BecomingDeduction

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10 interesting articles and essays on various topics that you should read:

1. Against the Logic of the Guillotine. Why the Paris Commune Burned the Guillotine—and We Should Too (on why the guillotine is not an instrument of liberation) 2. Collusion Between The Police And Alt-Right Is Inevitable 3. How Police Are Complicit in the Rise of Fascism 4. Teach Yourself Italian: For a writer, a foreign language is a new kind of adventure (on writing in a foreign language) 5. War in Translation: Giving Voice to the Women of Syria 6. The Age of Instagram Face: How social media, FaceTune, and plastic surgery created a single, cyborgian look.  7. Feeling for the Edge of your Imagination: finding ways not to call the police 8. A New Year’s Resolution: Don’t Call the Police 9. Our Pain Is Not Your Classroom 10. Laziness Does Not Exist

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‘A Day Beautifully Squandered’

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Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | Rick González

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It may not seem like a big deal to a lot of people but every time I see mountains like this I just have to take a moment and take a step back in awe. I grew up in the middle of a cornfield and everywhere around is super flat so even like, big hills are amazing to me.

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

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I just swooned

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Clear your desk. Tie up your hair. Get your coffee. Sit down, and start. Just start.

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São Paulo, Brazil | Maria Fernanda Pavanello

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Hong Kong (by Studio Incendo) 

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For more than 25 years, many developed countries, including the U.S., have been sending massive amounts of plastic waste to China instead of recycling it on their own.

Some 106 million metric tons — about 45 percent — of the world’s plastics set for recycling have been exported to China since reporting to the United Nations Comtrade Database began in 1992.

But in 2017, China passed the National Sword policy banning plastic waste from being imported — for the protection of the environment and people’s health — beginning in January 2018.

Now that China won’t take it, what’s happening to the leftover waste?

According to the authors of a new study, it’s piling up.

China Has Refused To Recycle The West’s Plastics. What Now?

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My family and I were talking about this the other night. Hopefully the west learns to start using less single use plastics. I’m glad for the cities that have plastic straw and bag bans but hopefully the rest of the U.S. will start doing the same. 

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RARE STUDY TIPS

1. write down how much you study over time, then write down how you did on the quiz/test. this will help you see the amount of studying is nessecary for you to get a good grade and fully learn the material!!!

2. make your study space smell fresh, preferably of mint. mint helps you focus and stay sharp. other good smells would be lemon, etc.

3. after studying for a long amount of time, go exercise for ~30 min. shower, get dressed, etc then review the info you had just been studying! you should come back fresher, and your brain is able to remember the info even better!

4. don’t always study in comfy/pj clothes. if you study a lot after school or classes, then it’s ok. but if all you plan on doing is studying for that day, for part of the day get dressed up! put on some business casual wear, that’s cute yet functional and do your hair, etc. this will put you in a “get shit done” mode.

5. after studying a unit/chapter, record yourself explaining it, as if to a person whose never heard of it. this helps SO MUCH. one, explaining/teaching helps you learn so much better, and two, you have a little video to review just before the test!!

6. study on the floor. if you have a carpeted area in your home, spread out all study materials, a white board, etc and study! it helps so much because you are comfertable and everything is within reach. do this if you need a break from desk studying.

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study moods

inspired by this post

because sometimes the idea of studying is too daunting to face, and mixing up your environment to make it more fun can make all the difference

too punk to quit: shorts and a band t-shirt, homework spread out over the floor, a can of soda or a shitty energy drink, and a playlist of your favorite throwback songs on full volume

sleepover: a nest of blankets and pillows, your comfiest pajamas, popcorn  and gummy worms, everything you need within arms reach, not leaving this spot for hours (or days) until you’re done with all of your work

no distractions: sitting at a desk with nothing but a glass of water and a computer, hair pulled back, typing up notes from the school day

my life is a mess: hot tea, a comfy sweater, all of your papers sprawled out on the floor around you, finally going through and throwing out all of the stuff you don’t need anymore and hoping that you’ll be a bit less overwhelmed once you’re done (spoiler alert: you’re gonna feel so much better)

rise and shine: early morning, at a table or in the kitchen, drinking orange juice and getting a head start on some assignments

am i a scholar yet: at your favorite library, revising or taking notes on readings, classical music playing with headphones on and a bag of almonds to snack on

growing up is overrated: doing homework at a friend’s house, cartoons on the tv or your favorite playlist on shuffle, sharing gossip and solutions to math problems

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self study is awful cause it’s like

vocab: intermediate

reading: intermediate

talking: upper beginner

listening: absolute beginner

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Subjunctive Masterpost

Requested by anon

How to Conjugate

Irregular Verbs

Uses

Phrases

*Note: after each phrase, add “que” directly before the subjunctive verb*

Youtube Videos Explaining the Subjunctive

Introduction to the Present Subjunctive

How to form the Present Subjunctive

How to use the Present Subjunctive with WEIRDOS

Practice Forming the Present Subjunctive

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日本語単語・Universe-Universo II.

