Week In Review - iSpark18

This week, several things will be happening (or have happened). This is a "week in review" update of my blog.

IT problems

Firstly, the most prominent thing - My computer has epic problems. Google Chrome can't connect to the Internet, so I'm stuck with IE... Also, Norton Internet Security disappeared off my taskbar, and when I run it, a tiny window pop ups. The window cannot be expanded, but can be moved around and closed. I ended up uninstalling Google Chrome, but I can't reinstall, since Norton Firewall is blocking it AND I can't run Norton to disable the firewall... Also, my favourite Online dictionary is down!! Woe is Me.

Sabbatical bidding for Term 2

Sabbatical bidding started yesterday. Our Sabbatical for Term 1 was the Annual Sec 1 Camp as well as the Research Studies Programme. However, for Term 2, we get a five day course on a topic of our selection. The courses including things like "Science Eureka", "Intro to fencing", etc... However, we had "bidding points" to bid. We would start with 1000 points. Points can be carried to the next year, and points are credited for lower MSGs, while Points would be subtracted for each demerit point - 1 demerit point - Subtract 100 Bidding points.
There are two rounds of bidding. If you still do not get a course after that, you will be placed in Sabbaticals with vacancies.

AAP lesson... Something different

We had our AAP Lesson in Space today (IT block). It was a departure from the AAP classes which are usually in class. While in Space, there were three activities we had to do (or games we had to play, if you want to be frank):

1. 
   A sort of Musical Chairs, but different - Each of us we assigned a Fruit Name (Mango, Jackfruit, Durian, and One more which I can't remember). There would be 23 Chairs for 24 people. Thus, the standing person would yell a fruit, or "Fruit Salad" which required all the fruits to get up. The learning point of the game was that Volume is important when speaking, especially when in a big room. (This game resembles "Blow Wind Blow")
2. 
   Broken Telephone Read the link. (The learning point was that when speaking, you have to be more articulate, and do not giggle or make noises when talking)
3. 
   Lying. We took turns to stand in front of the class and tell 2 lies and one truth. It was quite fun, and our teacher said that we were harder to decipher when we were lying - Most people fidget only during the lie and not during the truth, but we fidgeted all way through... (Learning point - Body Language is important)

That's all for now...

P.S 1i3 had a Math's test today... More details Later...