Matura

Right now its 10:10 ... 21 hours till my schoole leaving exam starts.

I currently fixing some minor and major issues in the pressentation that I have to make tomorrow.

After that I will spend a nother funny afternoon learning the blackboards that I have to know tomorrow, boring but neccersary.

Then a little run of around 3km to keep my heartrate down. Supper, checking equipment, and sleep till around 5am.

At 7am I have to be in school and take the oath that I'm ready for that test and not affected by any illness or drugs.

Then the waiting comes.

We will sit in the so called 'Matura-Saal', which is a own hall for that one test. Once in a while a teacher will come and call a name. The called student then have to stand up and get his question. Its a sheet with two questions on it that he can choose, or two he has to answer, depending on the  subject the question is in.

There are two kind of subjects, the complimentary subject and the focus subject. The focus subject consists of two questions, one you have to answer as a presentation and one you have to answer as a blackboard drawing.

The complimentary subject is two questions that you can choose one of.

After you are done with your question you get back at your seat and wait for the next question.

... You woun't know what that question will be or what subject, ... that are tense hours.

Finaly at 12am, we hope, the worst part will be over and the first half of the class will be tested (including me). With that thrilling experience we will walk down to a lokal eatery and have some lunch (they other might also have some beer ;) ).

Later at around 20:00 the teachers will be finished testing the whole class and will be done with evaluating the results and the marks will be writen down.There is a little indication that everyone is looking at at those minutes, the flag. Its tradition to have a white flag outside the building if every one has passed the test. Its the highest goal of the whole class. Not because everyone what everyone else to have a positive test, but because that tells everyone that they did pass.

Greg the Mad

School Rocks the Week II

Well its, not that true, as I also do some other stuff, but I cought me today actually forcing me to continue programming my old screensaver project ... just a few month ago I thought it only would take me anothre month till its done ... well ... I was wrong.


It was not that much force that I needed to get in again, I just had to open the file, and seconds later I have solved a little, minor effect error, but the other, the major, problems will take more then that ... ;)

I'm now, more or less focused on school, and that from someone who spended two hours, yesterday, playing Solitär, just that I don't have to studi ... but I wrote a A anyway ...

And next week I got two test which should be a A other nothing else ...

And before that ther is the school prom, with many old friend I'll meet ... I just hope that I wound't be that tired, from the school week, as last week.

... and I'll be done with my screensaver next week ;)


Greg the Mad

Progress?

As my ship started turning (spinning would probably be the right word) and moving based on the one force I apply at the rear, next to the planed exhaustfumes, I somehow feel good.

Good about where this is going. Just thing about how much stuff I'll be able to make once I got such basic physics?
Particles (good animated particles ;) ), ... objects that react physical correct, and ... a bunch of other stuff ...

.. Its just so basic to got a force and its effects ... *whiping a tear away* ... I'm so proud of my physic engine ... even if it dose not work right, even if I only use on force and no collition, but ... but ...



Anyway, no about something complet differnt:
I start to get scared. The end o thies years term comes closer, and I still got that subject where I'm in the red numbers, and if I don't start learning for test, that one I got tomorrow, ... Math, I don't got any problems with it, ... I programmed a own programm on my hand held calculator just to calculate the half of tomorrows test, so ...
... I'll have to start to lear, ... for those subject where I got bad grades, and the want to bee's ...

(In on subject I earned A, A, C, and now the teacher wants to tell me that I might get a E in the end WTF?)


So thats all for now. Its already later here, and I still want to go to bed, so long and thanks for reading.


Greg the Mad