My Study Habits

The life of a Microbiology Major

[saoirseronanswife]

“in this essay i will explore” memes piss me off because it implies y’all still using first person pronouns when writing academically. childish ass

[prismatic-bell]

In this essay, this writer will explore the implications of pretending that one’s own personal view is not part of one’s essay, and the inaccessibility of academia related to established custom of artificial detachment.

[shredsandpatches]

In this essay, I will demonstrate that the blanket ban on first-person pronouns in high-school and some university English classes is poorly understood and hastily adopted as a result. I will further illustrate that it is a mere substitute for explaining to inexperienced writers that excessive use of phrases like “I think” or “I believe” is unnecessary and rhetorically weakens academic writing, and that opinions expressed in an essay are already assumed to be those of the author. Finally, I will address strategies for effectively conveying that information to students, who often find it difficult to grasp.

[thepioden]

In this essay, passive voice will be used throughout in order to distance the work done from any researchers, or, in reality, kind of imply all experiments were done by magical lab gremlins and the results were simply recorded. 

[jumpingjacktrash]

in this essay, enlightenment will descend upon you without the agency of any living being. you will know things, yet know not how you know.

prepare yourself. it begins.

[quousque]

In this essay, I will use the first person pronoun as a bludgeoning weapon

[broadwayz-deactivated20171002]

a midsummer night’s meme

[daughter-of-prospero]

my name is Puck and wen its nite or faerie-kind is in a fite the humans run i shout wyth glee “lord what fools these mortals be”

[hurricanemarina-deactivated2019]

I just midsummer night’s screamed

[runwithskizzers]

omg @kat-howard!!!!!

[thebootydiaries]

one guacamole is equal to 6.0221415×10²³ guacas

[ecdoesstubyblr]

As I have alluded to, I will be fasting from social media in this year's time of lent. I will not have access to this account save for on Sundays for the next two months. If you would like to get in touch with me or invite me to things, please use messenger as I am keeping that. I pray that all those who are partaking in the Lenten fast this year have open hearts and know that I support you in all your endeavors. Peace upon you all.

[dukeofstratford]

I’m personally not a hamratio/tragic danish boyfriends shipper (for a variety of reasons, one of which is just not being super into shipping in general). But I have a question for those of you who are!

How do you deal with Hamlet and Horatio’s relationship, if you deem it romantic, in the context of the Ophelia plot?

One of the reasons I don’t like the pairing is because it seems to take importance off of the Hamlet/Ophelia relationship that’s critical to the play. Most of the depictions of hamratio that I see on this website portray it as a mainly wholesome and constructive thing (because regardless of romance, Hamlet has a healthier relationship with Horatio than pretty much everyone else). And most of these depictions also support Ophelia as a character (as they should!). But couldn’t Hamlet being in love with Horatio while spurning Ophelia add another layer to Hamlet being kind of awful? It’s just a weird combination of vibes that I personally struggle to reconcile.

So I’m genuinely curious- how do you handle it in the greater context of the play? Aside from just deciding on polyamory, I mean.

[suits-of-woe]

I guess it depends if I’m approaching it as a more of a fan or a textual scholar. If I’m thinking in terms of the characters being real people with minds of their own, I tend to imagine that Hamlet’s relationships with Horatio and Ophelia were two very separate things that were never meant to intersect. Hamlet is deeply in love with Horatio, and he might want to be with him forever, but that can never happen if he’s going to be king. He loves Ophelia too, and she’s someone he’s grown up with and can actually imagine marrying and I think he’s perfectly happy with that. But since Horatio is very much confined to his Wittenberg life and Ophelia confined to his court life he never has to juggle both things at once until the moment when he couldn’t possibly be less prepared to deal with it. And the way it plays out, with Horatio being the one to show him the ghost and Ophelia being so tied to Claudius’ closest advisor, I think he’s pushed toward Horatio and away from her in a way starts off as mostly out of his control.

From a textual analysis perspective though, I would argue there actually is some evidence of Horatio sort of replacing Ophelia in Hamlet’s life. There are some pretty clear textual parallels, especially in Hamlet’s letter to Ophelia, like “thine evermore, most dear lady, while this machine is to him” being quite similar to “he that thou knowest thine” later, and him calling her “the celestial and my soul’s idol” when he later says Horatio is the one his soul chose for herself, etc.

I guess whether that makes Hamlet more or less awful is really a matter of interpretation though. Personally, I tend to see Hamlet’s love for Horatio as kind of a redeeming quality in light of how he treats Ophelia. I think it’s telling that Hamlet’s first outpouring of affection for Horatio in the passion’s slave speech comes almost directly after the “get thee to a nunnery” scene; it almost feels like a reminder at that moment that Hamlet is capable of love and kindness even when he’s not showing it to her. And I think it’s significant that Horatio is there in Ophelia’s mad scene (despite not really having a clear plot reason to be present) because he witnesses the worst of the destruction that Hamlet has caused but even after that he still loves him.

