northern

Just wanted to update everyone about the Grade 9 math course I was taking.

(I talked about in my last entry. If you missed it, then you have to go read it. Seriously, by reading this, you've committed to going back and reading the previous entry ).

I was nervous as anything about writing the exam. It was one thing to do the homework with the text to refer to, but the exam would have to be from memory. They offered a practice test on their website, so I printed it and did it the night before. It was long, but I did well on it. So that was a relief, made it easier to sleep before the exam.

I somehow managed to wake myself up at 7:30am, to write the test at 9am. Since mornings are pretty foriegn to me, I downed an energy drink to help wake me up.

Got to the school, and within a couple minutes I was doing the test.

I went through everything, answered everything. Double-checked everything. And I still had 30 minutes before time was up. But apart from staring a hole into the paper, I had nothing else to do, so I handed it in.

They put it in the envelope and mailed it to Toronto to be marked. And several times a day, everyday, I have been going to their website to see if my mark has been posted.

It finally was today.

And I was stunned.

I got 100% on it.

So, my final grade for the course is 99%.

When I told my mom, she jokingly suggested that I write to my old high school to tell them. As I said in the last entry, I wasn't exactly the best student back then.

So, now I'm going to psych myself up to sign up for Grade 10 math. If the first unit of that goes well, then maybe I'll sign up for some other Grade 9 course, like Science or Geography.

And I'm thinking of going to the local Adult Education Centre to do it. They actually use the same materials as the Independent Learning Centre does for distance education. With the benefit of having a teacher there everyday if you have questions or need help.

But like all schools, it's only during the day. So I have to figure out if I can manage to wake myself up early at least one day a week.

Another benefit of taking the courses in person is that I can submit my work and get it marked much more quickly then if I had to mail it in.

The only drawback is that they don't offer all the courses that you can take by distance education. Though I think I could still take the distance learning courses at the same time.

Well, I'll take a couple days to think about it.

And thank you to everyone who wished my luck on the test. I appreciate it!