reminder that this blog, while not politically focused, supports BLM. bootlickers and racists aren’t welcome here, and never will be.
What year are you?
What’s your major/what do you think you want to major in?
If applicable, what is your thesis about?
Do you think you picked the right major?
Ultimate educational goals?
Career goals?
Do you think your goals are realistic?
What classes are you taking right now?
Favorite class out of everything you’ve ever taken and why?
Least favorite class ever and why?
Current favorite class and why?
Current least favorite class and why?
Favorite STEM field?
Favorite humanities subject?
Class that you’ve always wanted to take but never had the chance?
Do you use caffeine and if so how much daily?
What’s your preferred method of taking in caffeine?
Have you ever tried study drugs?
Are you a homework-in-the-morning kind of person?
Do you listen to music while you study?
Crowded area or quiet place?
What’s your preferred writing implement?
Do you need to work out before you can study well?
Describe your perfect study environment.
Are you procrastinating right now?
What was the last thing you procrastinated?
Are you a perfectionist?
Do you like easy classes or do you feel bad if you’re not working hard?
Are you a good test taker?
What are you the proudest of out of all the assignments you’ve ever had?
Do you talk to your teachers/professors a lot?
Describe your favorite teacher/professor and why you like them.
Describe your least favorite teacher/professor and why you dislike them.
Have you ever thought about becoming a teacher/professor?
Most profound thing ever said to you by a teacher/professor?
Best feedback you’ve ever gotten on something academic?
Worst study habit and how are you working on it?
Are you an in-class fidgeter?
How’s your handwriting?
Write “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” and post a photo.
Neat or messy notes?
A lot of notes or the bare minimum?
Post a photo/scan of your notes from your favorite class.
Are you a doodler?
Post a photo of your doodles if you have any.
Do you have pre-test rituals and what are they?
Are you a tangent-question asker?
Do you make jokes in class?
How many hours do you spend on academics per day?
What’s something more important to you than school?
07/08/20
coded a rock, paper, scissors game! (=> completed one of my summer goals!)
did some mini exercises and summary post-it’s of rotational motion
read a third of the good immigrant
& tonight i’m going cycling with my dad and will do another violin session!
summer studying challenge, 7th aug: what is your favourite summer ‘beach read’?
red, white & royal blue by casey mcquiston!
'Let n be an integer' Why should I let it? I don't think n has behaved well enough today to be an integer. Maybe if n behaves better tomorrow I'll let it be an integer.
I'm trying to find more people to follow.
15/07/20
i have a few little goals, like applying for a stem programme, getting my russian up a bit, picking violin back up and continuing learning coding in python!
DEAN VILLAGE, EDINBURGH.
modern studies is my least favourite class, i hate it so so much. i genuinely can’t wait for the exam so i can drop it lmao, @ any scottish followers does anybody else have the misfortune of doing this class?? please dm me lets discuss our anguish
rules: answer 10 questions, then write 10 for the people you tag to answer!
@chazza-studies-alevels’s questions:
1. If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be and why?
oh, so many options. i think i would change how some ignorant people only see one correct way to live so that they are more open-minded.
2. What’s your favourite quality in yourself?
i’m a very determined person (eg right now i’m sitting at 1:30am waiting for clouds to pass so i can see a comet.)
3. What’s your favourite quality in other people?
loyalty and genuine kindness.
4. What’s something you wish you could do?
i wish i could play piano much better!
5. If you could live anywhere, where would you?
i would love to live in iceland
6. Who is your biggest inspiration and why?
in my personal life, both my grannies are my inspirations. but on a wider scale i look up to jessica meir and christina koch a lot, as well as alexandria ocasio-cortez and mae jemison.
7. Why did you choose your subjects/course?
physics, because i love space and understanding the world around me. maths, because it’s useful in physics and i love problem solving. chemistry, because i’m good at it and love understanding why things work. music performance, because i need a way to be creative and grow confidence!
8. What’s your favourite subject/pastime?
my favourite subject is physics (although currently we’re studying mechanics which i hate so maybe chemistry atm) and my favourite pastime is reading/cycling
9. If you could meet one person from history, who would it be and what would you say?
i’d love to meet mae jemison and tell her i think she is amazing and so so cool and a true hero of mine. OH or carrie fisher!! i’d tell her how much i loved princess leia as a little girl
10. What are you most grateful for in life?
i am so grateful to have grown up in a safe environment and have gone to a good school where i’ve had so many opportunities <3
my questions!
1. what did you want to be when you were a child?
2. describe your favourite teacher
3. if you could speak any language which would it be? why?
4. what colours do you associate with your classes?
5. what’s something that really annoys you?
6. what’s the best part of your classes?
7. what’s the worst part of your classes?
8. how many languages can you say ‘hello’ in?
9. do you write in pen or pencil?
10. what’s the worst book you’ve ever read?
i tag @stellar-kinematics @aztrolab @physics-studies @scrappaper