The Thing That Really Worked About Harry, Hermione, And Ron Was That They Were All The Uncomfortable

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october. 🌿  found an old typewriter, which i am now trying to restore. found white flowers, which i have now pressed between pages of books. found newfound strength, found that it’s okay to cry. found new shadows in the changing light. only two months left in year and still: “i keep trying to be delicate. i’m not telling everything.” 🌿  insta 🌿 

Chemical Elements as Humans by Brightside

I always get asked about studyblr’s who study different subjects, so I’m going to be making a list/page on my blog dedicated to studyblrs categorised into different subjects so it’s easier for you guys to find people who study similar subjects!

Reblog and Tag your Subject 

Tag Your Level of Study - High School, Undergrad etc. 

You can tag multiple subjects for multiple categories

Follow my blog! (You don’t have to but it would be nice)

Message me if you have any questions or concerns!

9.13.16 // Love my organic revisions.

Congratulations, ED 2021!

CONGRATULATIONS, Early Decision Class of 2021! Welcome to the Duke family. Feel proud of what you’ve accomplished, and know that we’re so excited to have you join us on campus next fall! Check out these words of welcome from current students.

“Welcome home Blue Devil Babies!!! I am so excited that you will be joining the Duke Family. All your hard work has paid off. Show some Blue Devil pride, have a wonderful holiday break, and I’ll see you very soon! :D ”

     ~Raissa Yang, Class of 2018

“Finals are coming…

Oh look! More Cameron Crazies!

Sooooooo… Welcome! Now go stand in a 2021 formation.”

    ~Henrik Cox, Class of 2018

“Congratulations to our newest Blue Devils! I’m so excited for you to join us on campus and start experiencing everything Duke has to offer. Welcome to the family!”

     ~Anya Bali, Class of 2019

“Congrats on getting into the best university there is, Baby Blue Devils! I’m so excited to see you on campus next fall, especially at the basketball games. Go Duke!”

     ~Alex Torres, Class of 2020

“Hey Class of 2021! Congratulations on your acceptance to Duke! Welcome to your new home! We’re so excited to see all of you amazing new Blue Devils on campus in the fall. Until then, enjoy the rest of your senior year! Congratulations again and GO DUKE!”

    ~Kyle Miller, Class of 2018

“Congratulations and welcome to the Blue Devil Family! Duke blue certainly looks good on you! I am so excited to have you on campus next year.”

     ~Madison Mastrangelo, Class of 2019

“Congratulations and welcome home, Duke 2021!! As a graduating senior, I can tell you that the last four years have transformed me in the best way possible and I am so lucky to have gone to school with the most amazingly bright and curious people. Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime and to start carving your own Duke path!”

     ~Sofia Stafford, Class of 2017

“Congratulations Class of 2021!! Y'all made it here and are just getting started with one of the greatest adventures you’ll have!! Good luck and keep pushing forward :)”

     ~Mariel Colon-Leyva, Class of 2018

“Congrats on being accepted to one of the best places I’ve come to know! When you arrive, make sure to talk to those around you; their life stories may be eerily similar or wildly different, and each person you come across will have something valuable to teach you. Keep your ears and heart open, and you’ll learn just as much from them as you will in class. Cheers!”

     ~Jair Oballe, Class of 2019

Want to join the welcome for Duke’s Class of 2021? Use #Duke2021 on social media and snap your messages to @DukeStudents on Snapchat to be featured on our accounts!

10 05 2016 • After a rough patch, I’ve started documenting my emotions by way of doodles, song lyrics, quotes, and thoughts straight from my own head. It’s funny how liberating it can be to organise the chaos of your mind by putting it all on paper.

“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.”

 — Confucius

Here are a list of 10, free apps that can help you organize, study, and strive for higher grades

1.) Focus Now This app has really helped me focus and stay on task. It helps eliminate your bad habits and encourages you to develop desirable habits instead. By using a timer, this app forces you to put down your phone in the allotted time you’ve requested while you plant a plant/tree in your farm. If you go on your phone, you kill the plant. This habit building game sounds slightly cheesy, but it really does help and I definitely recommend this app. I also know Focus Timer is a good habit developer app as well that tracks your progress and the hours you have spent studying.

2.) Maths Alarm Clock If you are not a morning person like me and you have a fairly difficult time to get up, this app is perfect. With its super annoying alarm, it demands you to do a math problem in order for the alarm to stop. This way, your brain wakes up and plus you get extra practice at math! You will hate this app in the morning, but it gets the job done and that’s what matters.

3.) Calculator # I always forget my calculator in my locker and this app has saved my math grade. It provides users a no cost, scientific calculator. You honestly cant go wrong with this.

4.) Flashcards+ Being unorganized ( in the process of fixing this ), I tend to lose my flashcards. When upcoming, cumulative tests come up, this bites me in the butt. This app allows people to create flashcard decks and allows you to customize them by inserting pictures which can really help visual learners. Plus, typing out flashcards take little amount of time in comparison to hand writing them. However, if you find that you learn more effectively by writing down things, then stick with that! Just make sure you don’t lose the notecards.

5.) Quizlet This app is slightly similar to Flashcards +1, but it introduces more features.Unlike Flashcards+, you can play games on the topic you are studying, making it more fun to learn. You can also share and find notecards with your peers.

