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bold the statements that apply to you, italicise your aspirations, then tag other people
thank you @chazza-studies-alevels for the tag :)
air
i have small hands / i love the night sky / i watch small animals and birds when i pass them by / i drink herbal tea / i wake to see dawn / the smell of dust is comforting / i’m valued for being wise / i prefer books to music / i meditate / i find joy in learning new truths from the world around me
fire
i don’t have straight hair / i like to wear ripped jeans and overalls / i play an organized sport / i love dogs / i am not afraid of adventure / i love to talk to strangers / i always try new foods / i enjoy road trips / summer is my favorite season / my radio is always playing
water
i wear bracelets on my wrists / i love the bustle of the city / i have more than one set of piercings / i read poetry / i love the sound of a thunderstorm / i want to travel the world / i sleep past midday most days / i love dimly lit diners and fluorescent signs / i rewatch kids’ shows out of nostalgia / i see emotions in colors not words
earth
i wear glasses / i enjoy doing the laundry / i am a vegetarian or vegan / i have an excellent sense of time / my humor is very cheerful / i am a valued advisor to my friends / i believe in true love / i love the chill of mountain air / i’m always listening to music / i am highly trusted by the people in my life
aether
i go without makeup / i make my own artwork / i keep on track of my tasks and time / i always know true north / i see beauty in everything / i can always smell flowers / i smile at everyone i pass by / i always fear history repeating itself / i have recovered from a mental disorder / i can love unconditionally
i tag @stellar-kinematics @ficklefocus @aztrolab @studyaurore @scrappaper if you want !!
i saw @chazza-studies-alevels do this and it looked fun :)
what year are you? i’m scottish so uh i’m starting S6 after summer aka my last year of high school ?? it’s so confusing to compare to english years but i think year 13
what are you studying? advanced higher (similar to a level) maths, physics, and chemistry. also music performance!
what’s next after graduation? i want to study physics at university and maybe do a phd in astrophysics
morning or night person? i am such a night owl, my productivity and motivation spikes at 10pm
front/middle/back of the class? i have terrible eyesight (~-12 in both eyes with a strong astigmatism in my right) so front but sometimes i like the middle
best feedback from a teacher? my physics teacher (my fav teacher ever) said i’m the best student she’s taught 🥺🥺
best study tip? understand content, don’t memorise it
three fun facts: (1) i love terry pratchett’s novels. (2) i am terrible at keeping plants alive. (3) i cry at the finale of every tv show i watch
if you want to answer then i tag you !
Hey remember when US and Russia was all like “We’re the best!!! We’ve won the space race!!!!” But India sent a kick-ass space probe to Mars and the whole mission was fuel efficient, costed less and a roaring success in the first try and then they were like “…..wait no that can’t be true” and still have the audacity to call us “underdeveloped” or only view us as a ‘third world country’? :)
For anyone who needs more info, the probe was called Mangalyaan (which literally means space probe vehicle) or Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and you can also get more information here and here
29.06.20
today was the first day of my six week summer holiday and i’m already feeling very listless, so here is my plan for getting a big step up in russian. i’ve been loosely learning for a year so i know basic phrases and the alphabet but i want to use this time to really get to grips with it. so i’m posting this here because accountability is important! i’m hoping to fill up these sheets with vocab by the end too.
thank you @chazza-studies-alevels for the tag :)
relationship status: single (very)
fav. colours: navy, lavender
lipstick or chapstick
three fav. foods: peri salted chips, hello panda biscuit-y things, and raspberry ripple ice cream
song stuck in my head: strawberry blond, mitski
last song i listened to: don’t you worry, oh wonder
last film i watched: pride (2014)
three fav. tv shows: good omens, doctor who, and staged
current book: the astronaut wives’ club, lily koppel
current time: 10:20pm
blankets i sleep with: a duvet and 1-2 blankets depending on the temperature
dream trip: iceland to see the aurora borealis and the beautiful landscapes there
anything i want in life: a sense of belonging, happiness, to be remembered
i tag @stellar-kinematics @studyaurore @shootingshadowss @scrappaper (if you want to!)
