AVID Food RAG 2012: Ideas

The Food RAG is next Tuesday for my AVID 12 class. Every student will write a story about something that has happened to them, whether it's funny, inspirational, or sad, and the story involves or mentions some sort of food or beverage. Then everyone brings their food to school, reads their essay/story, and then we eat!

I finished my essay/story for my AVID Food RAG this year. It's going to be really funny if I tell it properly. I'll be bringing in buffalo wings...

...Mmmm! I cannot wait!

In case you're wondering, I will not give out the content of my story beforehand :) But my sisters know what it's about (if they are reading this).

Yayy!

Another acceptance for me! With some gold on the side ; )

Proactivity Can Be A Blessing

Thank God for proactive people. I have the Middle School Leadership Conference on Saturday and My group and I must teach 3 workshops on Communication and Technology, Parliamentary Procedure (or Parli Pro, as we like to call it), and Project Planning. Our adviser has asked that we send in our workshop outlines and technlogical visuals (powerpoints, prezis, etc.), but with every thing going on and due at the same time (I also have a SMOB report to do that day and a 13 page form to fill out for the department of education), it was soo difficult to get it all done. So I called my dear Chief of Staff, Christian Hodges (love him), and asked for big help. Luckily, I found out that outlines and presentations can be recycled, since we all have to teach the same thing to different groups of kids.
The only requirement is that the workshops HAVE to be interesting.
Luckily, this guy made a cool Angry Birds themed parli pro presentation (which is what I have to teach on Saturday).

Just perfect.

Thanks a bunch, Christian : ) Sincerely, Ebe.

One Hour with Iyin

I miss this girl so much! We had an hour long conversation video chatting and laughing. I can't wait until November 20th... that's when she gets to come home for Thanksgiving break!

She told me how much she likes, and doesn't like, Carnegie Mellon. I learned a lot from her share of hindsight. I am so excited for college next year! I would love to go to CMU with her (besides the fact that it's an awesome school for engineering and science), but, of course, Penn and JHU are still up there on my list. It's like 1st choice, 2nd choice, and 3rd choice. I'll be going for their sleeping bag weekend, so she promised to take me around campus : )

Good Deeds

I made this all by myself! Do you think it looks like a check?

With the help of Mrs. Simms, I created a plan to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness Month so that it could be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. I involved the school's athletic director and the Varsity Club and we made it a conjoined effort, and a successful one at that. The 4 leaders of the club met to present it to the school on Titan TV before we sent the real check to Susan G. Komen.

I was very proud of myself and the school. It may seem small, but any amount of money that goes towards breast cancer research is beneficial.

Certificate of Recognition

Look at what I got today! Dr. Dance (the county superintendent of schools), on behalf of Baltimore County Public Schools, recognized several teachers, administrators, staff, and students this evening for things like achievement in sports, research, arts, and competitions. I was awarded for my State SMOB position. Yay me : )

I see BLUE everywhere!

Highlight of the day :)
My mom, sister, and I stayed up until 1 am to watch Obama's speech

Productive Day

I completed a college application!

And I got my first acceptance!

Yayy!

Test Day of Senior Year #2

SATs were today!! I took the long one today... it's about 4 hours long. Scores come out November 20th!!!! *fingers crossed*

I'm still trying to figure out how I can put a picture up for test day (since I can't have any electronic devices out during the test). So no picture today... Sorry :(

A Driven Student :)

SKIP TO 11:38!!! The video is long, so I won't make you sit through the whole thing.



Mr. Craig made this nice video about me and it was posted up on the county website. I had no idea it was up there until about 5 people came to me today to acknowledge it. I think the video is awesome.

NOTE: In the clip, the narrator says something like, "So who will get this driven student: JHU or IUP?" IUP is incorrect. She meant to say UPenn, as in Johns Hopkins University or the University of Pennsylvania.

By the way, SATs are tomorrow. Wish me luck!

My Temporary Abode

Dona took this picture of me taking over her closet

Only 2 days left until the November 3rd SATs and I was kicking it into high gear today. I have my goal and I am determined to reach it. So after school I stayed in my AVID teacher's, Dona, room today to get some Critical Reading and Math practice in.
Then it got too loud.
See, I need my concentration, especially when it comes to test taking. I considered the library, but it was too cold. In fact, I was cold when I considered it. Then I glance to my right and see a working heater right in front of Dona's huge closet.

LIGHTBULB!!

So I take a desk and a chair into the closet, have my dinner, and begin to work. I even take a short 25 minute nap.

Dona walks in to get something and cannot stop laughing at the fact that I turned her closet into my apartment. It was kind of funny lol.