6.) Khan Academy The founder of Khan Academy literally deserves 3841481 medals. With thousands of videos dedicated towards chemistry, math, biology, physics, etc, Khan Academy has helped me understand so many concepts that I could not grasp. He explains the concepts in great detail while making it easy to understand and follow and I can’t even put to words on how much I love Khan Academy.

7.) Photo Math If you’re stumped on a math problem in your textbook, take a picture of the math problem you are stuck on and Photo Math will grant you a step by step guidance on how to get the answer. DON’T JUST COPY DOWN THE STEPS, ACTUALLY KNOW WHY AND HOW THEY GOT TO THE ANSWER. If you just copy it down, then you did not learn anything and you’ll get the problem wrong again when it appears on a test and that is not very ideal.

8.) Gojimo Gojimp provides thousands of practice AP tests, SAT Test Preps, ACT Test Preps, and tons of other tests for students! AND ITS FREE!! The app supplies free quizzes that give detailed, thorough explanations too.

9.) Vocabulary Builder from Magoosh If you’re interested in expanding your vocabulary, you will love this app. Vocabulary Builder is great for preparing for the SATS!

10.) Todoist If you’re in desperate need for a planner, then Todoist is gonna be a lifesaver for you. Todoist encourages users to manage their tasks with their simple working app. It’s perfect for organization and increasing productivity. c:

I hope this helped!! 

study less study smart

I decided to share my notes taken from this amazing 1 hour Youtube lecture by Marty Lobdell. i really liked him and his tips, i think they are super effective and cover a lot of situations! i highly recommend it!!!!! wow

but here are the tips and examples Marty mentions, so if you don’t have the time to go through the full hour, you can just scroll down. hope this helps somebody!

Break your study time in chunks with breaks

most students lose focus at 25 minutes

it’s a mistake to keep going once you do, since you won’t actually learn anything and you’ll hate every minute of it

so when you start losing focus take a 5 minute break

do something nice like talking to someone or listening to music

it’s something you practice so with time you’ll be able to work for more time without losing focus

in the end of the study session have a big reward you look forward to

Create a study area

environment highly affects the way you act. Bedrooms are for sleeping, kitchens for eating: you’ll feel sleepy in your bedroom and hungry in the kitchen. So if you have a study area, it’ll be easier to start studying and staying focused.

study in a specific room like an office or school library if you can

if you have to study in your bedroom use a specific object you only use for studying: a lamp/desk. Make it a no-distraction, away from your bed, blank walls area.

 The more active the learning, the better

80% active learning 20% passive

ask yourself: is it a concept or a fact?

learning a concept: understand/grasp/know it

put it into your own words

really think about the meaning of it

relate it with something you already know

teach somebody else. Recapitulate what you’ve learned. Talk out loud even if you don’t have anyone to teach - talk alone. Or at anyone that listens.

learning a fact: memorize it

use mnemonics

Acronyms (e.g. colours of the rainbow RoyGBiv – red orange yellow green blue indigo violet)

 Coined sayings - anything popular or sayings you’ve heard since you were a child.

Interacting images – work even better if they’re weird. Creative associations make you never forget specific details. (e.g. 1 gram of fat has 9 calories: picture a fat cat – each cat has 9 lives)

any time 2 things are highly similar but not the same you will get maximal interference!! USE mnemonics!! (e.g. afferent vs efferent neurons: SAME - Sensory Afferent Motor Efferent)

Be a part of  study groups

others can help you in ways you never thought before

Recognizing VS remembering

never confuse the two

while reviewing a chapter you may recognize concepts but not actually know them

and when you get to the test you won’t be able to remember any of it

so quiz yourself without looking at it

or stop in a page of your notes/textbook and ask yourself what is the concept immediately after and before it

Get your REM Sleep 

get ~8 hours so you don’t undo your studying

this is how your brain stores permanent memories

without it you’re ability to remember seriously decreases

most people don’t even begin to take the advice but it’s simple: sleep better. Do better.

There’s 162 hours in a week. There is time.

reflect on what you are doing with your time and what activities you have to prioritize to succed as a student

Taking notes is vital.

right after the class take 5 minutes to expand everything you’ve jotted down, give it depth.

NOT hours later. You won’t remember half the things you wrote down.

Ask your questions to class mates and teachers.

teachers want you to succeed and it’s more than ok to ask your question in the teacher’s office or in the next class

How to use a textbook: SQ3R technique

Survey Question Read Recite Review

Survey: skim through the entire chapter in a couple of minutes.

Raise questions: e.g. what is osmosis? What is this graphic about? What is a prototype?

it causes you to look for answers and you’ll find the information better once you actually study it after. If you intend to find something you learn it better.

Start studying for tests early.

don’t undo yourself. You should only be reviewing the days before the test. don’t leave it till the last minute!

(don’t just scroll through this!!!! really think about these methods and how you can actually implement them so you can benefit from them!!! these actually work but only if you put them into practice boo good luck!)

082316 // last week’s spread! got to see the guillermo del toro exhibit at lacma, tried some cool new food places, and started to get my affairs in order for going back to school (i fly back in two days!)