Welcome to cafedemic! The only study blog with the ramblings of an overworked high schooler with high ambitions and low work ethic. This is my blog to document my journey from being me to becoming my future self, from being a high schooler to becoming a doctor of neurology, and securing my lifelong dream. Well not really lifelong but my dream nonetheless. Iām looking forward to the day this becomes a full on medblr :)
This blog will be a mixture of my ramblings, posts related to medicine and academics, and my unfiltered studying life. Make no mistake, Iām not here for the aesthetics. Iām not going to post my super fancy notes and stationery. While I love that stuff, Iām here solely to make sure that we as students know that we donāt have to be perfect. We donāt have to be focused on aesthetics. We donāt have to be alone.
So letās chat! Letās be tired together!! Iām looking forward to it!
you can find more about me below :)
If you decided to keep reading, hello hello hello! My name is Jen, and I am singlehandedly the most ambitious yet least motivated high schooler in probably all existence. Itās lovely to meet you!
More about me:
Iām Indian! Tamilian, to be exact. My culture is a huge part of my life, and I love the vibrancy that being Tamilian comes with. The music, the food, the beauty of the Tamil language... Iām lucky to have inherited it :)
Iām surrently (as of 2020) a high school junior. Iād like to be a doctor of neurology some day! Neuroscience is my absolute true love, and right now my dream school is Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.Ā
People like to tell me things. Whether it be problems, little happenings throughout the day, happy feelings... maybe I just have one of those faces
I love to readddddd people think Iām crazy sometimes, but reading is so important to me. Itās such a big part of who I am.Ā
My favorite color is grey. Itās boring, I know. But grey is where itās at for me.
Iām excited to share my journey with you all! If youāve made it this far, reblog and Iāll give you a follow :) I need more active studyblrs on my dash, yk?
just because you might be slower to learn things or itās harder for you to understand things does not mean youāre stupid and it does not mean youāll never be able to get it. Sometimes it just means youāre going about it wrong, maybe you canāt learn like the rest of your class from a textbook, maybe you need someone reading it to you for you to be able to understand. Or maybe it just takes more practice. Whatever you do, donāt give up, you will get there. I believe in you, granted it might take a little longer, but itās so worth it. Donāt give up, youāve got this.
if thereās something I donāt like about education systems is the fact that youāre supposed to memorize concepts, learn definitions in order to pass a course/subject and sometimes thatās unfair to some people. And then what??? I mean, what are you going to do with those concepts after you passed the course?
Donāt get me wrong, i love leaning new things and of course theory is important but... is it really worth it to memorize things only to pass? I think meaningful learning is more important and efficient.
I donāt have the effort to put any actual content out today so...
Ask Game?
1. Whatās your comfort activity?
2. Favourite book?
3. Top 3 favourite characters?
4. Favourite meal?
5. One thing youāve always wanted to do?
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1. Sitting outside on the porch while itās raining, with a nice thick book, a cup of tea, a fuzzy blanket, listening to music
2. Orbiting Jupiter? I donāt know? Youād think Iād pick an easier questionā¦
3. Councillor Bronte, Lady Lesso, Scythe Curie (not in order)
4. Thereās this really nice Italian coffee shop down the road from my house, and I get their homemade pizza with a latte and a homemade brownie for a treat :)
5.Ā Iāve always wanted to go to Northern Canada, like the territories (the territories are Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut)
@serendistudy ohmygosh vee tysm for tagging mee!! and yess a monster calls is rly beautiful!!
1. Reading or watching yt in bed with a mug of black tea ā¤ļø
2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
3. Jack Will from Wonder, Jem Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird, and Jo March from Little Women (for some reason I have a thing for names starting with J:p)
4. Ahh..warm tea with fudgy chocolate brownies or fried rice at night when everyoneās already asleepā¦
5. Riding while bringing a picnic basket with me, we find a lush, beautiful field, I unmount and tie my horse whoāsĀ munching on the grass already. I bring down my basket and open my book, my notebook and pen on my side, rolling hills before me, and the sound of the blue, wide lake in the middle of the two biggest hills makes it feel more real..yes, Iām imagining Trabzon, pls just let me.