[enbyofdionysos]

personally I deal with Hamratio and Ophelia plot almost completely out of context with the play because of the version I’ve been compiling in my head for the last three years when I eventually find a way to direct it

instead of Horatio being Hamlet’s best friend and Ophelia his lover, I see it as Horatio being Hamlet’s lover and Ophelia his best friend – as suits-of-woe said the two of them grew up together. Ophelia also doesn’t have a mom in the play, which means when Hamlet’s father dies it’s Ophelia who has probably been the most understanding of Hamlet’s grief.

I figure Polonius and Laertes may have misinterpreted their affection as romantic. It’s both Laertes and Polonius that talk about Hamlet’s love. Ophelia’s feelings on it are almost secondary. Even her actions/words toward Hamlet in the “get thee to a nunnery” scene are staged because she knows she’s being watched by Claudius and Polonius. She’s helping him by pretending that he’s straight.

Hamlet has to notice it. His mood changes as soon as Ophelia insists that he gave her romantic letters/gifts. He either has to be angry, acting, or feigning madness.

If he loves Ophelia romantically for feel then his reaction to Ophelia giving him back his notes is genuine and he’s pissed, tells her to fuck off. Questions her virtue the way any rejected fuckboy would.

And why would he feign madness to Ophelia if they’re close friends and if he hadn’t been feigning madness for the first half of their conversation?

I think he’s acting.

The only proof we have of Hamlet charging into her room in that scene with the letter is Ophelia and she’s saying it to Polonius. That might not have been real, especially since Hamlet seems so chill with her before she hands him the letters.

Ophelia tells him she’s there to return his tokens of affection. And he’s like “???? my wot” “your remembrances” “i didn’t give you any” “you know you did”

it’s after that point that things go south

Ophelia might be covering for Hamlet and Horatio, her eyes might shift to where Claudius and Polonius are hiding, Hamlet might notice the shift. Cue Hamlet’s “ha ha. are you honest?”

Hamlet also has to know that Polonius is there when he asks “where’s your father?  let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool nowhere but in ’s own house.”

in a way this scene is just a continuation of “to be or not to be” because when Ophelia hands him the letters he never gave her his response is an enormous roundabout way of saying he wishes he was never born – arguably if this is what becomes of him, living in the closet

He’s referencing making babies and making more sinners when he says “we’ll have no more marriages” but he also seems to be referencing his own unwillingness to get married, to really be the one who gave Ophelia those remembrances: “I say, we will have no more marriages. Those that are married already, all but one, shall live. The rest shall keep as they are. To a nunnery, go.”

The rest shall keep as they are – Hamlet wants to stay how he is.

when Claudius comes out of his hiding spot, he tells Polonius that it didn’t look like Hamlet loved her and later at Ophelia’s funeral Gertrude tells Ophelia “I hoped thou shouldst have been my Hamlet’s wife.”

the only people who want Hamlet and Ophelia together are everyone but Hamlet and Ophelia

Laertes claims Hamlet’s spurning is what caused Ophelia’s death and they fight only for Hamlet to say “I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum. What wilt thou do for her?”

That’s platonic love if I ever heard it and, what’s more, even though Hamlet is copying what Laertes said, when Hamlet says it himself it comes across as “I loved her more than you, not just as a brother, but as something stronger”

they’re queerplatonic besties

[lgbtqa-aesthetics]

Asexual science phone backgrounds for anon

[jvlianbashir]

when you find an academic source that’s perfect for your paper but it’s behind a pay wall

[deadmomjokes]

Deciding to cite it anyway base on the abstract, knowing your professor probably won’t go through and look up every source in works cited

[rootbeermolecule]

if you guys want to read academic papers but they’re behind a paywall, get the chrome extension Unpaywall. when you visit a site that requires you pay for their journal to view the article, the extension will look for other open access sites that will show you the article for free, and it’s all completely legal. all that money goes to the publisher, the writer of the paper gets none of it. https://unpaywall.org

[sewickedthread]

If you can find out an author’s name, contact them. They may be willing to email it to you.For free. 

[softlytea]

Check researchgate.net and academia.edu! Also authors’ professional websites.

[hornplayingphysicist]

Reblog to save a life

[thebusistudent]

THERE IS A FONT THAT IS DESIGNED TO MAKE U REMEMBER EVERYTHING

I don’t usually share a whole lot but THIS IS INCREDIBLE 

http://sansforgetica.rmit/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Sans_Forgetica&utm_content=Launch_Video

[coffeeandnotebooksandpens]

I’ve been using this for my APUSH notes and I absolutely LOVE it! Sure I get strange looks from my teacher when he looks over my shoulder at what I’m typing, but whatever works, works, right?

