{"id":265,"date":"2022-06-28T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/?p=265"},"modified":"2022-08-06T20:10:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T03:10:45","slug":"june-28-2022-last-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/28\/june-28-2022-last-day\/","title":{"rendered":"June 28, 2022: Last Day :("},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Schedule for the day.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Last day of MOP \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During breakfast, MK<\/strong> mentioned that she was somehow added to the talent show program for presenting the superlatives, but she wasn\u2019t really sure what to do for presenting it as she hadn\u2019t even planned to do so at the talent show in the first place. We ended up making a slideshow, each slide containing someone who won a superlative and a bunch of photos of them. It was really stressful because though I’ve been taking a bunch of photos throughout my time at MOP, it was still difficult finding enough for everyone who won a superlative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MK<\/strong> told me that she got some hundred or so superlative suggestions. Most of those suggestions she received in the middle of the night on Saturday<\/span><\/a>. I wOndEr wHy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When we entered the red classroom, we found all the blackboards covered with \u201cIt\u2019s Morbin Time\u201d and various variations of it. Apparently, HZ<\/strong> decided to spend thirty minutes last night doing this because he was bored :P.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s Morbin Time! (plus a matchstick problem VH<\/strong> just came up with)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The first class of the day was counting in two ways, taught by OS<\/strong>. We sort of did a competition. We split into two groups. For the first thirty minutes or so, we worked on solving the questions, and then for the rest of the time, we \u201cchallenged\u201d the other team to solve a problem that we\u2019ve solved. If they could solve and present it, they got a point, if they couldn\u2019t, your team got a point and had to present it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least, that was what OS<\/strong> told us to do. In reality, it sort of\u2026 degenerated. For instance, we drew a L-directed graph at Turtle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L-directed graph at Turtle<\/strong>. Someone pointed an L at a turtle to express their disapproval of Turtle<\/strong>. I was offended on his behalf, so I drew an L at the L to cancel it out. Then it became\u2026 this.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

During the break, I visited all the classrooms. When I visited Green, I discovered that somehow, IZ<\/strong> had managed to fall asleep in the midst of the ruckus of Green break. Also, LZ<\/strong> decided to write \u201cIZ <\/strong>is so sexy\u201d on the whiteboard and credit it to DX<\/strong>. Then she did one for SR<\/strong>, as well (That is, attributing, ah, admiration on the whiteboard to DX<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second class of the day was \u201cJust do it,\u201d taught by AS<\/strong>. It was very fun. The essence of the technique is when trying to prove that a sequence or set of some form exists, just\u2026 do it. Just start constructing such a set. I know it sounds simple and a bit stupid, but it\u2019s actually really cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superlative Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After classes ended, we went to lunch. There were once again some water bottle shenanigans, but I can by no means do justice to it. Go read DX<\/strong>‘s blog<\/span><\/a> for a really really good description of it, it\u2019s absolutely fantastic <3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During lunch, we went up to the top of Egg Shoppe. MK<\/strong> and I kept working on the slideshow for superlatives. We didn\u2019t actually finish it during lunch, so I worked on it on my phone as I walked to the assembly (and a bit during the assembly, too).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the highlights of the superlatives: most likely to lose the game, honorable mention was Alice, who does not exist; my slideshow for \u201cmost social\u201d consisted of a bunch of photos with the same five people; JC<\/strong> was both \u201cmost likely to be arrested\u201d and \u201cmost likely to date two people in two weeks,\u201d not to mention that in the forms, people misspelled his name in six different ways (one of which being \u201cJeff has a hat?!