It'sAll About TRIGONOMETRY :)

                                                                                                                                    October 5, 2013

   Dear Math Journal,

            Another week had passed again and it's time for us to focus more with our studies. I admit that our topics are getting harder and harder as weeks pass by but me and my classmates are doing our best (I think?XD) just for us to go with these. :)

            Seriously speaking, we really had a 'jahe atmosphere' last week because we had 2 long tests (Unit test, Summative Test, or whatever you wanna call it) in Math. And that was all about the past lessons that we'de tackled. The first test was just taken by few of us who went to Binalonan, Pangasinan for the training of Campus Journalists and School Paper Advisers. Honestly, we were not that ready at that time because we didn't know that the test was scheduled at that same week. Despite of the hesitating feelings, we still took the test and luckily, we found it average. OMG. Am I really saying this? But yes, it's not that easy and it's not that hard for us, but you can't set aside the fact that it was very confusing XD Seriously. Just kidding. :)

              Afterwards, Ma'am Lala had checked our papers and I was very contented with my score. This was followed by another test a day after. The test was just like the previous one, but it's quite complicated and more confusing. ^____^ I just can't get the correct values in the table that we're required to fill-in the missing characters/numbers. But I'm trying to be a psycho for it. :)

               Ma'am Lala also let us copy the topics 'Angular Velocity and Linear Velocity', 'Arc Length and Area of a Sector', and the ' Relationship Between Linear Velocity and Angular Velocity'. There were also sample problems in each lesson. I can't remember when Ma'am had given those as our homework. I can't hardly remember. I tried to answer these problems but unfortunately, I don't know what to do first. XD I'm hoping to be a pyro for this one, too. :)

                That's all for this week journal. :)

                                                                                                                               ~ Mary Geren :)

FTW Second Grading! :)

                                                                                                                                   September 25, 2013

Dear Math Journal,

         Owh. How I've missed blogging. Especially my Math Journal. It's been a long long time since the last day that I made a blog for the first grading. And now, I'm here again to start a new journey, to face new obstacles and challenges regarding my studies. :)

          First grading has already ended and I'm looking forward for the things that might happen this second grading. Today's our card day and I was very very happy after seeing my card. I know that I've done a lot and studied hard and this is the result. I'm so proud of myself and also my parents and grandpa. :)

          As I was saying, first grading has ended already and that means second grading has started, too. Honestly, I'm more pressured now because my parents and I are expecting to maintain my grades. I know that they will get disappointed if I don't do my best for this grading. I know that God will guide me all through the way. :)

          New lessons again in Math! Yohoo! And we're now on Trigonometry :) Wow! All I can say is just wow! Because this is my second time to meet this category in Math and yet, I just can't still get the cycle -.- We've started with Circular Functions. In this lesson, we studied about angles and angle rotations. We also learned the different name parts (terminal side, initial side and the vertex) of an angle. The measure of the angle is negative if the rotation of the angle is clockwise and vice versa if the rotation of the angle is counterclockwise. 

          The next lesson's about Measures of Angles. I've already encountered the word "radian" when I was still reviewing at Newtons and I'm glad that I've encountered this word again. In this lesson, we've learned how to convert degrees to radian and radian to degrees. I enjoyed the discussion at that moment :)

           Next is about The Angles In Standard Position. In this lesson, I've learned about coterminal angles and its meaning. Back, angles in standard position are angles whose vertices falls at the origin and the initial sides conside with the positive x-axis. So if one angle's vertex is not at the origin, it only means that it is not in the standard position. Afterwhich, Ma'am gave us an assignment for us to practice our skills concerning this topic.

             Next was, she let us memorize the table for degree, its equivalent radian, Reference Angle, Coordinate Points, Sin, Cosine and Tangent in the unit circle. At first, I was confused with these such things because they seem so difficult. I'm still adjusting with this subject. Just kidding. :) But Ma'am Lala promised that she would help us to master this table for us to know more about Unit Circles.

             Lastly, we tackled about Sin and Cosine Functions. This was another fun topic for me because .. (Am I still going to say this? XD) sin and cosine are already tackled in our Physics subject but unfortunately, unluckily, yet, I still can't understand how to use these. Luckily, Ma'am taught us a clearer view of this topic. And that gained me more knowledge and technique about sin and cosine. Thank God :)

             That's all for today Journal :) 

~ Mary Geren Todio