On PACE's, Goal Charts, Book Reports and Privileges
For those chosen few, you're probably familiar with the terms in the above-mentioned title. After all, it's not everyday that you'd stumble upon people who've studied in an ACE School.
I saw this list in an ACE group in Facebook, and it was worth a couple of laughs. It did bring back a lot of childhood memories as I studied in the system from Grade 1 all the way until graduation. Which would probably account for being my restless when stuck in a cubicle, and why I fidget a lot. I had it tough on the PACEs as well since I was using the older version of them, not the nicer ones that Nuel has now.
Anyway, if you're from SCTC, CHA, TRLA, LBBCA, PCST and all that alphabet-soup named schools of the ACE/SOT system, this is for you. I added some of my own personal experiences as well, so enjoy.
You've gone to an ACE school if:
1. You don't know how to plot a geometrical equation, but by golly you know what gerunds, infinitives, and participles are and can differentiate between them on sight.
2. You've ever diagrammed sentences with David Brainerd, Adoniram Judson or Hudson Taylor as the subject.
3. You know what N-AV, N-AV-N, N-LV-N mean.
4. You still got star stickers to put on your chart even in high school.
5. You've looked back on a Check-up or Self Test.
6. You've ever gotten paddled in your church's sanctuary (disclaimer: I never did. Ha!).
7. The highlight of your year was Convention, especially Nationals or Internationals (never went one as a student. I think I could use some processing for this. Doesn't help when people say I look like CDO).
8. You couldn't stand Ace or Christi because they were too perfect, couldn't believe Pudge (or Matt) and Becky ended up getting married, and secretly admired Ronnie and Susie because you thought they were cool. You also were interested to know what happened after English 144 to them, Racer, Victor and the rest.
9. Two words: Wisdom Pages.
10. You knew more than your supervisors and monitors by the time you were in sixth grade.
11. You got hand cramps from writing the same word a gazillion times throughout the PACE in Word Building/Etymology.
12. You know what "'Baa Baa' said Ba Ba" means. And speaking of Ba Ba, what happened to her, Wags, Patches and Joy Belle? They all suddenly disappeared when Pacer came along.
13. The Filipino flag means to you, not "I'm proud of my country" or "I support Manny Pacquiao," but "I need to score."
14. To this day you look over your shoulder every time you use a green pen, a.k.a the supervisor's magic wand. You loved that pen, and hated the red pens.
15. You know what A, C, and E privileges are, and the power they bring.
16. You watched a video of frog dissection rather than doing it yourself. Actually, I did this, right Mr. Veloso?
17. Could never get a 100% on a test because you forgot to memorize the verse for the Pace.
18. You know what I mean when I say "six inch rule."
19. You make goal charts instead of shopping lists, and it gives you a high to cross each item off diagonally, top left to bottom right. You catch yourself writing as well, up to now, "My Goals."
20. You've worked in an office since you were in kindergarten.
21. Stolen a score key and felt like you owned the golden ticket (sounds very familiar, eh?).
22. Carried a pencil tip to the scoring station (I didn't but I brought an eraser).
23. Placed red dots beside the correct multiple choice answers while standing at the scoring station. If you forgot, you tried to memorize the answers in the score key.
24. Morning pledges were always the same, and you could not recite "Panatang Makabayan" right at all. You also made a mistake in "Believe" and "Believes" in the Christian flag pledge.
25. Recess time was spent playing Cops and Robbers, Chinese Garter and Patintero. You would end up getting a detention after because you were dirty and stinky as hell after.
26. Your finger would always get hit by a divider.
27. You were scared to turn around, pick up an eraser, talk to your seatmate or even cough because of the demerits. And you're still scared up to now.
28. You hated getting detentions, sorry, Corrective Action Notices because you had to make your parents sign them along with your Homework Slips.
29. You kept your Congratulations! slips in your Goal Chart holder.
30. At the end of the year, you had your classmates, supervisors and monitors sign your Progress Charts.
31. Your graduating class of 3 students was big. 30 students in the school was ginormous.
32. You could never understand why girls played volleyball in skirts and guys had to have shirts underneath their basketball jerseys.
33. You and your classmates debated on how to pronounce Ace's name. Is it Ay-CEE or Ace? You always thought he and Christi would end up together, but no....
34. You wish your supervisor was like Mr. Friendson, your Pastor was like Pastors Alltruth or Gentle. You know the name of Ace's school as well as J. Michael's.
35. When you get your new PACE, especially in English or Word Building, you read through the comics first before starting them. You wondered if Miss Martha would ever be saved, or why Willie died, or what happened to James and Miss Content (uy....). Yes, the PACE's were like the OC and One Tree Hill put together.
36. You failed Math 1075, 1101, 1109, 132; Physics 137 and 144; English 108 and 120. On the other hand, you liked Life of Christ and Basic New Testament because they were short.
37. Memorizing verses was a piece of cake, but you always did on the last day. You hated being the first because you would have to recite it in front of the class.
38. You all looked the same during PE.
39. You always had the following in your office: #2 Mongols, 3 erasers, 1 intermediate pad, 1 blue ballpen, sharpener (you'd stand up every 5 minutes to sharpen when you just wanted to talk) and organizer.
