eluned

graduated… get me back to Korea

[kineticpenguin]

At the risk of sounding anti-intellectual, I think that college should be free and also not a requirement for employment outside of highly specialized career fields

[kineticpenguin]

At the risk of sounding like an effete intellectual, I do actually think you should be allowed to just take college courses indefinitely

[yourunderwaterskies]

technically you can, if you don't care about degrees.

Free Harvard courses. Free Courses from Stanford. Free Courses from MIT. Free courses from Yale. Free courses from Princeton.

Free courses on Coursera.

Free Courses on EDx Free Courses on Alison

For paid, there's The Great Courses+/Wonderium. 20$ a month for unlimited courses.

When searching, the phrases you're looking for are Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), or you can do a general search of say, "free online college courses." Oh, and so you don't get surprised like I did, have an avoid: Hillsdale College is a conservative Christian site and not a valid MOOC place. Sign up with them and you will get things like THIS IS WHY THE LEFT IS TURNING YOUR KIDS TRANS AND GAY in your inbox.

[aloeverawrites]

@yourunderwaterskies I wanted to say thank you so much for adding these links, seriously, they've been life-changingly helpful to me-

And I also wanted to mention that humanitarian organisations have free courses too, like the Red Cross on international humanitarian law.

Humanity in War

Learn more about the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Program to train policy professionals, government officials, academics,

Kaya

Kaya is a free humanitarian learning platform which offers hundreds of training opportunities across a range of key topics, including the hu

[claraisagem]

05 08 2024

I didn’t leave you on that warm July day.

I shiver when the train approaches that station,

for I fear if I retraced my footsteps

back to the crossroads

I’d find a shadow still standing there

In the shade of the ginko tree.

Oh how she waits

Sweat on her brow

Cement under her fingernails that

Scorch through the pavement

“But I went so peacefully”.

Yet I return there every night before I sleep,

Turning it over to watch it slip through my fingers.

A paper cut nicks the flesh under my nail.

But I don’t put it down.

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In the shade of the ginko tree

[claraisagem]

My blog is 6 years old! Everybody say happy birthday to my blog!

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted on here. It’s nice to see some people have remained following the account after all these years (but I expect those accounts may be collecting dust from inactivity too).

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A secret of mine is that I actually like the weather getting colder! I often pretend to miss the summer as autumn creeps in, and while I do enjoy the bright mornings and warm evenings, there is something so cozy and sentimental about the colder months. That’s an opinion I suspect, however, is very popular on Tumblr.

I have been coming back to Tumblr more and more recently amidst the chaos so many of us are witnessing, at least in the UK, on our streets and on our social media timelines. I found that it was leaving me obviously worried and frightened, but there is a defiance in hope! And I found a sense of hope through returning to Tumblr, seeing people’s plants, hearing people’s opinions on shows and seeing people acting as a community. This is what our world needs more than ever now.

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I plan to make use of this blog more from now on to share my thoughts, post my pictures from adventures and to communicate.

Thank you once again to those who still follow this blog despite my long dormant period, and hello to any new faces who see this post!

[queer-reader-07]

on radical hope as persistence and survival and necessity. on being earth loving earth.

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green // John Green on Dear Hank & John // We Have Never Lived in Precedented Times by me // DM sent to me // DM I sent //@/samoftheswamp // @/transfaguete // @/angelgirlforever // discord message I sent // The Anthropocene Reviewed // @/transxfiles // The Anthropocene Reviewed // DM I sent

[flowergrenades]

*through gritted teeth* you are not a child taking a test with the purpose of getting the highest score, you are an adult trying new things and finding ways to enjoy your life, make mistakes, be a beginner, be mediocre, be where you need to be, be unlikeable, just. be.

[claraisagem]

the run up to my deadlines is almost over! (which unfortunately means the deadlines are almost here) and i’ve been trying to listen to my body and my needs with relaxing / studying! i’ve spent maaaany hours playing the sims to escape from my responsibilities and before, i would have really beat myself up for that, but now i understand that personally, when i am working hard, i need a long time to relax as well! (maybe even whole days! as scary as that may seem…) and i’m still chugging along with my assignments and not procrastinating… maybe i’m onto something…

[claraisagem]

Studying in an almost-empty library is delicious but unfortunately rare during exam season…

[claraisagem]

Hello! Time for an update? I’m at uni studying Music and Korean studies. It’s taken a little time to get used to but now I’m really enjoying myself.

