IB Busy! February 2013

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AISE’S OFFICIAL IB NEWSLETTER

February 2012

IB Busy!

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this issue The Ballon d’Or P.1 Love Stories: How YOUR Teachers Met P.2 The One Family Fun Day P.3 AISE’s Very Own Teacher Ernest P.4

Cheesiest Pickup Lines Ever These are the best pickup lines that IB students could think of. They told us that they did use them before. They also guaranteed that they are going to work. Use them at your own discretion. You have been warned. “You’re so beautiful that you made me forget my pickup line.â€? “Are you an asymptote? Cause I feel myself getting closer.â€? “Are you made of Copper and Tellurium? Because you’re CuTe.â€? “I wish I was adenine so I could be paired with U.â€? “You’re hotter than a bunsen burner set to full power.â€? “You must be the one for me, since my selectively permeable membrane let you through.â€? “Forget Hydrogen, you’re my number one element.â€? “You’re so sweet you could put Hershey’s out of business.â€? “I need a life.â€? “Tomorrow, when teachers ask us why we didn’t do our homework, is this a valid excuse?â€? Some of the pickup lines might EH WRR VFLHQWLÂżF EXW LW ZRQÂśW KXUW to try. If you ever do use them, tell us your story at aise.ibbusy@gmail.com

The Ballon d’Or The FIFA Ballon d’Or (Golden Ball) is an annual football award given to the player who is considered to have been the best in the previous season. The award is based on votes by captains of internationDO WHDPV FRDFKHV DQG MRXUQDOLVWV 7KH DZDUG ÂżUVW started in 2010 when France Football’s Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year were merged. Since then, the only player who has received the award is the Argentinian Lionel Messi, who plays for the Spanish football club FC Barcelona. For the 2012 award, the top 3 nominees were Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF, Spain) and Andres Iniesta (FC Barcelona, Spain). Messi received 41.60% of the votes, Ronaldo received 23.68% and Iniesta received 10.91%. IB Busy! decided to conduct a poll to see who the IB Juniors thought deserved to win the Ballon D’or. The winner, was Messi too, with 47.8% of the votes, with Shikabala (SSC Napoli, Italy) in second place, with 26.1% of the votes, and Cristiano Ronaldo in third place, with 17.4%. The list of nominees was very similar to the real list, as both lists had Messi, Ronaldo, Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez, and Andrea Pirlo. The only player in the IB Busy! list who was not on the real list is Shikabala. Shikabala, who plays in an Italian club now, used to play for the Egyptian club Zamalek SC, hence his popularity among students in Egypt. Saif Hindawy, an IB Junior who is a very passionate Zamalek fan, said that “he [Shikabala] deserves to win the Ballon D’or. He is arrogant, but he is the best in the world, therefore he can do whatever he wants.â€? Maged Hassan, a diehard fan of AC Milan, believed that Pirlo should win, as “he >3LUOR@ KDV OHG ,WDO\ WKURXJK WR WKH VHPL ÂżQDOV ZLWK KLV mesmerizing knowledge of the game. He was also capable of winning two consecutive Seria A titles ZLWK WZR GLIIHUHQW WHDPV WKURXJK KLV VLJQLÂżFDQW SHUformance.â€? However, not all the voters were knowledgable about football. Gabriella Makarious, an IB Junior, thought that Cristiano Ronaldo deserved to win “because he’s beautiful.â€?

Yet Another Reflection: A Semester of IB :RXOG \RX ORRN DW WKDW $OUHDG\ WKH ÂżUVW VHPHVWHU of a challenging school year has passed. If you’re a junior, congratulations, you have only three terms of IB left! And if you’re a senior, it’s almost time to crack the books for your last set of high school exams. This time last year, this year’s juniors were just being introduced to IB. With many life-affecting decisions to make, we knew one thing; we were getting ourselves into something big. Now, after drowning in a bunch of IB acronyms, struggling between an FOA and an IA, and trying to catch a breath in TOK, I believe it is safe to say that no one is the same. Rebecca Tenna told us, in the midst of worrying about an upcoming written task and a biology lab report, “IB is really challenging and it doesn’t get easier but it has made me a better person and I love it for WKDW ´ 6LPLODUO\ 0RVWDID HO $LG\ VDLG Âł:KHQ , ÂżUVW came in AIS few months ago, I thought that the IB program is not different from the American Diploma in terms of how it is, but now after experiencing it, I can say that the IB program requires a lot of work and effort in order to succeed in it.â€? But enough about IB, what is it that made this year special? Well, as we were too busy worrying about our own lives, Egypt has been undergoing some major changes. In September, a movie about Prophet Mohammed had just come out, causing chaos and protests in Egypt and other countries in the Middle East. A month later in October, Copts voted for a new pope. In November, Pope Tawadrous II was assigned the papacy of the Coptic Church. But the peace didn’t continue IRU ORQJ DURXQG ÂżIW\ VFKRRO FKLOGUHQ GLHG LQ D EXV accident in Assiut. Soon after, President Morsi tried to pass the new constitution, which sparked a lot of controversy, leading to more revolts. These protests marched their way into December as things got more complicated. Nevertheless, Egyptians voted on the constitution on the 15th and it passed. Then, 2013 came with a big crash when a train accident shocked all Egyptians. Here we are, now in February, part of us awaiting another problem, and the more hopeful part of us anticipating the change we have been waiting for. +HUHÂśV WR ÂżYH PRUH PRQWKV RI D IDVW KHFWLF MRXUQH\ Look back at this semester and see what you should keep up with and what you need to improve. $IWHU DOO ZH DUH VXSSRVHG WR UHĂ€HFW LQ UHDO OLIH DQG not just when Ms. Nora is telling us to. We’ve made it this far and we still have much to learn – so keep your chin up, you are, so far, an IB survivor.


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