YOU THINK I’M JOKING BUT I’M DEAD SERIOUS

What to say instead of "trivially"

This comes from a very long list of alternative phrases and words that was used to create “a program that will insert condescending adverbial phrases before any statement in a math proof”. But use it where you will - I’m sure other fields can benefit. Tag yourself, I’m “By abstract nonsense“.

By circular reasoning we see that 

There is a marvellous proof (which is too long to write here) that 

Figure 2 (not shown here) makes it clear that 

It is beyond the scope of this course to prove that

Only idealogues and sycophants would debate whether

The Math Gods demand that

For legal reasons I am required to disclose that

Remember the basic laws of common sense: 

Life is too short to prove that

All the cool kids know that

Wherefore said He unto them,

With God as my witness,

As a great man once told me,

Galois died in order to show us that

It pleases the symmetry of the world that

Mama always told me

By Euler

By Fermat 

I know it, you know it, everybody knows that

You of all people should realize that

The proof is left to the reader that 

We need not waste ink in proving that 

It would be an insult to my time and yours to prove that

I shudder to think of the poor soul who denies that 

We don’t want to deprive the reader of the joy of discovering for themselves why,  

Barring causality breakdown, clearly 

Through the careful use of common sense,

According to prophecy,

This won’t be on the test, but 

When one stares at the equations they immediately rearrange themselves to show that

If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times,

Our forefathers built this country on the proposition that

By abstract nonsense,

My father told me, and his father before that, and his before that, that

The burden of proof is on my opponents to disprove that

The voices insist that 

Assuming an arbitrary alignment of planets, astrology tells us

Inktober 2020 by Daria Rashev

Question: wtf is this? I'm damn curious

How to Take Notes from a Textbook

I’m currently facing the dilemma of how to take notes from a textbook. It’s hard to know where to begin or what’s the best information I need to really understand the material I’m reading. I have gathered tips and resources to better decide the best method to use the textbook most effectively.

-Preview. Glance over charts or photos used on the pages. Read study questions or summaries that might be given at the end of the chunk of pages. It preps me for the type of reading I will do and to think about the questions as I read. 

-Read actively. Don’t take notes or highlight as you read. Read a short section before you stop to take notes and highlight. Your first step after you read the paragraph is to highlight a phrase or two that were the important parts that you’ll need to know for future reference. Also, go to the margins (or your post-its) and start writing a question or two for the paragraph. When you’re done with the entire section, go back and try to answer these questions without looking at the book. If you can answer it, you are doing well on recalling that paragraph. This is also a good time to make some notes for class.

-Review. At the end of the reading, write a summary (in your own words) of what you just read. It helps to understand what you retained from the reading and highlight parts you need to review. I also like to go back and try to answer those questions I made in the margin again. The BEST thing I like to do is to answer the comprehension at the end of the chapter. Each textbook has one. Answer those and, if you’re unsure of the answer, ask them during class!

Other tips:

-Try to keep your notes in your own words.

-If something is not making sense, try reading it out loud. That can often help you process the material in a new way.

-Multiply the number of pages you have to read by 5 minutes. That is the amount of time the average college student needs to spend on their reading assignment.

-Writing in the book itself is highly recommended, but if you have some reason for not doing that, you might also want post-its and use those on each page in place of writing in the book.

Resources:

Write Notes, Not Textbooks

How to Take Notes from a Textbook

Justine G. Feather- HOW I TAKE NOTES

He's got a PhD in Rapology give him the respect he deserves

did dr. dre even attend medical school?

fun fact about me is that when i was a kid id write capital E’s with as many of those little horizontal lines as possible and id call them ladder E’s and adults fucking hated them

I read Bucky and my Winter Soldier neurons activated out of nowhere

When Bucky first reunited with Kristen, he seemed happy to see her and went in for the hug. I’m hoping this means that he is growing to know why she left and hopefully looking for support from her in the future.

However, if I were Brennan “I’m here for the emotional devastation” Lee Mulligan, I wonder if maybe it’s Bucky’s instinct of like…”Mom and Dad are terrible and pushy. They put too much pressure on Kristen, and they put too much pressure on me now. But if I’m nice to Kristen and show her that not everyone who worships Helio is that way, maybe she’ll come back, and I won’t have to be alone anymore.”

Which would be devastating but such an opportunity of interesting character development and growth for him and Kristen. It could also be a good example of how these family relationships are abusive/unhealthy to everyone involved.

Reblog to equip Asexuals for the invasion of Denmark.