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Polaris

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  1. I didn't take physics, though I do the IB, and I can safely say that cheating in the IB can get you horribly screwed where I live. The grading system isn't weighted either, so if we do badly, well, we do badly. Psychology HL for example asks for a 72% to get a 7. Our class average is about 60%, but the grade boundaries are not changed. Any subject at HL means that you can ostensibly get college credits, as well as see a lot of repeat material. (Since we do basic physics from grade 8 onward, just about anyone can take SL physics, if not HL.)
  2. Sheema is more Persian actually (nitpicking about origins, hooray). The Indian name is actually Seema, but then again, India is pretty varied with naming. I've never met a Sheema myself though. Also, while Shiva is in fact Indian, the name is pronounced as Shiv. The main reason this is the case is because when a Devnagari language is written, the final sound is written as a whole letter (the script allows for half and whole sounds), despite not being pronounced as such. It's also a very, very masculine name, so if someone is actually trying to name Sheema that, then I am slightly troubled. Seriously, it's so masculine that Hindus worship the dude's dong.
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