libraries, papers, and books: ivy update
This is quite evident from checking my post list, but I've been quite inactive as of lately. Even on the Fediverse. That's good, right? Well, a chunk of it I can attribute to laziness. But I've been doing things too, I swear!
Paper
Firstly, I'm a third year, which means I have to sit exams. But there are no exams.
No exams?
They wanted me to write a twenty-page essay. Seems easy enough. Twenty pages of drivel and slop, and I'd be done with it! Unfortunately, however, I was assigned a good English teacher, who asked me to write a scientific study(-styled paper).
Those were an excruciating three months. Sure, you scholars out there can do this without complaint, but keep in mind that I'm in middle school, and they gave everyone one month to write their essays (I was able to spend the preceding two months in preparation). So, that I did. A correlational study. With a disappointing sample size. And results that don't fulfill my ulterior motive. I'm not telling you what it was about. (urm unless you email me, yes im lonely, shameless email plug)
It was fun though. I also got to play around with Windows Movie Maker 2012 again. Really fun.
Libraries
During that last month, I stepped into my school's library. Looks pretty, but somehow always hot and humid inside. It's like a pressure cooker. Far more disappointing, however, was my inability to find any books. There was no catalogue, no discernible form of classification, not even any staff. So, I asked the principal if there even was a catalogue at all.
This is how I accidentally became a librarian.
They did give me an unused HP server thing to muck around with. I put an integrated library system (ILS) on it. Technically, I could do whatever the heck I want with it, since they gave me root access (or rather, I gave myself access, because I installed the OS), but I did say it was for an ILS, so eh. Hey, free server, and pretty much a free room? Count me in. I say free room because literally, I dare say, nobody comes in here. If you know me, I reserve the word 'literally' for only when something is indeed literal. Most, if not all the books I pulled out while browsing were practically mint, save the cover. Not surprising though, considering the state of our nation's literacy.
The libary's stock is relatively small, but cataloguing them all feels like a daunting task. I've never done this before, after all. Maybe I can drag my junior into this.
Books
Just the end of last month, I picked a second-hand copy of Brandon Sanderson's 'The Rithmatist' for a good price (in English too! It's hard to find English books here that don't cost a tooth and a nail). I've read Sanderson's 'The Final Empire', and that was a banger. After finishing reading The Rithmatist yesterday, I was left dazzled. First, a book about people eating metal, and now a book about magic lines of chalk. No book has made me so happy like The Rithmatist; well, save for the trashy romcom light novels, but I don't think those count.
Misc.
I also applied for a scholarship. I don't have much comment on that. I hope I get that email from them. Money is tight these days. Too tight. I don't want to be a burden.
Anyway, that's it. There wasn't much point to this post, other than me wanting to write something. Happy Monday.
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