Countdowns

I don't feel prepared enough to go very far in the competition, as this has been such a busy summer, but I've learned so much from studying Jonah, I couldn't care less! I feel like that imperishable prize has become so much more valuable to me this past year. Just go in and do your best, all for the glory of God alone - and leave the results in His hands! =)

Wow. That was so encouraging (and convicting) to read that. Thank you, Rosie! Your humble spirit is a lesson to us all. :)

I agree! I want to make the most of these last couple of weeks too - I still want to give my very best. =)
Very true, Rachel…that is exactly how we should look at it! :) Because if we are doing this for the competition, than we shouldn't participate at all - that takes away the whole reason the Bible Bee was started.
Thank you for your encouraging spirit! I've seen you, year after year, give your best, and leave the results up to God. And although it hasn't been His will for you to qualify yet, you have always set an example of doing it for the eternal prize over the temporal.

2 weeks x)

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2 weeks x)

Now 13 days!!!! Ahhhh!!! I am seriously crunched for time :P :P

Dies

^^No, not really. xP^

2 weeks x)

This is where I start really regretting all the time I spent doing non Bible Bee stuff :P

2 weeks x)

This is where I start really regretting all the time I spent doing non Bible Bee stuff :P

Totally!!!

14 days till they ^might^ release the scores…

Wow…I'm trying not to think too much about it.. :)

2 weeks x)

This is where I start really regretting all the time I spent doing non Bible Bee stuff :P

I know, right?

One week!!!!!!!!!!

Faints xP

If you're still here: have you guys recited your verses yet?

No, we haven't. We're planning on doing it next week. Have you guys?

We just did today. :)

^Sorry, I didn't see this until now.^

Great! How did you all do?

(It was with our grandparents, by the way.) They didn't give us a "score", but I think they said I did perfect. And Hannah, of course. :) Not sure about Nathan.

Glad to hear it!
Have you been memorizing Jonah? I know you told me at the mock Bee that you wanted to.

Yeah, off and on. I already knew Chapter 2, and I've memorized Chapter 1. I'm still working on three, but I'm spending more time on other things, like looking up the context for the memory passages, reviewing CR's, taking the practice test, etc.
Oh, have you taken the practice test?

Hey, you're already father ahead of me. I've only just started on chapter 3, and I've been working on my dramatization of chapter 1… ^Don't ask; you'll see at Locals anyway. :P^
How exactly are you studying/reviewing the CR's? I have been studying them, but am at a loss as to whether or not my method is really helping.
Hangs head No, I haven't taken the practice test yet; I'm sort of reluctant to…was it hard?

Dramatization? I guess I won't ask… but that sounds really cool.
Well, I usually just look at them in my copy of all the Q's and A's. (They're easy to find there; I wrote each CR in red.) And review what it says. I'm not sure how much good it will do, but I survived last year. :P
Please don't hang yourself. I wouldn't call the test hard. There were a couple questions that I think are ambiguous, or have multiple correct answers, but there are usually some of those on the real test, anyway.

Well, I remember studying the CR's really hard last year, and doing terribly at them. Maybe this year will different, I do not know.
Facepalm Oh my…well, I'm glad to hear that. I've been dreading to take it after how I did on the 50 question one, the first time.

Well, I definitely wouldn't call the test easy, either. :P Do you know most of the Hebrew / Greek words?

Yes, I've almost finished memorizing them all. I have also been looking up Greek words in the memory passages.

That's a good idea. I might have to do that myself…

I'm doing it because Everett C. said that he was reading in the rulebook, and it said that the test might ask questions from word studies on the memory passages.

Oh, I guess that's what those other words in the practice test were… I skimmed the rulebook a while ago, I should probably go over it again sometime. :P

I never asked, so you took the test…and thought it wasn't hard, but not easy either. How did you do on it?

I missed about a third of the questions, which was mainly due to the fact that I hadn't really started reviewing CR's yet, and I only took half an hour, not spending nearly enough time on each question. There were a few where, when I was checking afterwards, I thought something like, "Duh, now if I had actually read the whole question…" sigh

Ah, yeah, I've had that happen before too. FE, I had forgotten to study the context of the verses, so most of the answers I got wrong on the 50 question test were verse contexts.
Hopefully you can slow down a bit on the real test…

I think after this year I'll make a Bible Bee Preparedness (…) checklist, or something like that, so I won't forget those things. (I probably will anyway, though.)
One of the things I would have liked to do this year is go over the Senior Sword Study, just for the extra information, which would probably be helpful, even on the Junior test. But next year I won't have to worry about that… It's almost scary.

Haha, I made something like that after the mock Bee…it was only after that that I really got into my studying mode. :P
I know! Last year, there was some Greek word from the Senior SS on the test and I had to make an educated guess. I was not happy. Yeah, no kidding…

(Hey, what? I think more Greek words are cool! :P ) I think the only word they left out in our Sword Studies this year is zâʽaq, meaning to cry out. Might be good to know.

(Of course you do!)
Yes, I noticed that…thanks to Quizlet, I learned that one.

There were a few where, when I was checking afterwards, I thought something like, "Duh, now if I had actually _read_ the whole question..." *sigh*

Me too!!! :(

I usually check the Parent Guidebook for stuff like that. It shows what they think are the key verses, and also chapter titles. But of course, I check after I complete my own Sword Study. nods

Approximately 150 hours until August 23rd……………

There were a few where, when I was checking afterwards, I thought something like, "Duh, now if I had actually _read_ the whole question..." *sigh*

Me too!!! :(

How long did it take you to finish the test?

Which one? I've taken the Primary and Junior ones so far :-)

Hmm… Whichever one is for your age division, I guess. ('Cause I don't know how old you are…)

I'm a 3rd time Senior…so that should tell you my age :P I think you're a last time Junior, correct?
For the Junior one, I did the whole test in 40 minutes. Pretty fast, I guess. Anyway, I got 183/200. What about you?

This is my last year as a Junior, yes. The test took me thirty minutes, and while I didn't keep exact count, I think I missed about a third of the questions. For the reasons already given. :)
I need to leave now, sorry…

Alright! Goodbye!

I'm a 3rd time Senior...so that should tell you my age :P I think you're a last time Junior, correct? For the Junior one, I did the whole test in 40 minutes. Pretty fast, I guess. Anyway, I got 183/200. What about you?

Wow, that's great, Rachel!! Better than I did! xD

I'm a 3rd time Senior...so that should tell you my age :P I think you're a last time Junior, correct? For the Junior one, I did the whole test in 40 minutes. Pretty fast, I guess. Anyway, I got 183/200. What about you?

Wow, that's great, Rachel!! Better than I did! xD

Well, thank you. :-) You still did good!!

4 days.

ONLY 3 MORE DAYS TO STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

turns pale :P (I can't tell for sure if I turned pale… :P)