School’s non-stop activities are what makes going to school so fun! The unlimited pressure, very look-forwarded happenings and the feeling that you just can’t wait for everything to be done really dominates it all. And the month of February is all that I’m talking about… It is the month wherein 4 major activities really burn up the extra hot seniors. Imagine? The JS Prom 2007, Family Day, Sci-Tech Week and Drama Fest happen in very near dates! Good thing we are so immune of that feeling and just take each day at a time.
The Science and Technology Week usually happens during September. I can still remember the past three year’s activities. In the past, we would have a Jingle Contest, series of exhibits, a Physics play, visiting schools, and a lot of displays of our accomplishments in the field of Science and Technology (Math even sometimes inserts). But this year is so unique, our September was so quite and it felt like there’s nothing to do, because the very heavy activity was moved to meet the scheduled defense of the seniors.
Huh? Defense? It’s so scary to hear! Defending my own research is quite a very interesting yet so terrifying thing to do. I’m so scared what if we won’t be able to answer the panelist’s questions? Or what if I will be mentally blocked? There are so many things that I can’t afford to think of because it just surely adds to the chill on my knees.
Knowing our responsibility, of course, we handled the situation as mature students who know that we need to this and we really have to do this.
So, we prepared everything that we would be needing for our Science Fair exhibits and our Oral Defense as well. We really tried to read and read our research paper because we don’t want to miss any part of it. Even during my session in YMA, I brought along my research paper and proof read it because there’ no other time for me to do that.
And at last! The day that we mostly awaited finally came… We already knew our sequence for the oral defense and we also knew our spots for the science fair exhibits.
The opening day of the Science and Technology Week started on Monday with a ribbon cutting to formally open the entire activity. On the second day, all students in UP High were on the Conference Hall, listening attentively to the seniors who are fighting for their studies and proving to everyone that their study was very relevant and of high benefits for all.
As the program stared, I was tasked to read the panel of judges. I was quite hesitant at first but eventually managed to do it without blabbing. When it was already our turn, the chills in me is simply and undoubtedly there but I just managed to hide it through my smiles and high poise.
When everything was finally through, I took a deep breath and said… “It’s done!” we all went home feeling so light because thorns were uprooted all over our hearts.
The next days that came was so fun! Especially during the Science Olympics wherein we would be like athletes, playing and giving the best that we have and just forget about everything that happened yesterday.
Gabrielle and I decided to pair up and play the Egg drop. We had so much fun performing it during our Physics class that we wanted to try it again. Actually, all the seniors have an edge in this Olympics since Physics concepts are mostly used. But because we just joined for us to enjoy and have fun, we did not bare in mind that small funny fact.
During the ice-water throwing, section Tan won the game. But after them, playing it, we the seniors, played next! We got and made ice-waters and threw it to everyone! I was so wet then! As in! My entire shirt and hair and pants were completely a mess! We even ran around the entire campus trying to hit our batch mates and just laugh out of it.
We really had so much during this Science and Technology Week. But of course, there’s one activity down, and more to go!!!!
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