IB Therefore I Suffer

The misadventures of an IB senior. A chronicle of my various failures, ramblings, and thoughts. I may also post some advice, and every once in a blue moon I might actually have occasion to celebrate a success!

[robertmitchum]

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN dir. Stanley Donen + Gene Kelly 

[robertmitchum]

BONUS: 

reblog for good luck!! 

[steven]

sorry i have bubonic plague i can’t hang out tonight

[61below]

aw rats

[medievalthymes]

whoever is running the sparknotes twitter account needs a raise

[maplefiasco]

OMG I want to go back in time and send all of these to english-majoring student me. After I explain twitter. And John Mulaney. And later seasons of Parks & Rec.

[astrodickology]

I love hearing about the vibes I give off cause I honestly have no idea

[astrodickology]

Anonymously message me what vibes I give off and why you think that

[studyxinn]

dear ib biology students, if you haven’t heard of bioninja please search it up!!! it really is a life saver 🐣

[ib-sufferin-yall]

Bioninja is saving my life this year y'all. Give it a look if you haven't heard of it before. Bioknowledgy is also pretty lit.

[farmfreshmemes]

[misbehavingmaiar]

Update: Sauron is not afraid of hobbits. He was unaware that hobbits existed up until very recently.  he literally did not have time to be afraid of them, they went from a 0 to 100 threat level in twenty seconds. There he was, minding his own business worrying about the usual Elves and Men when suddenly these kids are on his lawn and now he’s dead, like just; 

What did— who– 

did I just get one-shotted by an infant how is this occurring 

[val-ritz]

Honestly I have to love this whole thought process that the Fellowship must have cultivated in Sauron, like…

“These children have found the Ring! But they’re taking it to the elves, of course. I will simply have to catch them on the way.”

“Well, the elves are still not to be trifled with, it seems. It looks as though they have a group of intrepid heroes, how cute! Wait, who’s leading them? Aw, hell.”

“OKAY! Olorin’s out of the way, and now I can finally kill them all and reclaim the- OH DAMMIT, IT’S IN LOTHLORIEN.”

“Well, okay. They’ve taken it onward. Curunir says one of the halflings is still carrying the ring, so he’s going to capture them and we’ll see how this develops. Thankfully Olorin’s still out of the picture and their little group just shattered into pieces, so that’s one less thing to worry about.”

“Aaaaaand Curunir shat the bed. Excellent. Trees, who would have thought? Okay, so we’re back to plan A: conquer Gondor, because if the Ring’s going to be anywhere, it’ll be there.”

“Wait, who’s on the– Isildur’s WHAT? Ohhhh. Ohohoho. Oh now everything makes sense. Isildur’s Heir is back, and he’s here being all prideful again. That’s fine. Really. I’ll just crush him and his kingdom, and then nobody can stop me!”

“WHAT? FUCKING WHAT? THEY SENT HIM BACK? Ugh, alright, alright, I’m cool, I’m fine. He’s still got that stupid wizard costume on, and I’m still stronger than he ever was. It’s not like he can come toe to toe with me, even if he does have an army behind him. This’ll be fine.”

“They’re… actually marching on the Black Gate? Sweet lord, I didn’t think they’d actually do it! This is perfect, everyone’s right here! Olorin, the human princeling, most of the remaining fighting forces of Men, all I have to do is kill them now and– Wait. Someone just put on the Ring. Someone just– That’s a halfling. They’re inside the mouNTAIN OH GOD NAZGUL GO GO G–”

[misbehavingmaiar]

…aaaaaand curtain.

[absynthe--minded]

you can laugh but that is literally what happened

[arty-ari]

This is the single best brief summary I have ever seen of the entire point of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

[firewhisky]

[sannyrainy]

Parents get Harry Potter trivia very, very wrong (x)

[ib-sufferin-yall]

Baldemort ain't wrong what y'all talking about?

[mysharona1987]

I’ve read a few Marilyn Monroe biographies, watched a couple of documentaries and generally followed her career.

And I still believe, at the end of the day, Arthur Miller was probably the only person in the world who truly understood that lady and her problems.

So, he left her.  She was an emotionally abusive drug addict. What choice did he have?

But I’ll never once forget that passage in Timebends where he picks up the tabloid at the newsstand, sees her frolicking around naked on the set of Something’s Gotta Give, sighs, and thinks to himself: “She’s acting happy and sexy and excited. But she’s not. Not really. She’s doomed.”   

He fucking knew.

[honey-sunny-bee]

To the tune of “Death of a Bachelor”

It’s the death of a Salesman

[fuckyeahgreatplays]

WILLY: they cant just throw me away

WILLY: you can’t just eat the orange and throw the peel away

BIFF: that’s exactly how you eat an orange

[ib-sufferin-yall]

Just started Death of a Salesman in IB English today.

[just-high-school-things]

rb if you were “gifted” in elementary school and were held to such a high standard that now this is what grades feel like

[feralkin]

did you mean

[spiderboyneedsahug]

this just in: i hold myself to impossible standards then get upset when I don’t meet them

[whatsagendah]

definitely the last one

[barnardblr]

official IB sales pitch: prepares you for college! makes you think critically! forces you to manage your time efficiently!

unofficial IB sales pitch: stressful. makes me want to cry, kick, scream, and die. just do AP, it’s way more straight forward. don’t take IB biology.

[starknesskenobi]

First of all every single composition by Tchaikovsky is a banger 

[valyrfia]

who else has their IB exams this May and is having to make the very difficult decision between watching game of thrones and passing the IB

[ib-sufferin-yall]

Yo meeeeeeee!!

[denvolnov]

[stresso-espresso]

Guess what we started reading in IB Englush y'all

[raincoffeebooks]

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Dear appblrs if you want to save some money and not spend hundreds of dollars on prep books these are some nice alternatives. (Both these files belong to me. )

Spread the word! Good luck studying :) 

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I may have some additional stuff in october (past sat & psat exams) 

[apps-and-academia-blog]

THANK YOU

[an-elysian-metanoia]

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[grapefruitjunkie-deactivated202]

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[sparkle-heart-anon]

@panwitha-plan

[ib-sufferin-yall]

Man I wish I had these when I was taking ACT/SAT. Good luck y'all.