Looking forward to maybe posting a little more on this account :)

[claraisagem]

Hiii!!! Congratulations on getting 300 followers!!! I just discovered your blog, and it’s so awesome,, I’m also a biology student (not a music student but I’ve loved music since forever) also;; do I see Irene in your icon?💗💗💗💗

waaaaaah i’m not tech-savvy so didn’t see this at the time, but thank you so much <3 i’m currently missing biology a little bit but looking at my bio friends’ uni work, i’m glad i took the course i did ;) and yes! i love red velvet :))

[claraisagem]

You know what... I’m finding school so hard. Online lessons are draining. I cannot finish my work. I’m submitting work as soon as I’ve done it without crafting it like I used to, just so I can finish. I’ve got four assignments due in for tomorrow and 5 overdue assignments, some from last year.

It’s completely normal to feel a complete mess right now. At least that’s what I tell myself in an attempt to get any work done. One day this will be over and maybe I will enjoy learning as much as I used to.

And to make this confession I decided to take a nice photo of the only work I’ve done today and put a nice filter on it.

Basically I think I just want to say don’t be fooled by social media. I have lots of nice pictures of my work and study materials, yet I don’t post pictures of my exams that get 14/30 marks.

This too shall pass :)

[claraisagem]

Well done me. You’re at uni now 🤍🤍

[jonskory]

white people need to understand that all your posts about standing with us, and supporting us (us being poc as a collective) and whatever literally means fuck all if you don't do anything.

are you ignoring posts about racism because the language is too aggressive? [see: the use of 'you' as opposed to 'we] are you only interacting with posts about racism written by white people? are you making these loud proclamations on your blogs (and tagging every damn shit in sight, which just looks performative as fuck and clogs up our tag; i don't CARE what you have to say as a white person, i literally don't!) just ease your own conscience and so you can appear woke?

i can't tell you the amount of times i've scrolled past long ass essays on this app of white people now realizing their place on the racial hierarchy. in 2021. after how many information is out there, and how much theory and papers have been fucking handed to y'all. (this is about grown ass adults btw. there are 15 year olds on here who are more educated in these topics than y'all are, that shit's embarassing).

i can't tell you how i annoyed i've gotten because it's the fucking equivalent to a white person crying in front of me because they realized that the world is racist.

whoop de fucking doo, welcome to the real world. i don't really care if i sound rude because it's annoying and it does nothing for those of us of color on this site. it doesn't help us in anyway. and the worst is when y'all come onto OUR posts and post your white tears there. what the hell is that supposed to accomplish? what the fuck is the purpose? how does that help us in any way?

and it kinda really pisses me off that those posts crying about realising that racism exists will get thousands of notes and that posts talking about actual racism, and how it works - especially in online spaces - written by actual people of colour, get a fraction of them with the added touch of harassment by the same white ppl btw, because we managed to hurt your little feelings.

[claraisagem]

You know what... I’m finding school so hard. Online lessons are draining. I cannot finish my work. I’m submitting work as soon as I’ve done it without crafting it like I used to, just so I can finish. I’ve got four assignments due in for tomorrow and 5 overdue assignments, some from last year.

It’s completely normal to feel a complete mess right now. At least that’s what I tell myself in an attempt to get any work done. One day this will be over and maybe I will enjoy learning as much as I used to.

And to make this confession I decided to take a nice photo of the only work I’ve done today and put a nice filter on it.

Basically I think I just want to say don’t be fooled by social media. I have lots of nice pictures of my work and study materials, yet I don’t post pictures of my exams that get 14/30 marks.

This too shall pass :)

[recoverr-a-deactivated20210530]

i know the mortifying ordeal of being known is real for too many of us, but consider this: someone saw you once and loved your hairstyle. someone loves your laugh, how you scrunch your nose when you find something funny. your birthday could be an old friend’s password. that one song you recommended to your crush a couple summers back could still be their favorite. you are in other people’s birthday party photos. someone could’ve fallen in love with you on public transportation. our lives intertwine beautifully and you, dear human, are a little piece of other people’s fond, lovely memories. part of the ordeal of being known implies the ordeal of being loved. 

[claraisagem]

now if you see me crying mind your business

[claraisagem]

I wanted to thank everybody who decided to follow me! I’ve hit 300 followers. Wow. I will try to be more active on here to give more inspiration and cute study pictures in the future. Please look forward to it :)

[claraisagem]

trying to get back into latin and greek while running behind on every single other subject i’m doing! (and of course doing my biology work!)

i wish i was more productive

[choiyeonjuns]

his hair is full of fluff 

[claraisagem]

i AM in love with you

[eintsein]

Quick Tips for Learning Languages on Your Own

Here are some mindsets and techniques that helped me study Italian on my own after classes ended. Hope this helps :)

Also, I’m trying out a new format for shorter posts–let me know what you think!

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