Today's Board Meeting

This is Dr. Lillian Lowery, the Maryland State Superintendent of public schools, Dr. Charlene Dukes, Madame President of the MD State Board of Education, and me at today's board meeting. More experience gained!! These two women are intelligent, wise, and lovely women. Anyone would love them (and I'm not just sucking up right now :) )

Me today :)

Baba's Birthday

Today was boring only because of Hurricane Sandy. I worked a lot on SATs (which I am taking on Saturday) and learned that a lot of colleges are extending their deadlines because of the huge storm (Thank God!), but I couldn't leave the house.

Normally, this wouldn't upset me. But today was my beloved baby cousin's birthday (well no longer a baby now... she's 7. What the heck! She'll always be my baby... even at 18 :) ). Her name is Ebanehita. I made up the name Eba because I thought it was cute. Eba is a food commonly known to Nigerians. So she loved it as a baby when I said, "Eba, wanna eat some eba?" She would honestly die laughing (one of those cute Gerber baby laughs). But everyone started calling her that and some even tried to claim that they thought of it first. So I came up with Baba. Of course her siblings and my siblings try to call her that now. At least she's old enough now to know that I came up with it!

I couldn't reach her until about half an hour ago because their power was just restored after the storm. She was stuck in a cold, dark, big house with her "annoying brother and sister until the power came back on" (her words lol). I asked her what she did today and she said she played on her mom's cell phone and then read some books once she finally got the phone taken away from her. So I asked, "Was that fun?" This tiny smart-alic said, "Eh, it could've been better... SERIOUSLY! DID YOU JUST ASK ME IF I HAD FUN! DO YOU KNOW THE DEFINITION OF FUN??!"

Hahaha!! I kind of felt bad for her, but that was the funny. I asked her what she really wants for her birthday this year. She said a Meep. I have to figure out what that is :O

A Tribute to My Baba... Happy Birthday <3 (Pictures show how her appearance has changed within 3 years! Just look at the differences!)

She loves her big brother (she's the little rugrat in the pink jacket)

And her big sister (doesn't she look adorable in her plaid uniform?!)

And me! She is my "mini me." We're just a like. She actually told me that once.

I love her!

From tomboy/little rugrat to a diva in as little as 3 years. She'll love you if you say, "Stop! Pose for a camera!"

This is My Baba now. She's beautiful :)

Good Old Times

I was looking through my phone today and found this photograph from summer break. After reminiscing, I almost skipped over it before I remembered that it wasn't on my blog because I hadn't started it yet. It makes me miss my cousins :(
I miss you Oti and Eje!! <3
The others live really close to me, so I see them often.. lol.

From left to right: Oti, Feba, Tese (my sister), Eje, Me, and Fifi

From left to right: Oti, Me, Feba (above me), Eje, Tese, and Fifi

By the way (in case you are wondering what we are doing), we are "Bolt-ing" and "Blake-ing." This was during the period of Olympics 2012 when Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt were killing the Track and Field Olympics. They always did this when they won.

Scores Out Today!!

SAT Scores back!! AHHHHHH! I was soo happy with my score.

I took the Math II Subject test in early October and the scores were released today.

Since I have to put up a picture, I will put up a screenshot of the lovely College Board website :)

I was told the website crashed around 8:30 because of user overload or something like that. That is funny! Good thing I woke up at 5:30 to check mine ; )

Senior Portraits... Oooo La La

Today was my senior portrait day. I took the picture late, so the make up is no longer fresh, but I think it's still pretty. I'm starting to actually feel like this is actually my senior year. It'll be an awesome portrait... I can't wait to see it.
Here are some pics (remember, make up isn't fresh. And I took a nap right before. Hehe):

I LOVE MASC!

My first year with MASC has been amazing so far (I don't know why I wasn't involved before becoming SMOB. The organization should really be promoted more... it's great.) These kids are the smartest, brightest, and most well-spoken students you will find anywhere in Maryland... and what makes it even better is that we can come together, from all parts of Maryland (Yep, Allegany, St. Mary's, Anne Arundel, Baltimore City, Charles, etc.), and discuss important topics and work on leadership skills. And on our free time, we have have fun, man! During our meeting today, we spent most of our lunchtime laughing at each other (pretty loudly) and taking pics. 

Next time we're meeting is for our leadership conference... it's so far away :(

AP Literature Literary Term Project

Watch and Let me know what you think :) My Literary term was conventional symbol.
I don't think it's as creative as last years (that is the second video below), but my topic wasn't as fun as last year's (I had fallacies last year and I had to define each one). But I'm proud of both projects because I worked hard on them and they turned out awesome.

Bored and Bug-eyed!