[thebusistudent]

I’m SO happy that this reached so many people oh my goodness

It’s such an incredible project and I hope it has helped heaps of you amazing students to study <3 

[saph-studies]

This is so cool 🦔

[neuromedical]

I’m glad eduroam is such a paneuropean experience 😂

[alectau-deactivated20140703]

[praytriarchy]

To me, this post might be just as important as the bible.

[env0]

One of my classes. My elderly teacher taught us this because he really cared about books.

[zarggg]

Why does no one teach us these things anymore?

[laconicllama]

I get so uppity when someone breaks the binding on my books.

[iwtv1976]

I’m just a terrible person and the first thing I do with big books is break the binding.

[darthfar]

This needs to be reblogged. Just in case this manages to reach someone who might in the future borrow a book of mine, and who might otherwise bring my wrath down upon them by mistreating said book.

[ecdoesstubyblr]

Hey guys,

Long time, no post. Between starting graduate school, mental illness, and some not so favorable working conditions, being a studyblr was the last thing on my brain. Luckily, all of those issues have been resolved! I'm halfway through year two of grad school, working hard to finish in three with my masters in Biological Sciences. Here is my second home, aka my desk in the lab. Look forward to research updates, grad school rants, and general studyblr content. Now go kick that thing that has been holding you back on the rear end. You can do it!

Best,

EC

[adelinestudiess]

Hey, I’m back with another masterpost. I decided to include some of my tips.

Use the forest app to keep you off your phone, your phone is a distractions you face when studying

Try making a to-do list to plan out how much time you take to do each task so you keep track of time

Set rewards i.e. if I finish this task at 9am instead of 9.30am, I’ll watch my favourite tv show for 1 hour instead of 30mins.

How to be disciplined

I guess this is pretty much like a habit. So try to maybe start small, i.e. study 10 mins each day and gradually increase the time limit if you feel comfortable doing so. The reason I chose 10 mins is because it seems like a very short period of time so it’s easier for you to get to work.

How to manage studies with social media

Always set a time period for your school work. For example, after 30 minutes of browsing through your social media, force yourself to do a piece of school work. That way, you will still get work done instead of browsing through your social media all day long.

If you realise on tumblr, I don’t come up with an original post every day and I tend to reblog my old post or queue others posts so don’t stress too much on coming up with a post. For instagram, you could try to take pictures all during the weekend, so you don’t have to stress taking them after school, etc.  But it is important to always put studies first before your social media.

Consider switching off your phone or even deleting your social media apps or deactivating them during exams period if they are really getting in the way of your studies.

Plan

How to schedule your day when you’re unemployed by @businessinsider

How to stick your plans by @cafeinated

How to make and stick to your study plan by @sherlocks-study

Create long term study plan + how to stick to study routines by @studyforyourself

Start

How to start studying by @studylou

How to start working when you really don’t feel like it? by @studentstoolbox

What to do when you really don’t want to study by @yeon-studies

How to stop scrolling through tumblr for 3 hours when you have work by @effectivestudies

More productive

How to become more productive by @to-work-or-not-to-work

How I increased my productivity by 3 times by @brbimstudying

4 secrets to efficiency

The ivy lee method for peak productivity by @harcules

General

How to study as a busy student by @julstudies

Use studyblr to become productive by @determinationandcaffeine

Take a productive break by @thestudycoffee

5 things everyone should do on sunday night by @staedtlers-and-stabilos

Productivity 101 by @lets-study-together

The no bullshit guide to getting your shit together: for the lazy student by @knoweldge

Habits

8 morning habits for productivity by @eintsein

The 8 habits of highly productive people by @medicinasanguis

Habits of highly effective people by @onlinecounsellingcollege

6 habits for maximum productivity by @livingthatlibrarylifestyle

How to develop self discipline

How to wake up earlier by @gurl

Motivation

Focus and motivation by @katsdesk

Whenever you’re feeling unmotivated and sleepy by @evergreenstudies

How to stay awake while studying without caffeine by @getshitsdone

How to be productive + motivated on weekends by @studywithinspo

Procrastination

Types of procrastination and how to deal with them by @emmastudies

How to stop procrastination

How to stop procrastinating by @cutestudystuff

15 productivity hacks for procrastinators by @engincrd

Unconventional methods to beat procrastination by @hawkestudies

What type of procrastinator are you by @b-uwu-ng

Eliminating procrastination and distraction during a study session by @simply-study

Productive when travelling

productive commutes by @universi-tea

productivity on road trips by @intellectys

Tips

7 productivity tips by @simmonestudies

10 small tips to improve your productivity

The dutch student’s productivity tips by @thedutchstudent

My top 10 tips for productivity by @lovelybluepanda

21 tips to become the most productive person you know by @studying-towards-success

