Aura

College student-19yo-Currently considering chemical engineering-she/her main blog @lavcha

[aurastdies]

Introduction

Hi~!

My name is Aura. I'm 19 years old and currently in my second year of college.

Major: Tentatively considering chemical engineering or chemistry

Hobbies: block printing, video games (stardew valley, league of legends), reading, doomscrolling

Classes: General Chemistry 2, Calculus 2

my goal for this side blog is to hopefully help my study more and to stop procrastinating. also to bitch about classes lol

my main blog is @lavcha so if i follow you it will be from there!

feel free to message or ask me anything~

[papayajuan2019]

the world is running out of glassblowers and yet you want to become a fucking doctor

[sniperserpent]

One of the most jarring moments of my university education was in a physics class when I was given a device that measures gravity and was told “this cost the university sixteen thousand dollars, but the only glass blower in the world who could make the glass springs inside it died so it’s literally irreplaceable. If you drop it those springs will shatter. Go fuck around with it for a day and take some measurements”

[nothingbutthedreams]

In the UK there's a thing called the endangered crafts list which I highly recommend if you fancy discovering some crafts you never even knew existed. Scientific and optical instrument making is considered 'critically endangered' and glassworking (scientific glassware) is just considered endangered, which is for 'crafts with a shrinking market share, an ageing demographic or crafts with a declining number of practitioners.' There's some other crafts in that category which are easier to teach yourself or go to classes on that list, like lithography, marbling or block printing on fabric, so it might be worth considering those if you're looking for something to try.

[nothingbutthedreams]

Reblogging myself as I wasn't expecting so many people to pay attention to my comment. Again this list is JUST FOR THE UK as I noticed someone commenting on that, please look into whether there are similar things in your own countries and share if you find anything as I'd love to see them.

There are some crafts considered 'extinct' because the whole process isn't completed in the UK, like making cricket balls where most of the steps can be done here but not the stitching for some reason which is outsourced to India. There are lacrosse sticks produced in other countries where it's more popular as a sport, otherwise the whole sport would have died out by now.

Anyway, I just wanted to add that there's a new version of the list for this year which is now online here.

[s-n-arly]

Skip Google for Research

As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse.  It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms 

As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable.  As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.

Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.

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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

[aurastdies]

I think I have finally recovered enough from last quarter to post on here again lol

List of things that happened

Failed my physics final and the whole class, but somehow not the lab

Passed my Calc 2 final but just barely failed the class at like a 68% (needed a 70%)

Got my drivers permit (cars are scary)

Passed Gen Chem 1!!

Started winter quarter

Retaking Calc 2 and taking Gen Chem 2

Passed the first test for both classes!!

World did not implode because I failed two classes, not even on academic probation

Currently awaiting the results of my adhd/autism diagnosis tests

Anyways maybe this will be reassurance for someone, life keeps on a going even if you fail things. I was so terrified that like my whole world would implode and everyone would be so angry and disappointed with me, but like it's totally fine. My parents understood and the world keeps spinning. I am okay. I worked everything out and I am trying again with Calc 2. Physics I have ti wait till fall quarter 2025 to retry due to sequence stuff. I'm really enjoying the current quarter, currently learning thermochemistry which is pretty neat. I turn 20 next month. Life keeps going and I am okay.

[3sbeee]

Can we talk about how the idea that STEM and the humanities are mortal enemies with no overlap is actually incredibly harmful and is not only preventing people from pursuing their passions but also part of the reason why the humanities aren’t given their proper respect? No, artists are not all snobby pretentious assholes who think they’re more cultured than everyone else and no scientists are not all emotionless robots who think they’re smarter than everyone else and it’s possible to be an artist and a scientist at the same time. By acting like you have to choose between STEM and humanities we are eliminating thousands of potential careers and causing unnecessary divisions in a time where nothing is more crucial than unity. I’m so tired of people acting like STEM majors are incapable of understanding art and humanities majors are incapable of understanding math when the two fields are crucial to one another. Who would design our architecture if it weren’t for artful engineers? Who would discover the rules of composition? At the end of the day we are all just people trying to learn and make a living, and all of these careers are important to humanity. People can’t say that STEM is more important than humanities if there’s no such thing as STEM vs humanities.

[lotuspositivity]

You don't need to feel so much shame all the time. You're allowed to struggle, you're allowed to take breaks, you're allowed to be kind to yourself. Let yourself be <3.

[internalresistance]

I look at this one uh from time to time -

[piosplayhouse]

Just voted. Wrote in Heavenly Demon Emperor Uniter of the Three Realms Luo Binghe

[conspiring-literaries-society-d]

I am a terrible combination of “whatever happens, happens” and “If everything doesn’t go according to plan, I will vaporize”

[desultory-suggestions]

You have to stop ruining things for yourself preemptively because you believe they’ll fail anyway. Give yourself a chance to succeed.

[liones-s]

one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become

[mudwisard]

my trick for getting through grad school is learning to navigate the quadrants with all their nuances

[aurastdies]

Every year I think seasonal depression won't hit me and then it does like a freight train lol

I'm up here in WA so we will be getting approximately zero sun for the next 7 months, so my motivation to do anything other than sleep has absolutely evaporated. I was supposed to have an ADHD test today to get diagnosed, but my psychologist has to reschedule, so it remains to be seen. I really just want help for whatever is going on upstairs, because I'm seriously struggling rn to find motivation for anything remotely challenging. Chemistry is going well solely because I actually enjoy studying for it, I even passed my first test with a score higher than the class average!! (Class average was 66.5, I got a 70.5 teehee). Idk studying is hard, and it's mostly my fault because I can't get myself to sit down and do it. Maybe I need to lock my phone up for like 5 hours and see if that helps lol

[aurastdies]

I have been slowly chugging along in school, why are Calc and physics so hard T_T

I have a test on Wednesday and the presidential election is tmmr, boy oh boy this week is not fun

I did vote, and I'm going to (hopefully) lock in and study, but I feel like a bundle of nerves rn

I'm so scared I'm going to fail my classes and that this election outcome isn't going to be good, but I can't do more than I've already done. Just hoping for the best rn

[aurastdies]

Got a C on my Calc 2 test, very excited!! Have a chem test on Friday I need to make flashcards for

[fallange-deactivated20250919]

"i want to get back into studying and working hard at school" i say as i redownload stardew valley and 20 new mods

[aurastdies]

Sooooo I did my physics test today and my calculus 2 test yesterday and boy oh boy. Calc went pretty okay, 3 out of 10 felt a little rough but I think I'll pass.

I literally had to say a prayer after my physics test it went so bad. I don't think I've ever had a test that bad before, I don't even think it was hard I just don't understand physics. I'm hoping for a low C. I definitely underestimated it and need to study more for next time. It just sucks because I hate failing and I feel like everyone understands physics more than me. Idk I just feel like I got sucker punched.

I'll get back up tho and keep going to class. Struggling will get me to where I want to be, and I really want my degree.