Ariana was ready for bed. She spent the whole day trying to fight off Cayden and Lobo"s overprotective actions. Edlyn was being strangely clingy, though Ariana loved the affection she couldn"t enjoy it because of the boys. Some childish bickering and a noisy lunch. Her entire day was nothing but a giant headache and to make matters worse she also had to sort out her notes in her in between cla.s.ses. There was no time left, she needed to start preparing for the up coming examinations.Though it was ony a month away, she did not want to be caught off guard or worse cram in informaion at the last minute. At least be organizing her notes with simple deductions she could come up with a a break down of the material and a.s.sociated it with practical work.
With a heavy sigh Ariana packed up her materials after the last bell rang. "Are you ready to go to the library?" Edlyn asked with a sweet voice. Ariana looked at Edlyn with sleep filled eyes. "Noooooo.... I don"t even want to go anymore. I just want to go to bed and sle-ep." Ariana groaned. Edlyn looked conflicted as she bit down on her lower lip, she didn"t know how to respond. "Don"t go then." Talisha suggested with a shrug. "No, I can"t. It"s not right. I said I was going to be helping Lucius study. I"m not going back on my word, so I will go." Ariana sighed.
"Then why complain?" Talisha asked with a bored face and tone. "Because I can." Ariana replied flatly.
"I"m going too. I don"t want you to get too exhausted." Edlyn said as she hooked her arm around Ariana"s. "Me too! You never said it was going to be one on one." Halina laughed. "And I really don"t mind a quick refresher." Talisha rolled her eyes at Halina then looked at Ariana.
"Refresher my a**! Exams are a month away but I might as well sponge off of the study session. It"s not everyday you can learn from a perfect student or learn their tricks of the trade." Talisha said as she gave Ariana a quick wink.
"Fantastic! I was hoping you guys would want to come along!" Ariana said as she beamed brightly but her eyes reflected some worry. She quickly grabbed her packed satchel and was lead out by Edlyn.
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"Are you sure this is what is going to be on the exams? I mean it"s the first time we will be taking them and this seems a little.... I don"t know? Lacking?" Talisha asked as she looked over her own notes. "No. I actually have no idea what will be on the exam but the best way to prepare for it is to perfect your foundation. From there we can expand out and focus on the highlighted points of the course curriculum. Then the last two weeks it"s paying attention. I don"t know how each teacher works but I"m hoping that each one will drop a hint or two on what we should expect." Ariana explained.
"That sounds logical but for hypothetical purposes how would you answer the opinion based questions? I would a.s.sume there would be one or at least some essay style question." Lucius asked. "Grammar and spelling." Edlyn and Ariana said in unison. "I"m sorry, I don"t see how grammar and spelling would be important. It"s an opinion piece as long as they can read it does it really matter?" Halina asked as she removed her pencil from between her nose and upper lip. She was bored and hated studying the most out of the four girls so she found that fun made her mind focus.
"Regardless of what you write, good, bad or mediocre, grammar and spelling make a huge impact on the overall piece." Ariana replied. "Don"t get it." Halina said in a bored tone. "Okay let me give you an example. Say Ms. Hadley makes us write a short answer question. It"s called short because you don"t need to write an essay, in fact you can answer the question in bullet form but Ms. Hadley is a stickler for spelling not so much grammar. So answer the question, how are clouds formed?" Ariana asked as she looked at the group members.
"Water heats up, flies upwards and they get cold, attach together then cloud." Halina replied with a mocking smile. "Sure but you answered it in a way so you would avoid writing difficult words." Ariana pointed out. Halina flinched and she sheepishly looked away. "The sun heats up the surface and water rise into the air. This creates evaporation, a type of gas made of water. The hotter it gets the further the water rises as moisture and the further it rises the colder it gets up in the air. Then the water droplets start to group together and create condensation. Which means they turn into clouds." Edlyn responded proudly.
"Right but here"s the problem it"s a short answer question. What if Ms. Hadley being who she is, points out it"s too wordy? It"s a short answer so break it down. What are the important parts?" Ariana asked. Edlyn frowned and dropped her gaze. She silently slipped into deep thought.
"Water heats up, turns into evaporation. The moisture rises and at a certain height the water cools and forms condensation." Talisha answered cautiously. "Right." Ariana said with a big smile. "Hold on that"s way too simple." Lucius grumbled. "Of course! Again Ms. Hadley could care less about grammar so you could easily answer with bullet points. Break up what Talisha said and boom, boom, boom. Done." Ariana replied.
"How do you know you have it right?" Halina asked. "It can"t be that simple to just come up with an answer like that. What if she wants something more detailed or want more fancy words?" Ariana looked at Halina and she could see that her curiousity was sparked. "Easy. Look at what the question is worth. If it"s two marks just two fancy words need to be spelled correctly, if it"s four but there are only two fancy words well fill in the blanks. The point of a short answer is to answer in a small amount of time. Just like multiple guess." Ariana said with a small laugh.
"Hold on this went over my head. Where did marks come in?" Talisha asked as she waved her pencil at Ariana.