Tips and tricks for busy students by @roeum

Time management

Managing time

How to manage time by @solar-citrus

How i manage my time by @pensandmachines

Time management 

Tips

Time management tips by @365text

Time management tips for busy students

Time management tips

Tips for time management by @holocrams

26 time management hacks I’d wish I’d known at 20 by @geekvitamin

How to make the best use of your time by @tbhstudying

5 ways to manage your time efficiently by @quadrtics

Printables

Daily planner by @arystudies

Weekly planner by @studyblrbunny

Productivity printables by @thearialligraphyproject

Habit tracker by @candydsgn

Schedules by @kouiro

Bullet journal

My 2016 bullet journal setup

Sounds

Study sounds by @studyquill

Other masterposts by me

Printables

College

Apps for students

Note taking

Math

Bullet journal

icon credit to @nerdastically

[toocooltobehipster]

windows users, save money using these free apps!!

[femboss]

other fab programs that are absolutely 100% free:

recuva - accidentally deleted something in the recycling bin? recover it back with this program!

speccy - tells you the specs of your computer, among other things

defraggler - defrag the SHIT out of your hard drive and clean it right up

[unlimitedgoats]

This is a great post what makes it even better is that most of these you can get from Ninite which will download and install the latest versions of all available software ALL AT ONCE without you having to worry about adware or the annoying clutter (toolbars, changing your default search engine) that sometimes comes with their individual installers. So, yeah. Have at it folks.

[attackofthekillerderk-deactivat]

For posterity.

[youngatheart34-deactivated20151]

Good lord this is awesome.

[sieben9]

Reblogging for those who might need it, and also to add

FireAlpaca

which is very intuitive and very free. It also has a very decent line stabilisation function.

[olkili]

I’ve used a lot of these for, well, decades in some cases. Quality programs!

[vamdeggmon]

If you ever need a program for a specific thing hmu I’m good at finding software

[thesleepypencil]

I told this Joke to my extremely religious father and his first reply was “funny but don’t tell it to your mother”

[earthshaker1217]

APPROPRIATE!!

[lenaluthorforpresident-deactiva]

TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY YOU CAN REBLOG THIS AND IT’LL MAKE SENSE

[ultrafacts]

Source

Video of Tama

Follow Ultrafacts for more facts

[majikkant-deactivated20180504]

The picture in the background of the second one

[pizzaismylifepizzaisking]

Tama is boss

[ultrafacts]

[cat-fandom]

THE TRAINS HAVE CARTOON TAMAS ON THEM

[ultrafacts]

Sad update everyone, Tama recently passed away… An estimated 3,000 people, including railway officials, attended Tama the cat’s funeral on Sunday, days after she died of heart failure aged 16. [x]

[retro-geek-deactivated20220412]

For those who haven’t read articles about it, the local shrine elevated her to a god. She’s now the Eternal Stationmaster and patron god of the station.

[karinanotcinerina]

Beautiful.

[system-fail-ure-deactivated2021]

Now I’m crying thanks

[sapphic-matriarchy]

and a new cat was hired right?

[clarenecessities]

yep! her name is Nitama (essentially ”second tama” or “tama II”) and she served under Tama as an apprentice before being appointed her deputy

she works very hard

[beasti]

Everytime this crosses my dash, I reblog. It is the law.

[lafayettelabaguette]

Law

[tooiconic]

I’m crying at 11pm over train cats

[theroonimansstuff]

Thats just, really neat

[nopecho]

@pumpulm

[academicgangster]

Tama is immortalized in Neko Atsume too 💛

[cryoverkiltmilk]

True immortality

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

<3 A kitten is not dead while their name is still spoken <3

[marcys-underground]

*sees Tama on my dash and avoids tears to read the updates* TIME TO BOOT UP NEKO ASUMI AGAIN!

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

TAMA MUST BE PETTED <3

[ecdoesstubyblr]

That studyblr tho

[wulfkiller]

IF ME CALLING YOU DUDE OR GURL CAUSES YOU TO HAVE DYSPHORIA YOU SHOULD tell me because you being comfortable is so much more important than some stupid slang 

[demonicplatonic-deactivated2015]

or when if i call you “man” because i know i do that a lot. please tell me if it causes dysphoria or just makes you upset in general. because i will stop because i love you.

[lesterlyphan]

I use those as gender neutral and don’t mean it in a gender way at all but if you don’t like it tell me and I will try to stop (no promises because I usually forget things so I might need reminded a few times)

[coolskelaton95]

this also applies to “guurrrrrl”

[visforvalid]

also mate, buddy, bro, literally anything I use, I generally use them gender neutral but if they make you uncomfortable PLEASE TELL ME

[tsu-anti]

I tend to use darling, sweetheart, and hon as gender neutral and platonic phrases so if that makes you uncomfortable give me a heads up