hi i’m lauren :) here’s a little introduction to me/this studyblr :
about me
— i am 17 and in my final year of secondary school
— i live in scotland
— i use she/her pronouns and i’m a lesbian
academic
— i’m studying advanced higher (roughly a-level) chemistry, physics, maths, and music performance
— i want to study physics at uni
— my dream job is research astrophysicist
hobbies
— i play violin (abrsm grade 8) and piano (very recreationally lol) but i also pick up baritone ukulele and recorder from time to time
— i love reading! my favourite genres are ya (particularly those with lgbtq rep), sci-fi, and fantasy
— i speak very basic french and am starting to learn some russian so привет!
— i watch a lot of tv, mostly sitcoms. to name a few, i love schitt’s creek, odaat, the good place, queer eye, doctor who, rpdr, killing eve, love victor, and parks and rec
i post mostly studyblr with some bullet journaling and have had this blog since jan 2019. i would love to talk to more people on here so dm me anytime :D 🌈🦕
23.06.20
today i scrounged all the paint samples i could find in my house and made this for chem :)
22.06.20
i’m now in the last week of term, so compared to last week’s business of zoom calls it’s feeling very chilled out. here’s to the end of the school year! 🥳
18.06.20
today marks the end of the astrophysics/engineering program i have been involved in this week, and i am truly sorry to say goodbye to it. i may do a slightly rambling post about it later.
STEM wlw
the girls with guts. these girls have so much drive and ambition, plowing their way through a male-dominated field with intensity and success that can only be dreamed about. pencils tucked behind their ears, calculators stuffed in their pockets, notes scribbled haphazardly in countless notebooks, they take on the world. some of these girls love science, love to learn about the changes of the tide or the environment or how to mix different chemicals. some love math, love how everything always lines up so perfectly, love the exhilaration of finally figuring out a difficult equation. no matter what their passions are specifically, these girls are the next generation of geniuses.
academia things that genuinely make me happy
large textbooks filled with extra papers which hold the answers to the problems you thought were too brilliant to be thrown away, or the simple short summary of a part you were struggling to understand before
having your textbook absolutely ruined by highlighters and sticky notes all over it, those little tips and ideas you picked up from the lesson. anyone who opens that book immediately knows that you’ve studied the crap out of it and know the concept by heart. “this is the most annotated book i’ve ever seen” is literally the highest form of compliment for me.
solving math or chemistry problems to a soundtrack album or ambient sounds, extra points if it’s in afternoon lol
when you’re so focused and keen on getting to the final answer that your hand physically can’t keep up with your eagerness so you end up with the most incoherent solution. but you’ve finally got the answer right!
being self-taught in a subject or a few chapters of the textbook, and still smashing the quizzes and the exams
coming up with a new solution to the problem, or seeing the problem from a new perspective, and finally being able to solve it because of just that.
confidently walking out of the exam room. 0 doubt in your mind that you crushed it!
actually feeling how you’ve grown academically, and how much more knowledgeable you are compared to the beginning of the semester
casually and confidently having conversations with a professor about your studies, exchanging ideas and discussing the existing theories, methods, on-going research and all
all of this is everything i want in life- god
08.06.20
i made a whiteboard out of a poly pocket and it is, quite frankly, saving my ass with all the derivations i’m learning atm.
reminder that this blog, while not politically focused, supports BLM. bootlickers and racists aren’t welcome here, and never will be.
21.05.20
maths is even more enjoyable when you do it outside in the sun 🌺🌤 (flowers kept falling from the rhododendron beside me, it felt very picturesque)
20.05.20
advanced higher chemistry is putting my artistic abilities to the test.
Hi! I found your studyblr a few nights ago, and I was reading through your posts. I saw that you mentioned something about a summer program in astrophysics. Do you mean the summer science program in astrophysics? :)
nope, it’s a program run by a scottish university!
