Social Chatting June 2016

Yeah, it seemed like that. How many years have you done BB?

Every year since 2010, except 2014, because we were in the middle of moving.

How many years have you done it?

Ah, okay. How many times have you been to Nats?

I did BB for seven years. :)

How is everyone?

I've been there 3 times. They made 2012 and 2013 waay too hard..

Haha, yeah, I thought 2012 was tough too. 2013 I liked though. :D

Hannah, I'm all right! How are you?

I'm doing good! I went skating with friends and had ice cream today!!! :D

That's cool! :D Do you go ice skating or roller skating?

I really liked it when we had to say more verses…

Hey, Hannah!

I do both, but today it was roller skating. Which do you prefer?

Marija, do you mean you prefer the longer oral round? I do too actually. xD

Hannah, I've only ever gone ice skating, and I'm really bad at it. :P

I liked it when they had more passages too! And I liked having a scored oral round for locals.

I really liked memorizing all the verses last year! I was kinda sad when we found out that they were only going to ask 3…

Let's hope they won't do that anymore after all the negative feedback. I don't think anyone liked Orals last year.

Ok. Roller skating is easier, imo. I learned to roller skate a long time before I ever ice skated, so that helped me some my first time ice skating, but I still think roller skating is easier.

Ah, yeah, it was kinda disappointing that we only got to say three passages, because that's such a tiny, tiny part of what we learned, and for most people, that's all they got to say.

And Hannah, I liked the scored oral round at Locals too. I understand why they changed it… but I liked it better the old way. xD

(What happened to Matthew?)

Oh, there's Matthew! xP

I've never been ice skating, but I can roller skate. I don't know if I really want to learn ice skating, it just sounds too cold. xP

I'm thinking with the bolded words on the cards we might have a scored oral round for locals….then again, probably not…

waves Hi! xD

I g2g, guys, We have company and I'm supposed to be working on school and I kinda got sidetracked. xP

I might be back on later… don't count on it though.

I love ice skating! :) I also prefer winter over summer… I like the cold, I guess! :P

Bye, Katrina!

And it hurts a lot more if you fall when you're ice skating…
Do you use quads or inlines?

There's no easy way that would work with online tests, unless they did it over Skype or something. =P And anyways, although I personally was fine with oral tests at locals, I still don't think they should put it back in.

Bye Katrina!

There's no easy way that would work with online tests, unless they did it over Skype or something. =P And anyways, although I personally was fine with oral tests at locals, I still don't think they should put it back in.

Why not?

Bye, Katrina!

There's no easy way that would work with online tests, unless they did it over Skype or something. =P And anyways, although I personally was fine with oral tests at locals, I still don't think they should put it back in.

Why not?

^^^^^^^ That.

I love ice skating! :) I also prefer winter over summer... I like the cold, I guess! :P

I like the cold only when it snows, which rarely happens here. (I also like it if I'm ice skating.)

Haha, yeah. I usually prefer warm weather over cold. I'm a true Texan, I guess. :P

Quads. But I don't own my own pair, I've just been to a rink several times (homeschool event) and learned there.

That's what happens when you live in the mountains… I'd die in 80 degree heat if there was any humidity. :P

That's what happens when you live in the mountains... I'd die in 80 degree heat if there was any humidity. :P

Lol, it's 90 degrees here with humidity right now. :)

So many people in past years decided not to compete because of the oral tests. It's just too intimidating for many people, especially if they aren't really studying for the purpose of going to Nats and/or they don't know all the verses. Plus it's nigh impossible to train all the judges correctly to have a fair competition. Almost every year at our Locals when they did have oral tests, there were mix-ups between different sets of judges as to what the rules were - a couple times, some of my siblings were affected.

Wow, that's hot for June! ^or is it…. I don't really know… xP^

We've been having that kind of heat too. Although, it's been a lot more rain than heat for the past several weeks. Now it's finally looking like it's clearing up. Too bad. xP

So many people in past years decided not to compete _because_ of the oral tests. It's just too intimidating for many people, especially if they aren't really studying for the purpose of going to Nats and/or they don't know all the verses. Plus it's nigh impossible to train all the judges correctly to have a fair competition. Almost every year at our Locals when they did have oral tests, there were mix-ups between different sets of judges as to what the rules were - a couple times, some of my siblings were affected.

I see… It seemed like there were more people competing when they did that, though.

Wow, that's hot for June! ^or is it.... I don't really know... xP^

It's actually pretty normal here. :) Awhile back I was visiting some friends in Washington State and it was 70 degrees with no humidity and they were complaining it was so hot, and it felt like December weather to me. It was 80 degrees on Christmas here last year…

We've been having that kind of heat too. Although, it's been a lot more rain than heat for the past several weeks. Now it's finally looking like it's clearing up. Too bad. xP

Yeah, it seems like whenever it cools off any here, it rains.

Interesting… We have 90% cloud cover here pretty much every day.. Also, it gets dark really early.

In my opinion that's because of other problems they've been having… Bible Bee really needs our continued prayers.

I gtg now. Bye Marija and Matthew!

Yes, they do. Does anyone know who the director is this year?

Bye, Hannah!

is on

There isn't a director anymore. At least that's what I heard…

*shakes head at Zach* xD

Don't look at me! It was your mom!

There's no new director - it's now solely a team effort.

Bye Hannah!

Maybe that will work out better.

Oh, hi Zach! xD