Cat Loaves 2 Brighten Up Ur Day

a list of simple yet beautiful things to live for:

the feeling of sunlight on your skin

the smell of pastries as you pass by a bakery

being wrapped up in a blanket with a cup of hot chocolate in your hands on a cold night

holding hands with the person you can’t imagine living without

discovering a new favorite song and listening to it on repeat

having a relaxing bath after a long exhausting day

secretly admiring a beautiful stranger you saw on the train

I’m taking the AB Calc AP this year (yikes), so here are some of the resources I’ve found so far! I’ll add more as I find them.

Free Practice Tests & Questions

1969-1988 Multiple Choice Questions

2006 Practice Exams (AB & BC, with answers)

Varsity Tutors

College Board Released FRQs 

Peterson’s Practice Test

GetAFive Practice Questions

4Tests Practice

Booooooks

The Princeton Review (3 practice exams)

REA Crash Course (online practice exams)

Barrons (AB & BC, 5 practice exams each)

Kaplan (6 practice exams & 2 diagnostics)

5 Steps to a 5 (3 practice exams)

COW Math (online calculus books)

Peterson’s (online, AB & BC)

Multiple Choice Workbook

Videos

HippoCampus

Khan Academy (so many worked answers)

WOWmath (free response questions)

Other Resources

PDF Reference Sheets (from EE, but here in a handy folder)

Interactive Mathematics Lessons

Visual Calculus (tutorials & drills)

College Board FRQ Index

MIT OpenCourseware Exam Prep

Brightstorm

Mr. Calculus

GetAFive

Paul’s Online Math Notes

Study Guides

Elaine Cheong’s Study Guide

University of Houston Study Guide

Final Review Sheet

Calculus Cheat Sheet

I hope this helps you out! There are more useful posts from my study series here.

when someone loves you - really loves you - treat them gently. text your best friend back when you can. tell your mother you noticed her haircut and that she was right about that recipe. tell your grandfather that the boats in his bottles are the best things you’ve ever seen. be good to the people who are good to you. it’s the least you can do.

kinda cool to think how someone somewhere is having the best day of their life today. someone’s hearing “i love you” for the first time today. someone’s gonna meet the love of their life today. someone’s gonna get the job of their dreams today. it’s someone’s best day today. and guess what binch? tomorrow it could be ur best day so keep going

for people taking ap gov/apush this year i would 100% recommend watching adam norris on youtube! he has videos for literally everything that will be on the ap test because he bases his videos off of the college board's material outline. to study for my ap tests all i did was watch his videos and take notes on the info he talked about it. i studied a lot but because of his videos i was able to get a 5 on both my apush and ap gov tests!

oh hey thanks so much for the info!!!

casting spell of pass your exams for anyone going through exams right now

vaguely academic things to do to keep yourself entertained

go down a wikipedia research hole by clicking the first term you don’t understand

binge a crashcourse series end to end (personal recs: world history, history of science, big history, philosophy)

find free books on project gutenberg

download some western classics for free

borrow books and audiobooks from the libby app or borrowbox

start a commonplace book

take a khan academy course

browse MIT’s free online course materials

teach yourself to code

go on a google scholar essay dive

try the open access button to avoid some paywalls for academic media, or install unpaywall that does a similar thing

research the history of the place you where you live

tempt the wrath of the duolingo owl and learn a language

search for online streams of the local tv in your target language’s country and use as background noise for immersion points

print and scrapbook favourite poetry and literature quotes

improve your handwriting by doing handwriting exercises

learn philosophy with the philosophize this! podcast. actually just check out all the educational spotify podcasts there are many good ones

start a weekly club with friends to share new and interesting things you’ve learnt that week

clean and reorganise your study space, physical or digital

check out online museums

fave educational youtube channels that I adore: vsauce, crashcourse, smarter every day, kurzgesagt, school of life, tom scott, r. c. waldun, vsauce3, primer, mark rober, veritasium, asapSCIENCE, scishow, TED-ed

hopefully you’ll find something to enjoy! happy learning x

The Knight - creachurity sequel

A knight swore to protect her Lady no matter the cost. A Lady swore to care for her knight no matter the cost. They think only one can succeed.

You know how I always say that The Creature is the best story I've ever written? I take that back. Her guard just showed her up. After a month of grueling work, I am very happy and relieved to present to you all a story I went through hell and back to see through. I think it might just be my favorite RariTwi story I've ever written, or at the very least, might have my favorite RariTwi moment I've ever written. READ IT HERE Enjoy!

cover art by @sacredlapearl

What do you think about gap years and do you have any resources related to them? Thanks xx.

I think gap years are a great idea IF you do something that will support your future academic or career goals during the year. I didn’t know many people that took gap years between high school and college, but many people take them between college and graduate school/medical school/etc.

For example, if you’re planning on going to college but want to take a gap year, can you get involved in some sort of academic tutoring, internship, or research experience program? Also make sure you take any required exams i.e. the SAT, ACT, subject tests, AP exams, or GRE if you’re post-college. You could also take some community college or night-school classes to get some requirements out of the way in a more relaxed atmosphere.

If you’re planning on getting a job, what can you do during your gap year to build up your resume? Think volunteering, internships (paid or unpaid), part time work (ideally in your desired field), and any credentials or licenses you might need for your job.

You can also use your gap year to work on your professional skills, make money through side hustles, and consider big life changes like moving out, getting an apartment, etc.

This isn’t to say that you shouldn’t enjoy your gap year! Spend some time recovering from school and rebuild your interests and hobbies. Just don’t get too comfortable that your gap year turns into gap 3-5 years!

Hope this helps!– Mimi

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