Wakey Wakey!
A phrase that Berliner will say to students who are either not participating at all during class discussions or not performing to her expected level.
What is "wakey wakey"?
The block of both of her seminar classes that she hates more. Generally and almost always compared to Block 5.
What is "Block 6 Seminar"?
The number of total assignments in the AP Seminar exam.
What is "three"?
The second class that Berliner teaches at OCSA besides AP Seminar.
What is "AP Psychology"?
The twin brothers who are both taking AP Seminar as an elective, however ,are in different blocks.
Who is "David and Daniel Zhang"?
A phrase that Berliner will yell at you if you are slacking off during work-time (i.e., talking to peers about unrelated topics, playing games, etc.)
What is "work!"?
The student who Berliner favors most out of the Block 5 class.
Who is "Diego"?
Name FOUR of the eight lenses commonly used in AP Seminar for students to evaluate their respective research prompts.
What are "economic, environmental, futuristic, ethical, cultural/social, artistic/philosophical, scientific, political"?
The artist that Berliner is a fan of, and has a giant classroom poster of.
Who is "Taylor Swift"?
The name of the student who pulled the smartest move ever and dropped out of AP Seminar early semester.
Who is "Sora Yanami"?
The go-to response of Berliner to a research topic proposal that does not convey urgency or importance to her. It is a very common statement of hers.
What is "what is the so-what"?
The name of the seminar student who runs the 2024-2025 AP Seminar Instagram account.
The sample template for developing a research question that Berliner provides.
What is "What do the current [blank] suggest about a need for its [blank] in the [blank]"?
The middle name of Berliner.
What is "Kayomi"?
The student who organized the AP Seminar Halloween Potluck.
Who is "Alyssa Kim"?
The statement that Berliner uses to re-assure to her seminar classes about the actual importance of a project or assignment.
What is "the bar is on the ground"?
The occassional seminar event in which Berliner sometimes compares her blocks again, generally stating that one was "more fun" than the other during this event.
What is "seminar potlucks"?
The prompt of the third question in Part A of the End of Course Exam.
What is "the evaluation of author's evidence"?
The two colleges that Berliner attended to get her teaching pre-requisites and credentials.
What is "UCLA" and "UCI"?
The names of the students who refer to each other with an '/ee/' at the end of their names.
Who are "Benny Primas, Emmy Nevell, and Jackie Tran"?
The rare response of Berliner to a seminar discussion so disorganized and surface-level. It is ssociated with a very disappointed tone and reaction.
What is "I have no words"?
The seminar assignment/discussion that Berliner commonly used to compare her blocks, generally using it to make Block 6 feel worse and critique them.
What is "MIWA Seminars"?
What is "free solo climbing"?
The number of children Berliner has and their genders.
What are her "son and daughter?"
The total number of current sophomore students taking AP Seminar as their elective.
What is "53"?