Ditties. Fevers. Make-up Exams.

Monday, October 06, 2008

Ditties
If you know how the Sunday School song "Oh, How I Love Jesus" goes, come and sing along. :)) I'm sorry to all my Math teachers and Sunday School teachers. I was singing it while I was studying for tomorrow's exams. I just caught myself singing it. My brother kept looking over at my work and my mom kept asking me if I needed help from my dad or my brother, like the song connotes that I was in deep Math blankness.

Oh, how I hate Algebra
Oh, how I hate Algebra-aa-aa
Oh, how I hate Algebra
Because it first hated me-eeeeeeeee!!!

I am only half joking.

Oh yeah, and don't extend the "cause" syllable into two notes the way it does in the original version, because "hated" eats up two syllables, unlike in the original where "loved" needs just one.

Fevers
Gross. I am more prone to getting sick than ever before. This is my third absence this year. And it fell upon the first exam day. I am really the best at timing. One of these days, my teachers are going to give it up and not believe in my excuse slips anymore. Hey, maybe they'll kick me out. Whaddya know.

I hate this.

Oh yeah, and much love to 48 for the flooded inbox. ♥

Make-up Exams
I know it makes perfect sense to them, but it doesn't to me. I have heard many preposterous school rules, having been in six schools my whole life, like when I was in sixth grade my school didn't allow any other color of hair accessories except blue, white, and black (it was a Benedictine school. Hey Agnesians!). But this one, aside from topping a lot of others, is a whole lot of trouble.

To be excused on sick absences, you need a medical certificate.

For one thing, ever since my huge asthma attacks way back that were needed to check into the hospital, my parents usually home-treat me. They're geniuses, really. They know which medicines were good to take, and knew stuff to make you feel better and get better faster. And most normal people I know, or knew, did that, too.

But apparently, everyone in Davao Christian goes to the hospital when they get a teeny flu that just needed to rest at home or something.

I usually just get one from the nurse, but Taba said that doesn't work when you're excusing from exams.

Okay, okay. I know not many people are honest anymore, even parents. But, come on. Check-ups are a real bother, plus having to pay just for that piece of paper??? I know most people don't go to the hospital because they don't need to, too. So they pay. I pity my schoolmates. Plus myself.

So we tried calling an uncle who was a military doctor in Panacan, who could just give us the slip and not charge us for it (duh). And just, my luck, ooohh, he went to Manila.

Since it was already nighttime (my parents had other stuff to do), we tried to look for some clinics around. No go.

Goodness.

Oh, yeah. And try studying for FOUR exams??? Those four subjects being Econ, Filipino, Math and English??? (I didn't get to study much over the weekend, since, you know, the fever...)Oooooohhhh...it's a good thing I like Econ. ;)