As I look at the blogs of all the other people, I realize I may not be in the headspace to be able to write as much as them. So, I'll keep it short and simple: this year has been a changer for me.
Writing this at 12:42 AM with only a nap worth one hour, I'm currently living my greatest life being bound to a gaming chair for the last 4 ... 5 ... 6 hours? I lost count. Anyway, the reason why I am doing this so late is because I have my IGCSE Computer Science exam tomorrow, and I've been studying countless of nights for every single subject ... a day before. It's okay though, because I do expect a lot from just a day of studying!
A runback to my original blog, my first blog titled "Back To The Future", I am headed straight to the past! This year, you could probably say I've drastically plateaued in the level of my English. I wouldn't say that I improved, but that's only because whenever there's something new, there's more to learn, and I am still learning the basics of the IELTs to fully grasp what concepts should follow after acknowledging the foundation. Sure, bar charts, line graphs, processes, and maps seem simple—especially when you say that it only needs a word count of 150—but even a bandwidth 7 has been difficult for me to get lately, though I completely understand why. It's helped me learn a lot of vocabulary outside of school (which I search up in my spare time, but I'm never able to use because it's too "flowery" for line graphs unfortunately), so I'm always seeking to improve in ways that aren't academically.
Starting from the beginning, bar charts. Bar charts were, of course, the simplest. That's why they were the first thing we learnt. It mainly targeted our vocabulary and word structures for comparisons, which determined how well we were at spotting differences and similarities between data and graphs. Me, I sure had a great time learning it. I fear September me had been a little bit strange for not fully grasping the idea, because after doing the final exam, I realize that I could do much better than "no plan, finish fast." I guess that was my motto until we started doing processes.
Afterwards, we did line graphs. They were almost equally simple, just with the addition of testing your lexical variety for verbs. Shamefully, I can't say that I have a lot of synonyms in my head for the same verbs ... increase, decrease, and stay the same. Those were vocabulary that I should probably get to studying ... but maybe after my IGCSEs.
Then, we did processes! Processes were my favorite, as I had a preference to my science roots. A lot of the diagrams given were around the field of what we knew, so it's quite easy to get enough vocabulary to do a brisk essay, then flourish it with some random words here and there. The only part that gets me is the structure of sentences. I can flourish words, sure, and maybe sentences if it were poetry, but not anything that isn't poesy and prose—which is where processes come in. That's definitely an improvement I'll be seeking to take next year.
Finally, maps. Nothing much to say about it other than I despise them now that I've seen them. Although, it is good to know.
My hands are aching after typing this (I've done 3 tests in a row, 10 pages worth of typing notes and an hour of sleeping on my arm), and I could only hope that the pain gets better next year, because I know for a fact that if this is the 10th standard, the 11th standard will forever be a mystery. Hopefully, I'm taken straight to the past next year!
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