\u201d); honorable mention for \u201cmost mature\u201d was FYe<\/strong>; and clearly, Po<\/strong> would be the most likely to survive the hunger games because he\u2019d spend all his screen time doing story time and all the sponsors would want to keep him alive. And just imagine: blood and gore and, like, the Hunger Games as a whole filling the screen and then, the scene changes. Po<\/strong> sits, smiling and waving. \u201cJust remember. Achievements do not define you. Just remember that people love and care about you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Midday Wanderings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The assembly was SO COOL! We did a Q&A with the<\/em> Grant Sanderson, 3Blue1Brown oRz, and we saw his kiTTy!!!!!! He was very friendly. LR <\/strong>asked what he would suggest for a math video podcast :PPP *thonk*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the assembly, we all gathered out on the steps to take a huge MOP group photo. IZ<\/strong> and I sat in the front and did splits! It was horrible because we had to sit still for minutes and the ground was actually <\/em>on fire<\/em>. Eventually, we finished, dumped some water on MK<\/strong>, and then sat there for at least fifteen minutes trying to figure out what to do. We considered returning to Stever, but singing troupe practice was in less than an hour and very close to Doherty. We considered climbing a tree, but honestly, it was just far too hot outside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, we went back into Doherty and wandered around until we found an empty classroom, where we just sprawled and sat on the desks and relaxed (and I kept working on those superlatives slides). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We left an offering of a few chalk drawings of turtles in the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singing Troupe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Once the time for singing troupe drew close (by which I mean \u201conce it was past 3:30\u201d), we begrudgingly peeled ourselves off the desks and trudged out into the muggy world outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somehow, though, Turtle<\/strong> arrived later than us! Haaaa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After singing troupe (during which DX<\/strong>, RQ<\/strong>, and LR<\/strong>, DD<\/strong>, AR<\/strong>, KWu<\/strong> sang while lying on the ground), we had another dance practice! However, I wanted to help Turtle<\/strong> carry the piano back to Stever, first, so I did that with RW<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sidetracked in Stever<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Once I reached Stever, I got sidetracked by a bunch of shirts piled on a table in the main lounge. DebL<\/strong> told us that they\u2019re giving out old MOP T-shirts because they have too many! So RW<\/strong> and I started digging through that treasure trove. We each claimed a shirt from years begone, and then I found a blue MOP tie! It was really cute, so I decided to put it on right there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went and begged JG<\/strong> to help tie my tie and I felt very classy, particularly in that golden shirt of mine. Then I started bouncing all over the walls again but that\u2019s okay, it\u2019s still cLasSy.<\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After that, RW<\/strong> and I tried to get something from the vending machine downstairs in Stever. However, after she put in her money, it just spat out a bunch of quarters, and then when she put in the quarters, nothing came out until we whacked the machine a few times, at which point the quarters that she put in came rolling out. It was rather bad. Eventually, we switched to another vending machine and RW<\/strong> finally got a drink, so that was good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lost in the Building<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Then, the two of us began to walk to the activities room in Cohon. RW<\/strong> often watches us dance, but she never dances with us. She often just sits in the meditation room and works on a puzzle in there or draws. She\u2019s a really great artist. She\u2019s also really good at Chinese and we like to have arguments in Chinese like we\u2019re sisters arguing over how the younger should clearly respect and listen to the elder, and how RW<\/strong> is clearly wrong when she says that the elder should spoil the younger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing about Cohon is that apparently, it\u2019s huge. There\u2019s an entrance near the intersection, which was the door I took to go to the SIAM conference, and there\u2019s an entrance near Resnik, which was the door we took to go to activities room the last few times (this was also where Entropy was).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time, we took the intersection entrance because it was closer and then we\u2026couldn\u2019t find the activities room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We wandered around there for at least fifteen minutes, tried to phone EB<\/strong> and EW<\/strong> to no success, and finally managed to stumble into the activities room. >:(<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then we practiced some more! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talent Show<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After a lot of dancing, we went to dinner. I worked yet more on the slideshow. It was mostly done, but some of the slides needed just a bit<\/em> more photos. Then, we started walking to the talent show, and I finished the slideshow in the nick of time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The talent show was really cool! The acts, grouped, were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n