MIss Disa's AEP class 23-24

Season 3 : Episode 1 🎀  Thursday, February 15th 2024  Tick, tock, tick, tock...  At this time around, we have reached the last and final season of Anis' AEP Diaries as she makes her way to *drumrolls* graduation! What a long, long way it has been. I would like to give a pat on the back to all students who have made it through the last term because it goes without saying we were all in a pit! On our plates, we had stem congress, musical (the president of making everyone's schedule busy), exams, volleyball games and so much more in between.  In our last classes, AEP acted as a "brake" for us lot who is full speeding all term long. As a result of that, classes have been more lenient as we step away from the academic syllabus and engulfed ourselves in the world of origami and speeches! It was filled with laughters, and officially became super memorable to see everyone loosen up once in a while.  Who would've thought that I would be re-enacting Susan B. Anthony's ...

Hey blog!!! Under some ciscumstances, I have relapsed into my old habits of procrascination and I’m really not proud of that :,) But that’s okay, I’m still in progress and of course I’m gonna have ups and downs. Embracing any chance to change myself for the better, always. Anyways, IT’S TERM 3 ALREADY?!?!? My my, time flies like a speed jet to space. I’m like a leap away from graduating and that thought scares me, in an exciting way. I cannot even imagine yet what the future holds for me and I’m eager to find out. For now, nothing much is going on except for preparations of the musical production on March 9th. So I’ve just been really busy with dance trainings and rehearsals here and there. Expectations are really high for the Grade 12 so we have to give it our best and perform to our fullest potential.  I have been putting off works in the last moments of previous term. I got my Cambridge exam result and it brought me back down to my dark pit, I never want to get out of there like...

 Season 2 : Episode 5  🎀  Thursday, February 15th 2024  In the midst of a crazy maze towards the end of term two, numerous signs have emphasized on the importance of taking a break.  Nothing more, nothing less, we jogged our brains by playing squardle in which surprisingly we had found multiple bonus words, yeay! I am pretty sure that we have gone through enough word games to be granted the title of “master of English” – I am not joking.  Our recent class in AEP this Wednesday could be categorized as wrap up and zip your luggage class as we are finally accumulating and appling all the acquired skills in previous lessons. Other than the fact that the essay we had written completely obliterated our precious 15 minutes as everyone in the class had an existential crisis, I particularly enjoyed it. All thanks to Ms. Disa though, she shone through the dark and sprinkled some wisdom which comforted our anxious selves. She had mentioned that it is truly a normal e...

  Season 2: Episode 4 🎀  Thursday, February 2nd 2023  Unfortunately, with a heavy heart, I announce that I still am backtracked from school work (that includes AEP).  For most, blogging seems to be a routine that could potentially be seen as a matter that is far more than tedious. But, I for one have a biased liking to it. Many do ask me why I love writing – though of course, many other people are excellent at it. As for me, I prefer the wind to sweep me away and lead me to any path it desires.  Back in the old days when the motivation to write started to bubble up in me, I would have always grabbed a random journal, or even opened up a fresh Google document to spill my thoughts into. Now that blog in AEP exists, it has truly become the place where I consider it my diary. Sometimes the things I wrote won’t even relate to AEP (apologies Ms. Disa, I am an over-sharer).  Scrabble. Yes, scrabble. This is a thought I have been questioning a lot this school year...

 Season 2: Episode 2 🎀  Friday, 1st December 2023  The more and more the “highschool finish line” is nearing, the smaller I feel myself shrinking into this box labeled childhood that you neatly keep in your attic. AEP this term hasn’t only been a learning curve guided by a set syllabus, but is now an opportunity for us to discover ourselves.  Recently, we were guided into building a coherent and quality university application where we assess the common mistakes that can easily be made. Grammar and syntax should be flawless and use of language needs to show a satisfactory level. Every single year, the number of students in the applicant pool increases, which makes it important for my application to stand out. Considering that we are attending university in a few months, these skills that we’ve acquired will come in handy soon.  Other than that, Ms. Disa also prepped us with some new skills to write emails. Although it sounds simple, many of us tend to miss out m...

    🎀  Season 2: Episode 1  🎀  Friday, 1st December 2023  Safe to say that term two has been going on exactly the way that I did not plan. Why you may ask? In total, I have missed out on almost all AEP classes this term. I did still involve some self-blaming for not being able to catch up with the pace of the school due to my absences, but because I understood how important mindsets are, I’ve begun to look at it with a different perspective. It’s truly alright to be on a different path than everyone else because we all are different. There should be an ideal recommendation on a certain path that can merely act as a guide, but there shouldn’t be one that you must completely follow even if it goes against your natural likings. We all get to our destination differently.  Regardless of that, I’m back on track in attending AEP lessons and are gearing up to start and finish the term strong.  Anyway, for the past few weeks, I have gone through three-mo...

