Musings of a Perfectionist

Good afternoon, all, and what a finely cold day it is! I am actually fairly surprised that I can type this well as I have not been able to feel my hands for about 2 hours now (although I did spend those two hours making flashcards for Physics, so there may be something there about what physics does to someone...). News about NaNo: I wrote 5494 words yesterday (woah) and I am now back on track! I will fall behind once again this week, most likely, but I know now that I can do it. :) I am very happy about this (don't know if you could tell). So here is a thing that I wrote a few days ago about doing IB compared to doing A-Levels (but it's not the thing that the IB teachers tell you about how IB is better because it makes you more well-rounded and stuff). The thing that I have noticed about the difference between my A-Level doing friends and me (the IB person) is that they are so easily throwing around what grades they are getting and what they need to get. You can see why: ...

Evening all! Happy Day 12 of NaNo- I'm only about 1000 words out of my goal, so it's going surprisingly well so far. I do have assessment week next week at school, however, so I guess that we'll see how that goes. I have had a truly exciting today- if you are considering doing IB, this will definitely be a part of your life as well, so pay attention (and pay attention anyway, because I lead a very interesting life, obviously). Today, I did a Group 4 Project Day. If you have no idea what this is, I will inform you: when doing IB, there are six groups, and you choose a subject from each (apart from Group 6, where you can either choose a subject or do another Group 2/3/4). Group 4 is Sciences, so maybe you can guess what sorts of things I did today? You're correct, I stood outside in the cold and the rain! For about an hour. What we had to do was plan and carry out a simple experiment on this massive field near(ish) our school. We were put into groups so that there w...

Hey everyone! Welcome back to my blog (it's been a while, right?) and for those newcomers, also welcome for the first time. Have I done anything recently? Indeed I have, my dear readers. On Friday, I went to a party with my friends, which was loud but fairly enjoyable. It was fancy dress as well, so I wore the flapper dress that my mum used to have and looked beautiful, if I do say so myself. Mostly this weekend I've been doing homework (and procrastinating on reading Persepolis for English because I hate graphic novels with a burning passion since the disaster that was Year 4 forced reading) and also I've watched the entire first season of 'The Politician' on Netflix with my sister. That's fun. It's a great programme, the right amount of funny and sad. And, of course, Ben Platt is an amazing singer. I remembered to write this post because it's the beginning of National Novel Writing Month (NaNo), or, at least, Friday was. It lasts the entirety of ...