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| Started working at Everyday Badminton towards the end of July. They're awesome. They're focusing on making badminton a more accessible sport for Torontonians by making it more affordable and customer-friendly. :) The boss is nice too! :) Who woudda think I'd be working as a part time Coach??? | | |
| Life just keeps getting better.
Yesterday Caitlin tao, vianna and i had plans to go watch Date Night ...
(we've had this since forever... and 2 weeks ago we tried but ended up ditching caitlin accidentally cuz aaron drove us to Congee Wong and we had dinner there... and fmp was wayy to far for caitlin.. which i find stupid sorry caitlin, since fmp is just like... 1 transfer and a few stops away...)
and we grabbed onto sarah and roxanne (who had a vball tourney after school). Except wowowow epic planning obstacles:
1.) Megan wanted to go grocery shopping for saturdays party with sarah and roxanne AT 5pm.
2.) Rox's vball tourney ended at 5pm and we were (i was ;D) STARVED.
3.) Megan wanted to go home first and eat THEN come back at 5 then shop -_-
4.) We weren't sure if Donald wanted to come or not, but he had to do medal presentations since he's Athletic Council pres and its the last tournament to be hosted at richmond hill for the year.
5.) The movie times were at 7:15 (fmp), 5pm & 7:25 (silvercity)
6.) i had to go to badminton at 9pm
keeping all these things in mind i had to organize and plan out a trek to watch date night D:
holy cowww
n sarah kept disappearing off to the washroom or smth
Well we finally came up with bailing out on megan for grocery shopping (sarah didnt want to go... she wasnt feeling well anyway****) and megan couldve just gone with caitlinlee who was going anywya) and roxanne lost her game therefore she could go leave early lol (not on purpose)
AND EVERYTHING WAS WORKING OUT JUST FINE. so we were strolling down the hall out the school and we saw pango and amy and shit they had to work so they couldnt come (vianna and i felt guitly cuz theyve been driving us around the past few fridays that we chilled... but they'd already watched date night and they had work that night :S)
They were sitting at their locker ... not sure if they were in an argument or what... but yeah.. aaron totally didnt want us there/ wanted us to leave cuz he just said "K bye guys" after we... talked about where we were going..
So yeah we were totally fine and on our way... vianna dn i were walking in front of sarah and rox, sarah being really quiet and sad or smth.... and roxanne trying to comfort her... vianna and i were happily talking... half listening in on them behind us trying to find out whats going on... heard "Ok if you're going to be like this, then I'm just gonna go home"... uh oh... all of a sudden BAM
Roxanne throws sarah's flutecase on the lawn and turns around and leaves.
...WHAT THE MOTHER JUST HAPPENEDDDDDDDDD?!?!??!
Vianna and I just turned around like shit man and we see sarah picking up her flutecase and roxanne just storming off and sarah just walks in another direction.
we literally stood there for 5 minutes confused and dazed and what the fuck are we gonna do now!?!?!?! we considered splitting up and going after each one... but we weren't sure where to go or a09j2jawdawdad
so we ended up following sarah to the traffic light outside country style where she couldnt go any further
and we just tried comforting her (she wasn't crying or shit but she looked sad and sick and pale)
to be contineud lol sleep now fitness tmrw tired from megans party | | |
| Well, throughout my lifetime, I've learned one thing. Scantron tests
are a bitch. So this text will hopefully help you out. I'd like to point
out that the results that the methods and results I write about came from
ACTUAL experiments with ACTUAL Scantrons and Scanning Machines. I spent a
long time working these out. I have tried virtually everything there is
to try to beat the scantron machine, and I can happily say that it can be
done. Now, I am not endorsing that you use these methods to get the first
letter of the alphabet on your report card. These are for informational
and entertainment purposes only. If you do use these methods, I, of
course, am not at all responsible and blah blah blah.
I would like to thank someone that was essential to making this file
possible, but I doubt that he would want to be identified. He was one of
my teachers. That's as far as I'll go with that.
Now on to the good stuff...
1. Marking the black lines (Black on Black method)-
On the left side of most scantrons that I know of, there are black
lines next to question numbers. My hypothesis is that these black lines
tell the machine where to scan. I don't know how it works, but it does,
but not as often to create a great advantage. It works about 25%-30% of
the time. I suppose coupled with actual guessing, this does add to the
probability of getting a correct answer. This is my recommended hack.
This is the hack that will work more often than any other. Do it only on
the ones you can't answer.
2. Erasing the same black lines (Erasure method)-
Now this hack is pretty self-explanatory. You erase those same black
lines, only on the ones you can't answer though. Sometimes the machine
skips the question and doesn't mark it at all. This leaves you with a
correct answer.
-OR-
The machine will record an error and not mark the paper at all,
including the score. This will then allow the teacher to grade it by
hand, where he or she may notice the tampering.