Hi again!!! It's me, about to dump everything regarding my past week. I must say that I have progressed A LOT since last week and I couldn't be more proud of myself. I did most work on the day it was assigned and has not yet leave my notes pending or incomplete. A little appreciation pat on the back for me please. But, above all that minor growth I can't help but think of the possibility of relapsing into bad habits. Ways to avoid that? I have no idea but I'm telling you I'm doing everything I can to steer away from that side. This makes me realize that procrastination was the virus all along, and all I had to do to keep my mental health from being 'abused' by school is just to complete works before it overloads. I hope my mental capacity is strong this term because there are goals that I want to achieve.  Anyways, AEP was yet again refreshing this week. We had a really open and breezy discussion about the connection of 'Fashion' and 'Psychology...

  New term new me I guess???? I wasn't in AEP class for almost like half the term last time and barely did any work or project after midterms, which was really bad  honestly . I was busy with Cambridge exams and was just really mentally drained from school overall. My grades were dropping a little bit as well, and I was really giving up entirely.  But that's okay, this term I'm on a new mission and I will redeem the hell out of myself. I will put in a lot of effort starting with AEP and try to complete every single tasks given on time. Let this blog be the starting point of me trying to be better in school and develop a new habit of completing seatwork and homework without leaving it to the very last minute. I hope I will continue to have this energy throughout the whole semester and not just in AEP but in my other subjects as well. Anyways, enough rants about new resolutions and let's get back to the main thing, AEP class and the experience!! ;) Today's class was a...

Wednesday, 18th October 2023, 2:31pm  What Happened?  Never mention the timing of this blog because it is a spider web, in my brain. Supposedly, blog #2 was supposed to be due ages ago – but for I am only a human (with a bad habit of procrastinating) – I have left this one out for far too long. However, I will still take this opportunity to really consolidate what took place within those times to make sure I see the efforts I’ve put in!  One thing that I appreciate about the Grade 12s AEP students is that we never back down from any word games. Be it with the ones that will take us 45 minutes, best believe that we will sit there and finish everything. We have went from wordle to squardle to diffle and so much more.  Presentation  Consolidating from our past lesson, we have completed our topic in mastering the art of presentation. From the language we use, to the font size, to the volume of our voice – every nook and cranny have been talked through to tackle all ...

First week This week was the week after our major subject midterms. We did our midterms in AEP. I was so nervous when I saw the piece of paper. Answered all the questions, and although I was not confident in a lot of them, I did better than I anticipated. Secondly, this day was four days through my meditation sessions. I was on a roll with a 4-day strike!  It was time for our final presentations. I talked about my recent interest in books. I chose 1 topic only, as Miss Disa stated. After I finished my presentation and sat down back on my chair, I definitely felt the improvement from my first and final presentation of this term. I realized how focusing on the main topic, and giving details but not going too far from the main focus is really important while presenting. Another point I took note of is the importance of knowing your audience. For instance, if the listeners don't know what the book you are talking about is and have no interest, try to grab their attention by talking mor...

  Tuesday. 17th October 2023, 6:43pm Skipping off blog #2 is a guilt – but I’m starting anew with blog #3!  Won. Wonky. Weird.  As long as I know in myself that I’m trying my hardest, I know I have won. Recently, my experience in school has been wonky. It’s quite ironic how even in my senior year, it could still be rocky, especially in terms of separating my personal life from my school life. Because truth be told, the line gets very blurry sometimes. Within these past few weeks, I find myself facing a stack of works to be completed whilst juggling AS Cambridge retake revision as well. #tough  I love word games. Out of line but I just really needed to put that one out hahahaha.  Anyway, in all seriousness, I’ve begun to sit with the uncomfortableness and embrace the weirdness of it. By this, I mean getting lost along the way – given one of the examples, which is my relationship with AEP. It has been inconsistent but of course, that is mainly due to my lack of en...

  Presentations A hectic week it has been. Just finished my dance lessons for an event. Now it's time for me to officially reset my routine. Don't even get me started with my sleeping schedule. It is utter disaster. Sleeping at 3 in the morning then waking up at 5. I'm still surprise that I haven't dose off in class yet. Even I can see that I look like a panda with those dark circles under the eyes. Not only that, if you see me stressing out, it's probably due to my anxiety levels increasing. Now don't get me wrong. I'm someone who enjoys making presentations but absolutely HATE presenting them. I don't know how I came to hate it because I don't particularly hate the idea of presenting but I get the shivers when I'm about to speak in front of anyone- and I mean anyone. Just did my presentation the other day and I can tell you that I absolutely flunked it. I practiced like A LOT when I was alone but the moment I stood in front of the class and all...

 " Learning" Good day readers! How are you doing? I personally feel great! I am in Coffee Bean vibing to beabadoobee's albums in shuffle on Spotify and typing down this blog! Here is Meral's perspective: PS: wearing the cap and headphones allows me to focus more on my work and blocks distractions. I promise I'm not trying to be a mysterious person whatsoever. The First Week Enough on that. This blog will contain 4 meetings of AEP classes since we do vocabs one week and blogs the next week, basically in alternate. So... let me talk a little about last week. What exactly did we do last week? We started classes with Contexto, and we did pretty well to tell you the truth, one would think we created the game🤪 (jk). After the quick game, we summed up our rubrics from last week in about 10 minutes. Miss Disa then printed one for each of us and so did the presentations began. Shall I give a quick 'my favourite parts' of everyone's presentation for that week? ...