Okay, so today was pretty boring. I went to church and that was pretty awesome (sorry, but I forgot to take pictures ): ) Afterwards, it became a library in my house. My sister and I did our homework and studied for the rest of the evening.
So here are some silly pictures I took during my (quite frequent) break.

I have bug eyes :) Hehe

Stiiill at H.O.M.E.

Yes, I'm still at Johns Hopkins for the H.O.M.E. Program. But I will be leaving today. See Thursday October 18, 2012 post for pics :)

Still at H.O.M.E.

I'm still at H.O.M.E. All my pics will be posted on yesterday's blog post :)

Johns Hopkins University!

My Hopkins badge! I'm keeping it!

Silly picture... for good measures :)

This is my second huge college visit. Around this time every year, Johns Hopkins University has its H.O.M.E., or Hopkins Overnight Multicultural Experience, program. Under represented (minority) high school seniors from across the nation are invited to apply for the program. Hopkins asks students to send in their current SAT scores, transcripts, and letters of recommendations in order for the admissions department to identify which students are more likely candidates for admission into the University. Once accepted you are to attend this awesome 3 day event that Hopkins' multicultural staff hosts. They take us through the inner harbor, take us out to dinner (which was at the Hard Rock Cafe this year :)), have activities for us to participate in on campus, organize student hosts so that we can have an opportunity to speak to students and experience dorm life, and sit in on one or two classes. In the end, we got a fee waiver and learned so much about Hopkins that we probably didn't know before (like the fact that they really do look at ALL parts of the application to consider a student for admission... and I believe them)!!

Hard Rock Cafe!

My brother went to Hopkins, but, because of the school's caliber, it has always seemed sort of inaccessible to me. After this program, I am definitely applying and I feel much more comfortable doing so. In my personalized folder was a letter from the admissions staff telling me that 500 students applied and only 150 were chosen to attend (this especially made me more comfortable). It said that they see great promise and "fit" in me. I definitely see a "fit" at Hopkins and would LOVE to go there.

It was perfect. 

Oh yeah! And I met soo many cool people from here in MD, Georgia, Hawai'i, New York, Washington, Puerto Rico, Texas, etc. I would love it if we could all go to Hopkins together!

The girl on the right in from Hawai'i!

New New Hair :)

Even newer hair :) Do you like it? (Disregard the pic please... it was one of those days lol)

Awesome day today! No school for seniors because of PSATs! And I can't wait for tomorrow! I'm going to Johns Hopkins University for their H.O.M.E. Program!

The Perfect Ending :)

This is the sweetest thing ever!! Today was the last soccer game of the season against Western Tech. At the end of the game, my team came together, as usual, for our "123... Lady Titans" cheer that we always have at the end of a practice or game. I'm grabbing a drink of water and I hear Coach Trapp say "So we have 2 seniors on our team whom we love so dearly and we all know we gotta do something for 'em..." I turn around and I am surprised with a card with everyone's signatures and love, along with flowers and cupcakes :) It was the perfect ending to the season. I am going to miss the team sooo much! I love you girls!! :)

New Hair!

I finally took out those dreaded twists this weekend! A lot of people really thought they were my real hair and that I was growing dreads-- I appreciate the compliments, but I don't think that will ever happen, especially after this experience. And let me just add: it took my mother, my sister, and me 6 HOURS to take them out... not even considering the fact that I had to wash and deep condition it the same night. *Sigh*
I'm happy with the results, though!

Junie B. Jones!! Owie Ow Ow!

I am proud to announce that my (nearly) seven year old cousin has fallen in love with Junie B. Jones! Funny thing is that was the same age I was in love with Barbara Parks' character, as well! She is hilarious (I loved Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus). I remember my mother would buy me the box sets of eight books of the series from scholastic.com (which my sister and I used to innocently call "book orders" haha).
Well, it's Junie B.'s 20th year anniversary, so in celebration of this and my baby cousin's new interest, I bought her Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide For School. I looked through the preview and it brought back so many old memories. It just makes you miss your childhood.
You should flip through the preview!! Click the link: http://www.amazon.com/Junie-Essential-Survival-School-Stepping/dp/0375838112/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350361170&sr=1-1&keywords=junie+b+jones+guide+to+school


My cousin is going to be so excited!

Colored Flames and Electronegativity... Lol

This is a flame! In AP Chemistry class today we experimented with several ions by letting them burn in a flame. What happens is the electrons in the atoms become excited by the heat of the flame and this causes a change in electronegativity. If you think about the electromagnetic spectrum (which is where all colors come from), a color is identified by its wavelength. When the ion is put in the flame, a change in electronegativity causes a change in wavelength (and light being absorbed and transmitted), causing a change in the color of the flame! I tried my best to explain this, so I hope you understand.

Isn't it really cool? It's a pink flame! :)