こんにちは！🌌🌟

Universe - Universo I

空 ・ そら ・ Sky ・ [m] Cielo.

天体 ・ てんたい ・ Celestial body ・ [m] Astro / Cuerpo celeste.

天文学 ・ てんもんがく ・ Astronomy ・ [f] Astronomía.

天文学者 ・ てんもんがくしゃ ・ Astronomer ・ [m / f] Astrónomo / Astrónoma.

天文台 ・ てんもんだい ・ Astronomical observatory ・ [m] Observatorio astronómico.

プラネタリウム館 ・ ぷらねたりうむかん ・ Planetarium ・ [m] Planetario

太陽 ・ たいよう ・ Sun ・ [m] Sol.

月 ・ つき ・ Moon ・ [f] Luna.

新月 ・ しんげつ ・ New moon ・ [f] Luna nueva.

満月 ・ まんげつ ・ Full moon ・ [f] Luna llena.

半月 ・ はんげつ ・ Half-moon ・ [f] Media Luna

三日月 ・ みかずき ・ Crescent moon ・ [f] Luna (en cuarto) creciente.

隕石 ・ いんせき ・ Meteorite ・ [m] Meteorito.

星座 ・ せいざ ・ Constellation ・ [f] Constelación.

銀河 ・ ぎんが ・ Galaxy ・ [f] Galaxia.

天の川 ・ あまのがわ ・ Milky Way ・ [f] Vía Láctea.

惑星 ・ わくせい ・ Planet ・ [m] Planeta.

水星 ・ すいせい ・ Mercury ・ [m] Mercurio.

金星 ・ きんせい ・ Venus ・ [m] Venus

地球 ・ ちきゅう ・ Earth ・ [f] Tierra.

火星 ・ かせい ・ Mars ・ [m] Marte

木星 ・ もくせい ・ Jupiter ・ [m] Júpiter.

土星 ・ どせい ・ Saturn ・ [m] Saturno.

天王星 ・ てんのうせい ・ Uranus ・ [m] Urano.

海王星 ・ かいおうせい ・ Neptune ・ [m] Neptuno.

矮惑星 ・ わいわくせい ・ Dwarf planet ・ [m] Planeta enano.

冥王星 ・ めいおうせい ・ Pluto ・ [m] Plutón

ありがとう、またね～

I do believe [in] your Galaxy - Magic Shop

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summer vocab in mandarin

夏天 xia4 tian1 summer

六月 liu4 yue4 june

七月 qi1 yue4 july

八月 ba1 yue4 august

暑假 shu3 jia4 summer vacation

假期 jia4 qi1 vacation

休假 xiu1 jia4 to take a vacation, to go on holiday

冰淇淋 bing1 qi2 lin2 ice cream

烤肉 kao3 rou4 to barbecue

热狗「熱狗」re4 gou3 hot dog

日落 ri4 luo4 sunset

蚊子 wen2 zi mosquito

海边「海邊」hai3 bian1 coast, seashore, beach

海滩「海灘」hai3 tan1 beach

浪潮 lang4 chao2 wave, tides

游泳衣 you2 yong3 yi1 swimsuit

泳衣 yong3 yi1 swimsuit

比基尼 bi3 ji1 ni2 bikini

防晒油「防曬油」fang2 shai4 you2 sunscreen, sunblock

晒日光浴「曬日光浴」shai4 ri4 guang1 yu4 to sunbathe

日晒伤「日曬傷」ri4 shai4 shang1 sunburn

晒伤「曬傷」shai4 shang1 to get sunburnt

游泳 you2 yong3 to swim

冲浪「衝浪」chong1 lang4 to surf

冲浪板「衝浪板」chong1 lang4 ban3 surfboard

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Grimms’ Fairy Tales in Spanish - PDFs

The Frog Prince

The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was

The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats

Rapunzel

Cinderella

Hansel and Gretel

Sleeping Beauty

Little Red Riding Hood

The Fisherman and His Wife

Snow White

Rumpelstikin

The Star-Money

Mother Hulda

The Bremen Town Musicians

Tom Thumb

Hans in Luck

The Oldman and His Grandson

enjoy!

literature

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For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are that you’re not going to be very happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.

Andy Rooney (via thoughtsforbees)

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