9/29 Wheeler

Today in Physics, we did something that we have only done one other time this whole year. It was something so noteworthy that Mr. Drouhard, a history teacher at Liberty Junior, would have lovingly called it a "celebration." What is this mysterious and spectacular event, you may ask? We took a test. Yes, a test. A test over kinematics. It was actually quite easy, believe it or not--if you utilized the key to the Kinematics Test Review that is posted on the physics website (There is a link to the site on your HAC account if you could have possibly misplaced the site name--not that you would have misplaced it, because you are an honors kid, right? Those kinds of things don't happen to honors kids.). When I say "key," I mean "key." The key clarified every question (and answer, too--can you believe that?) in detail. It was a major help to me while I studied. Not only does the key aid you in your studying technique, but it also provides the answers to your homework, which was the Kinematics Test Review, that was to be turned in at the beginning of the period (if you wrote the description of the graphs on the graph sheet in your lab manuel, staple it to the separate piece of paper you put the rest of your answers and work on).

I know all of the above descriptions are extremely exciting, so try to keep your composure when I tell you even more about today's enthralling adventures. Today was Genius Day, of which several of my classmates interpreted it to be Nerd Day, because they came dressed as the stereotypical "nerd" who wears dress pants high on the waist, a collared shirt tucked in, a bowtie, and large glasses. However, I decided that since it was Genius Day, not Nerd Day, to dress as I normally do, implying that I am a genius. I know what you are thinking ("Wow! That's such a great idea!"), and I have to admit, I thought it was a pretty good idea, also.

Ah, the question of the day! I was looking at previous questions of the day, and the thought occured to me that my question of the day was more difficult than the others because it is about a topic that we haven't really touched on yet. But, with the help of my "engineir" dad, I was able to make sense of it. Question of the day: "Acceleration is measured in units of meters per second squared. What do those units even mean?" Answer: Well, we know that speed can be measured in meters per second (or at least I hope we all know that by now), so acceleration is really meters per second per second. (If this doesn't make sense, try thinking of it as the amount of meters per second that are in each second.) This shows at what rate speed is changing.

It appears as if I HAVE found things to talk about on my blog, as I was concerned because the only things we did today were turning in the homework and taking a test. When I first asked Coats-Haan what on earth I was supposed to write about, she said to write about my life, and then she said it would be even better if I wrote about Matt's life. However, I believe Austin Koenig has the excitement of Matt and I's lives beat, because this evening Austin got to play soccer in the pouring rain! Lots of slipping and sliding on the soccer field, it sounds like. See you all tomorrow!