40. Honor Roll treats were always in McDonalds.
That's all I could think of. Any more?
I saw this list in an ACE group in Facebook, and it was worth a couple of laughs. It did bring back a lot of childhood memories as I studied in the system from Grade 1 all the way until graduation. Which would probably account for being my restless when stuck in a cubicle, and why I fidget a lot. I had it tough on the PACEs as well since I was using the older version of them, not the nicer ones that Nuel has now.
Anyway, if you're from SCTC, CHA, TRLA, LBBCA, PCST and all that alphabet-soup named schools of the ACE/SOT system, this is for you. I added some of my own personal experiences as well, so enjoy.
You've gone to an ACE school if:
1. You don't know how to plot a geometrical equation, but by golly you know what gerunds, infinitives, and participles are and can differentiate between them on sight.
2. You've ever diagrammed sentences with David Brainerd, Adoniram Judson or Hudson Taylor as the subject.
3. You know what N-AV, N-AV-N, N-LV-N mean.
4. You still got star stickers to put on your chart even in high school.
5. You've looked back on a Check-up or Self Test.
6. You've ever gotten paddled in your church's sanctuary (disclaimer: I never did. Ha!).
7. The highlight of your year was Convention, especially Nationals or Internationals (never went one as a student. I think I could use some processing for this. Doesn't help when people say I look like CDO).
8. You couldn't stand Ace or Christi because they were too perfect, couldn't believe Pudge (or Matt) and Becky ended up getting married, and secretly admired Ronnie and Susie because you thought they were cool. You also were interested to know what happened after English 144 to them, Racer, Victor and the rest.
9. Two words: Wisdom Pages.
10. You knew more than your supervisors and monitors by the time you were in sixth grade.
11. You got hand cramps from writing the same word a gazillion times throughout the PACE in Word Building/Etymology.
12. You know what "'Baa Baa' said Ba Ba" means. And speaking of Ba Ba, what happened to her, Wags, Patches and Joy Belle? They all suddenly disappeared when Pacer came along.
13. The Filipino flag means to you, not "I'm proud of my country" or "I support Manny Pacquiao," but "I need to score."
14. To this day you look over your shoulder every time you use a green pen, a.k.a the supervisor's magic wand. You loved that pen, and hated the red pens.
15. You know what A, C, and E privileges are, and the power they bring.
16. You watched a video of frog dissection rather than doing it yourself. Actually, I did this, right Mr. Veloso?
17. Could never get a 100% on a test because you forgot to memorize the verse for the Pace.
18. You know what I mean when I say "six inch rule."
19. You make goal charts instead of shopping lists, and it gives you a high to cross each item off diagonally, top left to bottom right. You catch yourself writing as well, up to now, "My Goals."
20. You've worked in an office since you were in kindergarten.
21. Stolen a score key and felt like you owned the golden ticket (sounds very familiar, eh?).
22. Carried a pencil tip to the scoring station (I didn't but I brought an eraser).
23. Placed red dots beside the correct multiple choice answers while standing at the scoring station. If you forgot, you tried to memorize the answers in the score key.
24. Morning pledges were always the same, and you could not recite "Panatang Makabayan" right at all. You also made a mistake in "Believe" and "Believes" in the Christian flag pledge.
25. Recess time was spent playing Cops and Robbers, Chinese Garter and Patintero. You would end up getting a detention after because you were dirty and stinky as hell after.
26. Your finger would always get hit by a divider.
27. You were scared to turn around, pick up an eraser, talk to your seatmate or even cough because of the demerits. And you're still scared up to now.
28. You hated getting detentions, sorry, Corrective Action Notices because you had to make your parents sign them along with your Homework Slips.
29. You kept your Congratulations! slips in your Goal Chart holder.
30. At the end of the year, you had your classmates, supervisors and monitors sign your Progress Charts.
31. Your graduating class of 3 students was big. 30 students in the school was ginormous.
32. You could never understand why girls played volleyball in skirts and guys had to have shirts underneath their basketball jerseys.
33. You and your classmates debated on how to pronounce Ace's name. Is it Ay-CEE or Ace? You always thought he and Christi would end up together, but no....
34. You wish your supervisor was like Mr. Friendson, your Pastor was like Pastors Alltruth or Gentle. You know the name of Ace's school as well as J. Michael's.
35. When you get your new PACE, especially in English or Word Building, you read through the comics first before starting them. You wondered if Miss Martha would ever be saved, or why Willie died, or what happened to James and Miss Content (uy....). Yes, the PACE's were like the OC and One Tree Hill put together.
36. You failed Math 1075, 1101, 1109, 132; Physics 137 and 144; English 108 and 120. On the other hand, you liked Life of Christ and Basic New Testament because they were short.
37. Memorizing verses was a piece of cake, but you always did on the last day. You hated being the first because you would have to recite it in front of the class.
38. You all looked the same during PE.
39. You always had the following in your office: #2 Mongols, 3 erasers, 1 intermediate pad, 1 blue ballpen, sharpener (you'd stand up every 5 minutes to sharpen when you just wanted to talk) and organizer.
40. Honor Roll treats were always in McDonalds.
That's all I could think of. Any more?
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