(also i’m sorry this is late, i never check my inbox)
Do you have any ideas on how to improve the accessibility of classical music? Playing the instruments, watching performances, etc.
that’s kind of a broad topic. there’s the issue of classical music not being as accessible to people who have a lower income, younger people, historically excluded ethnic groups, people who want to go see a symphony perform and not get dirty glances for wearing jeans to attend the concert, people who want to clap between movements without getting dirty glances and feeling “uncultured,” and so on.
I could make a post in detail about all of these particular aspects, and people can feel free to add their opinion on the subject to this post, but I’ll say this:
we gotta stop pushing the idea that mozart was like the best classical composer ever. he was obviously talented and made some good music, but non-musicians think that mozart’s music is what all classical music sounds like and so they don’t feel the need to listen to composers who wrote drastically different musical works but can still be heard in the concert halls. classical music is a broad genre written by thousands and thousands of people over hundreds of years, and today, and we have a more diverse group of composers than ever who are currently writing music. I think that everyone can find at least one piece of classical music that appeals to them, but so many people don’t know this.
we gotta stop intellectualizing classical music. write program notes that make sense and help audiences relate to the composer. tell us that berlioz’s dad wanted him to have a practical job so berlioz got his medical degree and turned around to become a composer, and maybe save the music theory terminology that makes very little sense to the average audience member for your doctoral dissertation. help audiences relate to the music and they’ll be able to understand it better. classical music hasn’t been for the educated aristocracy in years but people keep acting like it is.
we gotta let people know that anyone can learn classical music. my mom recently told me that she doesn’t have the right hands to play piano and that she thinks reading sheet music would be too hard. you can play piano with small hands and it’s simple to learn to read sheet music, it just takes practice for it to become automatic. you can pick up an instrument at any point in your life. if you have the desire, do it, and don’t listen to some idiots who say you’re “too old” or aren’t fit for it.
we gotta let students learning classical have fun with it rather than kill their creativity and yell at them for their mistakes. I nearly quit piano because of something like this and today I absolutely love any chance I can get to play an instrument. that is a huge shift in perspective, and it’s because I can make mistakes and learn from them without getting shamed, and I have had super encouraging teachers, parents, and peers.
we gotta show students performances that feature people that we can kind of relate to. a lot of old orchestral performances have orchestras that are just white guys and no one else. show a newer video of the same piece that has at least some diversity. is there a young girl interested in playing bass in orchestra? show her a video of a woman absolutely shredding on double bass to get her interested and show her that women exist in the profession. representation matters.
we gotta drop the draconian concert hall etiquette. I think going to see an orchestra concert should have similar etiquette to going to the movie theaters. don’t talk during the performance, laugh if something funny happens (some classical music is genuinely supposed to be funny), clap when appropriate (it’s so disappointing when the first movement of a symphony ends with a flourish and everybody is still. it is legitimately uncomfortable!), and wear what you would wear to a movie theater. it’s going to take years for this to happen, unfortunately, but as someone who plays in orchestra, I don’t feel disrespected when audience members clap between movements or wear hoodies. I’m just happy they’re there and that they’re enjoying their time.
everyone feel free to add your thoughts and experiences. this is a broad issue and it’s something we need to address.
some things i’ve learned while studying in quarantine
drink more water instead of more coffee.
weekly goals are bullshit. set yourself 3-day goals. you’ll be less laid-back.
don’t just mindlessly stare at words. before you start studying, know your approach to it. have a plan.
summarizing the concept in your own words is the key part of taking notes. don’t just copy things down, convert them into your own way of talking, your own vocabulary, no matter how dumb and unprofessional it sounds.
don’t let the “studyblr aesthetic” fool you. studying doesn’t have to be pretty. summaries and notes can be messy as long as they’re comprehensible. you can always rewrite and reorganize them later. (honestly, you better do. and you better keep them.)
don’t throw away the papers you’ve solved your problems in. staple them to the fucking textbook. you need to see them constantly. cause you’ll need reminders of how far you’ve came, when you’re feeling discouraged.
don’t be an armchair analyst for your issues. if you have an idea then act on it.
remember: the exact point where it becomes difficult, is where your growth begins. take a deep breath, and try to focus on the paragraph in front of you.
