2009, year of change in full swing.

Today is the last day of January. What a relief.
But I did realize that in 4 months I will be done with High School.
The catch is that sadly, the months between now and then is becoming hell.
I confess that my moods have turned into something as volatile as the stock market, ranging from excitement when things get done and seem optimistic to complete feeling of rejection and failure.

Again, I have to thank those that comment here and the close friends I have that always find a way to make the world exciting.

Yesterday we had a pep-rally and themed basketball games. I stayed up until 5 am the night before so I ended up missing the games for the sake of sleep. I guess sleep always wins in the end.

Why did I stay up so late?

I presented in Friday's IB Theory of Knowledge Class about the question How to add value to the world? and posed a lot of questions and theory in relation to what is value and the possibility of making a desired difference in society.

I love the fact that I had this opportunity to consider such concepts, let alone analyze them in class. I am perusing the IB Programme Diploma in school. It is the source of so much of my stress and today's word of the day. Tomorrow will be robotics.

[quote]IB Programme: Basically you get an additional diploma if you score high enough on tests for 3 "higher level" classes and 3 "standard level" classes. In addition there is a 16 page extended essay to be written and multiple oral presentations and such to be graded, some of which are sent away to people in Europe that work for IB. 30/250 or so in my grade chose to essentially commit suicide by taking this rigorous program. I am learning to ask questions like What qualifies as knowledge and my way of thinking really has changed this year. But I am constantly overloaded and I often question why I do what I do.[/quote]

Constructive criticism is always appreciated.