS FIRST DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO KEEP YOURSELF HAPPY

2. Don’t do “homework” at home!!!

3. Find a study buddy

4. Proceed to ignore everyone but your study buddy

5. Not your dog though

6. Escape from your family / responsibilities (e.g. do your homework abroad, in someone else’s basement, coffee shops, libraries, group rooms at school, sneak into university study halls etcetc. The possibilities are endless)

7. Set yourself a time limit for doing the TOK Essay. (Don’t do it two weekends in a row, you will go crazy)

8. Don’t attempt to finish the EE in one day

9. Remind your science teacher about the IA. It’s for your own good.

10. Whether it’s 5am or 2am, figure out when you work best and stick to it.

11. Don’t think you’ll learn stuff in class. Seriously. Read the books instead, and use classes as revision / sleep time / relaxing time.

12. Mark schemes will be your best teacher. 

13. Write syllabus notes FROM THE VERY START.

14. You won’t understand TOK but at least try to have fun with it.

15. Don’t forget about CAS, but don’t spend too much time on it either.

16. Install “StayFocusd” but don’t go nuclear option for a week

17. Memorize the opening hours of the public study areas in your vicinity 

18. Listen to Christmas music if you’re sad

19. Get a whiteboard for revision

20. Physics students: buy the Tsokos revision guide

21. Chemistry students: YouTube Richard Thornley 

22. Biology students: YouTube Alex Lee

23. Read the language books during the summer

24. Don’t give a fuck about English B…but TAKE ENGLISH B IF YOU CAN

25. Don’t choose science as your EE subject (unless you have a super smart and helpful and amazing supervisor)

26. Love your teachers, see them as your friend. They’re adorable.

27. Love yourself too

28. Making a plan (without necessarily following it) will help calm you down

29. 8tracks have amazing playlists

30. Dictionaries are cool

31. Thesaurus.com is cooler

32. Watch TV shows all year round to get your mind off things, just not season finales right before the exams

33. Cry it out

34. Shout it out

35. Drink it out

36. Just don’t get too drunk or violent that’s bad

37. Your nerdy classmates are your friends and teachers

38. Bring coffee / tea to school, if you make it to school

39. It’s OK to skip school for school

40. Waste money on school shit, you’ll earn it back in the future

41. If you can afford it, go to Lanterna summer course. You might get friends from other countries who’ll be able to help you throughout the year, by exchanging resources etc.

42. Make puns about nerdy stuff (like, about life, the universe and everything)

43. Be proud of being a nerd, everyone knows it already

44. EAT

45. SLEEP (sometimes it’s worth skipping school for)

46. Some teachers are nice about students sleeping in class

47. Concentrate when doing IA experiments though, take notes, or even better: film it

48. By the way, FILMING can reduce a lot of errors in science experiments. Write that as an improvement in your evaluation part!!

49. Question banks can be found, if you know where to look

50. Don’t care about other people’s grades

51. Don’t care too much about your own grades either. You’ll survive either way. Calm down. “Chillax”. 

52. Don’t do TOK presentation alone.

53. WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER (uni will be a piece of cake for you. also u can puke out a 4-paged-essay, proof-read and everything, in less than an hour, handwritten. amazing)

54. IB therefore I BS

55. Decorate your wall with IB gems

56. You’ll learn a lot from teaching others / making up games / doing past papers. Don’t just read books and highlight. Don’t just listen to the teachers. You won’t remember shit that way.

57. I repeat, DON’T JUST TRUST THE CLASSES, READ THE EFFING BOOKS

58. You’re allowed to protest sometimes

59. Don’t think too much about TOK / the uncertainty principle / relativity / astrophysics / DNA / nihilist bullshit from the language books. Stick to your reality and be happy. Have fun. Enjoy life. Stop giving so much fucks. Lower your expectations. (I honestly spent IB preparing to fail and start a bakery or something. Life is full of pleasant surprises that way)

60. Your Non-IB friends will laugh at you. Your siblings will laugh at you. Your teachers will laugh at you. You will laugh at you. But it’s okay, 2 years will be over in a flash ^^

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two and a half more semesters

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Looks like a cinnamon roll but could actually kill you: Theory of Knowledge

Looks like they could kill you but is actually a cinnamon roll: Extended Essay

Looks like a cinnamon roll and is actually a cinnamon roll: Caffeine

Looks like they could kill you and could actually kill you: CAS

The Sinammon roll: your IB coordinator