get off your high horse and understand that if you’re a zero, you won’t go to 100 in a couple of days. first, you’ll need to reach 30, then from 30 to 60, and then from 60 to 90. nobody is 100 everyday. that happens very rarely.
you need to have fun everyday. you need to have peaceful time every single day. even on exam night. especially on exam night, actually. so make sure you’ve studied enough so you can have some time to yourself.
once you’re on a roll and in need of some challenge to stay on track, start writing down your studying hours. tell yourself you’re not allowed to do less than 80% of what you did yesterday. whatever the hell it was, even just one hour. so if yesterday you really studied for like, say 8 hours, today your goal is to study for at least 6 and a half hours. if you can’t keep up with that, make it 70%, or 60%.
be forgiving of yourself. be kind to yourself. even if you bounced back and lost your streak. start again. as slowly as you did before. take your time. it’s okay, you were there once you can get there again.
feeling this during lockdown, how am i meant to get validation if i can’t speak to my teachers???
boys complimenting me:
me: ://
my teacher leaving an ‘excellent work!!!’ on my essay:
me, holding a wall for support: bro i’m just…..bro i’m just really teary i’m ghjdgfsdhjfjsdhf i’m hgjggjkhfkdjgj wow thank you idk what to say….bro idk why i’m fjhdsfkjdfg crying right now
📖 the dream thieves, maggie stiefvater
🎞 modern family, netflix
🎬 the half of it, netflix
🧩 animal crossing new leaf, because i’m too broke for new horizons
seen a lot of these with your favorites, but reblog with the CURRENT book you are reading, show you are streaming, the last movie you watched, and any game/puzzle/crafts you’re working on
8th may
this years reading challenge has really encouraged me to read more and it’s been soo lovely! cr: the dream theives by maggie stiefvater
Six Moons of Saturn (Titan, Mimas, Tethys, Enceladus, Dione & Rhea)
Image Credit: Rafael Defavari
27th march 2020
was being all productive rewriting my higher physics notes (seeing as i’ve no set work until after easter -_-), but then i got onto fission and started raging about how undercredited lise meitner is, so now i’m in a state of feminist rage about the severe lack of women in stem and particularly physics. happy friday!
boys complimenting me:
me: ://
my teacher leaving an ‘excellent work!!!’ on my essay:
me, holding a wall for support: bro i’m just…..bro i’m just really teary i’m ghjdgfsdhjfjsdhf i’m hgjggjkhfkdjgj wow thank you idk what to say….bro idk why i’m fjhdsfkjdfg crying right now
reblog and put in the tags something that you were looking forward to and can’t do it because of coronavirus
18 march 2020
day one working from home. scottish schools officially shut on friday but following guidelines i was having to self isolate for a fortnight bc of family members anyway. stay safe!
📚: reaper man, terry prattchet
📼: travel man on channel 4
🎞: the aeronauts, amazon original
💡: uh i’ve been really into gamepigeon games on imessage?
seen a lot of these with your favorites, but reblog with the CURRENT book you are reading, show you are streaming, the last movie you watched, and any game/puzzle/crafts you’re working on
here’s a little school update which to be frank is more for me to look back on lasted this year than for tumblr, but anyway
did my lab work and handed in my assignment reports for 20% of my grade in physics and chem! really happy with both of them.
got into the uni space programme for this summer that i applied for in january! really really happy making :D
things are getting lowkey stressful, with four weeks until the easter holiday and the threat of schools closing due to covid19. really hoping we don’t have to though.
did my coursing for next year and i am officially taking advanced higher maths, ah chem and ah physics. v excited to not do english next year but i will miss french.
i’ve been reading a lot this year and am currently on my 16th of 2020 (for reference in 2019 i read 18 total) which i’m really loving.
i got straight As in my prelims which i’m over the moon about, and got top of my year for physics chem and french (somehow) so i’ve got a sweep at the awards ceremony ;) i also have my fingers crossed for junior dux but i guess we’ll see in june.
in conclusion i’m a nerd and happy about it. s5 has been My Year so far.