3. Erasing the big black block (Big block eradication method)-
Along the left side is a big black block. It is on the upper part of
the column before the question lines. Occasionally, the machine will just
skip over the whole damn thing but leave you with a 100%. This is
practically impossible to get to work. I have gotten it to work twice out
of hundreds of trials, but it can be done. My reasoning for this is
because there is another similar block at the bottom of the column. I
believe that the big block tells the machine when to begin scanning for
questions. I think that variations in the printing of scantrons probably
produce a block on the bottom similar enough to the erased block. Thus,
the machine sees the block begins scanning, sees nothing to correct and
gives you a 100%. Like I said this is probably less than 1% success, but
it can work.
4. Cutting out that big block (Hole in your head method)-
I have had more success with this than erasing for some reason. Again
this is an all or nothing proposition. If you like gambling, go ahead.
Remember that you will leave more noticable physical evidence.
5. Cross-hatching fill-ins (Cross method)-
This method works about 20%-25% of the time. I believe it is pretty
self-explanatory. I find that the best patterns are diaganol
cross-hatches, or horizontal lines. I can't explain why this works, I
assume you are simply confusing the machine.
6. In-between shading (Grey areas method)-
By in-between shading, I mean finding a level of grey that is not too
dark or too light. I believe this will work because of the same reason as
#5.
8. YOU FILL IN THE CORRECT ANSWER!
*******ADDED SINCE LAST POSTING OF THIS DOCUMENT*********
9. According to Anthony Iannone ...
This person states that he has worked on maintenance of those
wonderful machines that CORRECT those beloved scantrons. Anyway, he
states that almost ALL scantron readers work differently. Makes enough
sense... anyway, I would think the methods are generally workable for any
machine.... only trial and error will tell.
"The only way to fool many of the kinds to to fold the edge over or
cut it off. But the the machiene will pass it trough unmarked, and the
teach will probably notice"
He also states that it will only work on the 50 question ones as the
others are too small.... my own experiments have shown that it all
scantron forms can be manipulated.
Another suggestion of his make alot of answer keys and stick them into
the batch. That is done by filling in "key," of course. Some machines
only accept one answer key at a time, some will change the key each time
it runs across one.... this doesn't exactly help your grade, but it does
wreak some havoc. One can also try copy toner, but I'm not going to risk
messing up a scantron machine just to see what will happen.
10. Putting a piece of tape over the black lines (Tape method) -
This just does what chapstick was supposed to do... screw up the
scanning light... and jack up everything... 90% of the time it makes the scantron machine malfunction, and not mark it incorrect.
The scantron machine grades your test in the following manner (at least
the one I have had access to): It takes the maximum number correct from
the answer key, say 20. Then for each incorrect answer, it subtracts one
from that total. And it only subtracts if there's a mistake recorded.
That is why malfunctions lead to either no markings, or perfect scores.
Let's see what else is there to talk about... I would go in to the anarchy
way of attack of scantrons, but that is not your goal... besides, if you
need me to tell you how to fuck things up, you have to be retarded. Also,
as another note of privacy, I am including my PGP key.... big whoop.
And as a final note, CHAPSTICK DOES NOT WORK! I don't know who started
it, but I have tried all flavors of chapstick thinking it might be that.
But it hasn't worked. I have tried all different brands of lip balm as
well. It still has not worked. Perhaps it worked back in the day, but it
doesn't now | | |
| why can't i fucking get anywhere even though i'm trying so hard?
the 3 steps i take is nothing compared to the 1 step that you effortlessly took.
it's not fucking fair.
why the fuck am i working my ass off while everybody else is taking it so easy? yet why am I the one getting no results? holy fuck.
fuck this.
why do i even put up with it?
there's nowhere to run.
if i give up, it'll just be a waste of all my years.
if i continue, i'll have to bear this burden and carry it until i decide to give up.
inevitabley, i will one day give up.
the question would be why not give up now?
because it'd be a waste of all my years...
so i have to keep going...
and i don't know when to stop...
who will tell me when to stop?
they're all telling me to stop, sending signals and hateful vibes.
fuck them.
it's so hard to balance school and badminton.
especially in grade 12...
i want to do well in this semseter...
but i want to train hard in badminton too....
but i also want a social life...
i need to maintain it...
i have to give up something...
my time will be tight...
my schedule must not have gaps...
fuck it why does everyone else have it so easy...? | | |
| ` There are things that I said I would never do
There are fears that I cannot believe have come true
For my soul is too sick and too little and too late
And my self I have grown too weary to hate...
...As I lie here and stare
The fabric starts to tear
It's far beyond repair
And I don't really care
As far as I have gone
I knew what side I'm on
But now I'm not so sure
The line begins to blur... '
'See the animal in his cage that you built,
Are you sure what side you're on?'
-Trent Reznor.
` My grandmother is basically blind, but she can make out the lighter parts, like my skin and hair. She says, “I can see you, because you have no pants on.” So I’ll continue to wear no pants so that my grandma can see me. '
- LADY GAGA. | | |
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