I was expecting this week to be pretty crazy, nut I was completely unprepared.
I guess one of the problems started Friday. Though, technically I could trace it back to December. But if I wanted to get really technical I could go back to the birth of a certain human, and the birth of their parents, and their parents, and all the way back to the beginning of the universe. But I’m just gonna stick with Friday. Friday is when I got the phone call to tell me I couldn’t use a calculator on the AP Calculus exam. I didn’t punch anyone, so go me! I can’t use a standard TI-84. Basically its because I’m blind (legally blind that is). Instead I use calculator apps on my iPads. Ive gone through at least a dozen different calculators to find one I liked. And it didn’t work. I use 2 different apps. But I really like them so its fine. One, Good Grapher Pro, is really good for- you guessed it- graphing. The other, Calculator ∞ is the only one I found that can evaluate integrals. I’ve been practicing with those calculator apps for 6 months specifically for the AP exam. And because the wrong accommodations were requested, I can’t use them. So my mom spend Monday in meetings while I was in class to try and figure it out. And I spent 3 hours trying to learn how to use a TI-84. I gave up the TI-84 soon after that because it was so hard for me to use. The test was supposed to be the 14th, which is why I mention it. It’s not music- sorry about that- but it made the week that much crazier.
This is the set up I had.
I put one of these calculators….
Under one of these magnifiers…
But I haven’t Even gotten to the week yet. Monday before school was graduation music rehearsal. I’m in the choir, so that means singing at 7 in the morning. And if you haven’t tried that, it SUCKS. It’s awful. Don’t do it if you can avoid it.
But apparently I’m terrible at following my own advice because I sang at 7 a.m. 4 times that week. aside from graduation music, I had Men’s choir twice and the scholarship breakfast. I’ve mentioned this before in a couple posts, but we’re singing men in tights for men’s choir. With choreography. So its exhausting. And wayyy too early to be singing and dancing.
The scholarship breakfast is where seniors are recognized for the scholarships they were awarded. Personally, I think its kinda stupid, but someone likes it. Probably. I hate it. Except for the free food. I like that quite a lot. But the choir always stands on these old wooden bleachers. We stand on the seats. And they are not safe. At all. They wobble when you stand on them and there were10(ish) of us on each row. I was slightly terrified of falling and making everyone else fall over too.
Moral of this week: Follow your own advice and don’t stand on old wooden bleachers.
Blind Music 