Thank youuu so much @a-poeticallychaotic-bee for tagging me, I miss you so much bb! š„ŗš¤
1. Coffee + Drawing/memes + music+ alone in a room with cool temperature š¤āŗļø
2. Iām not really much of reader (also me: read a lot of fanfiction and journal paper. But of course either of those are like not enticing and recommend-able, I think? šš¤) but I guess I could say that my favorite book would be Riddle in Stones by Ree Soesbee because thatās the first book that Iāve read and it made me hook up to reading :)
3. Jake Peralta from b99, Ice Bear from we bare bears, Kipo! (Hon. Mention Bow from Shera.. Iām so bad at rules)
4. I would say rice and meat but if weāre talking about comfort foood Iād say spicy noodles and ice cream. DEFINITELY BAD COMBO THO
3. top 3 hmmmmā¦ Ginny Weasley, Aeris Gainsborough, Elle Woods? not in any order
4. my housemate makes an incredible vegan sticky toffee pudding š
5. Iāve always wanted to go interrailing - I was hoping to work a little after I finish my Masterās, but corona is coming for my plans š hopefully one day!
I tag @nadjastudies @myhoneststudyblr and @patriotstudies (no pressure of course!) and anyone else who sees this and wants to do it! āØāØ
I think warm baths with tea and reading by candlelight really festrede me, and also playing music. I love my music!
Favorite book?
Gosh thereās a lot, but lately Iāve been really into classics sooo.
1) Emma by Jane Austen
2) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
3) Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
Top three favorite characters?
Oo I love Emma Woodhouse from Emma, James Potter from Harry Potter, and Finnick Oādair (I feel like I spelled that wrong oops) from The Hunger Games.
Favorite meal?
I think right now Ramen. For some reason I really want ramen haha.
One thing youāve always wanted to do?
Travel through Europe on a couple of gap months and just embrace everything there! I also would like to study abroad in bath or maybe Bristol :)
Tagging: @productivityprobably @cafedemic and anyone else who would like to answer these questions!!
Iām late! Like always!! But thank you much for tagging me @melody-studyblr!!
1.Ā comfort activity
Iāve never told anyone this but iāve actually been sketching a graphic novel in a spare sketchbook i found. Itās all rough storyboarding but I love seeing a story come to life through pictures and listening to music
2. favorite book
The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. A close second is The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
3. top three characters
Hermione Granger (harry potter but that was probably obvious)
Hyun (Sweet Home - itās a webtoon) his character development is UNPARALLELED
Both Lorelais (Gilmore Girls) it counts as one if they both have the same name, right?
4. favorite meal
uhhhhh this is a tough one but probably kothu paratta (which will make probably zero sense to you if you arenāt indian)
5. one thing iāve always wanted to do
i want to climb a mountain! Iām planning to hike Mount Diablo on the west coast when I graduate high school.Ā
tagging everyone who sees this! But more specifically, @jenn--studies @ambitiousandcaffeinated
25 Oct 20 šæ todayās study situation: trying desperately to prove np-completeness for algo (aka introduction to analysis of algorithms) which is definitely my toughest class this semester but Iām doing my best! how are yāall doing?
As opposed to that quote about āthe horrifying ordeal of being known,ā do yāall ever feel so positively UNKNOWN and UNSEEN that it frightens you? Like thereās a self that you feel on the inside, and you believe to be āyou,ā but it seems like nobody else sees that version of you? And theyāre interacting with someone that isnāt you but a projection of their experience of you? Whatās more, perhaps nobody will ever know your true essence and you will die without ever being fully realized????? Iām only two beers in honestly
Blurry photos cause I've had some some blurry days šš
My friend once randomly said "we'll all do great things, or atleast happy things" and I guess that kinda put into perspective what is really important. So I wrote it down - I wrote it down, hoping I'd always remember it.
š¤ Studyblr Community Challenge:
Day 8 - what's the best thing about studyblr?
The best thing is probably how everyone brings their own share of ideas, motivation, guidance to this community. I think that's pretty cool :)
the outside world is frightening at the moment but thereās always time to get lost in booksĀ āÆ the lord of the rings was such a delight to read !Ā āš”ļø
i canāt believe weāre all young professionals and academics and weāre still logging on to tumblr.com every single day to clown on ourselves. who let this happen
