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"Woman in STEM"-more like Woman in Distress (Blog 1.2)

Hello! I know, I’m late, but I’m back for good this time. How have you all been? Personally, things have been pretty rough here. Being in Grade 11 is testing me in every possible way, from my sense of self-worth to my belief in my ablities. The workload and study pressure are unreal. As I write this blog, I’m carrying multiple B’s on my coolsis, something that’s never happened before. Can life just go back to when A*s could be earned so efforlessly?

In the middle of these intense finals (many of which I might have failed!) and endless assessments, I almost forgot to update you on what’s happening in AEP. Because of some very expected typhoons, two of our AEP classes were held online! One of these sessions even included our final exam—a huge 90-point test. The first part wasn’t too bad; Miss Disa gave us a list of words to study beforehand, and we just had to match them to the correct definitions. But the second part—a word search—completely messed with my head! At least I got my score for the definitions section pretty quickly: 55/60, which I think is solid. I’m still waiting on my word search score, but I’m hoping it’s enough for me to pass.

The terms on our finals were mostly words we’d encountered in our worksheets from our lesson on politics. I’d say I’m a semi-political person—I keep up with the news from different countries and sometimes give my opinions on it. So, now I’ve got a few more words I might actually use in real conversations. We finished our worksheet using a new approach. First, Miss Disa went through the definitions of each word, and we jotted them down together for the first exercise. The rest we did on our own, and we wrapped up pretty quickly. One term we focused on a lot was "gerrymandering," which has to do with manipulating votes. Miss Disa even sent us a link all about it—it’s about gaining an unfair advantage by redrawing voting districts. Politics is complicated, but I enjoyed learning some new words related to it.

Funny thing: during our third week of class this term, we decided to play Wordle again after a long break. You’d think we’d be pros by now, given all the harder word games we play to warm up every day. But no! We lost the wordle. We ended with the word "DODGY," only to find out the answer was "MOMMY," which was a bit embarrassing since we’d guessed it earlier but dismissed it because it didn’t feel like a “real” word.

So, those are the highlights of this term so far. Sorry for the delay in updates! I’m hoping I can pull my grades up in AEP, but in my other subjects, I feel pretty doomed. As I go back to questioning all my life choices, my subject selections, and ultimately just stare at the ceiling contemplating my entire existence, I hope you’re all doing better than I am. One last bit of advice: don’t choose STEM if you want a life. That’s it for now. Take care, everyone.
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