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I finished putting together the Irish-American heritage month display and Jesus CHRIST there are so few books about Ireland in our collection?? Once more, I must say:
Oh and for the people who asked me last time what "a lot of stuff" entails
How the FUCK did I forget this
CRYING THIS IS LITERALLY SCOUT
People who are (or were) university students: Tag in which country your uni is and if you do anything after the lesson is over, like applaud etc. Because I go to uni in Austria and when the lesson is over we knock on the tables and my new Norwegian teacher always seems completely bewildered. Is that not a thing in other countries? Help me with my totally scientific research, thanks!
Okay so a production of Hamlet that ends with “Goodnight, sweet prince,” etc. and then Horatio looks up and sees the audience for the first time and is both shocked and furious, because his world is falling apart and you sat there and watched.
This idea would go fantastically well with my director’s idea that Hamlet knows the whole time that he’s in a play. He had me (when I played Hamlet) interact with the audience, exchange looks with people in the front row, deliver my soliloquies to people in the first few rows casually like I was just talking to them, and I even had the idea to not freeze and just walk about the stage when other characters had their little ‘asides,’ which he allowed me to keep in.
Basically, if Hamlet continuously acknowledges the audience unnoticed by all the other characters (almost Fleabag-style) and then suddenly he’s gone, and obviously he knew he’d have to be gone at the end, and then poor Horatio is left all alone to finally realize there was someone else there the entire time, now that would make it all the more devastating.
There’s no difference between the Danish courtiers, who showed up because they wanted to see the Mad Prince get his butt kicked in a staged sword-fight, and us the audience (who… also showed up to watch Hamlet loose a sword fight.)
I want to see a production where Horatio just stares at us, and screams “Now cracks a noble heart!” with the subtext “You fucking fuckers. He was better than all of you, you watched him die, and you just stood there.
Then, he just silently cries over the body. For like FIVE MINUTES. And the courtiers peel away into the wings, one by one, until Horatio is alone on stage with a lot of dead bodies. It starts getting uncomfortable. You’re thinking… is the play over? Am I supposed to go? (hamlet is just about the *only* play where the final scene is cut about 50% time, so use that uncertainty, use that ambiguity.) Maybe some people do get up to go. There’s definitely muttering. And then there’s smashing sounds coming from the direction of the box office, and Horatio looks up, with an expression like something’s gone wrong.
But then he says, “Why do the drums come hither?” Fortinbras enters though the audience, and the play continues.
(I *also* think it would be really cool to cut for intermission right after Claudius freaks out and breaks up the play-within-a-play. Just imagine it: king yells “Lights! Lights! Lights!” And the houselights come up.)
All good. And also–
As Hamlet is dying in Horatio’s arms, he puts his hand on Horatio’s face and turns it toward us. And that’s when Horatio sees the theater.
Duolingo's April fool's thing this year is absolutely hilarious and honestly I wish it was real
really it is wild that sign language exists and is perfectly accessible and yet its not a taught second language in schools
yeah you can use it under water and in situations where u need to be silent and thats all cool and everything but you can also use it to talk to deaf people which is more than enough reason already. just let sign language be an option in schools.
Yo: sin haber acabado todavía el tfg de inglesa
También yo: huy mira todas estas ideas para el tfg de francés apunta, apunta
why are m and n so similar in sound and shape. theres no other pair of letters like that
there’s actually some really cool history behind this, but im not going to tell you
100 percent fine with that
The Angel of Death
FISTS YOU
And then you Die
Context: my teacher translated the verb “to grasp with one’s hand” as “to fist” since that’s kinda what it literally means, but you can’t translate it like that into English because “to fist” means something ENTIRELY different, but she doesn’t know that.
So she was explaining how they use the verb to describe the angel of death taking your soul — he rips your soul out of you with his fist. Now that’s pretty damn metal, but she said word for word “the angel of death fists you, and then you die” which is the single most terrifying and powerful sentence to ever grace my ears
Op i appreciate the context but i was going to rb anyway no questions asked
op what language was it? was it latin?
Arabic. The word is قبض
There are so many out there. Find the right one for your learning journey.
The most useful part of this article is the table. I did research to find the highest quality language learning apps out there, all the languages they offer, the cost, etc. So you can search for a language you want to learn and the table will filter results based on what’s available for your target language!
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Common prepositive locutions
A :
à condition que : provided that (i’ll do it, à condition qu’elle vienne aussi)
à côté de : next to (j’ai posé mon sac à côté de la lampe)
afin de : in order to (je me lèverai plus tôt afin de prendre le premier train)
à force de : by means of (à force de demander, elle a dit oui - slang)
à gauche/droite : to the left/right
à même : straight from (c’est si propre que tu mangerais à même le sol)
à moins que : unless (à moins qu’il aille faire des courses, le frigo restera vide)
à travers : through (ce pull est trop fin, on voit à travers)
au-delà : beyond (vers l’infini, et au-delà)
au-dessous/dessus : below/above
C :
contrairement à : contrary to (contrairement à toi, je suis gauchère)
D :
de façon/manière à : so as to (je me suis levée tôt de façon à pouvoir prendre le premier train)
de peur de : for fear of (j’ai mis un pull, de peur d’attraper froid)
E :
en bas de : at/on the bottom of (en bas des escaliers)
en dehors de : apart from (en dehors de ça, tout va bien)
en dépit de : in spite of (il garde le sourire en dépit de la maladie)
en face de : in front of (ton bonnet est juste en face de toi)
en guise de : by way of (en guise de résumé, voici un article de presse)
en haut de : at the top of (ton portable est en haut de l’armoire)
en raison de : because of (en raison des intempéries, le match est annulé)
en vertu de : by virtue of (en vertu des pouvoirs qui me sont conférés, je vous déclare unies par les liens du mariage)
en vue de : with the aim of (en vue des vacances, il a repris le sport)
F :
faute de : for lack of (faute de choix, elle devra aller chez sa grand-mère)
G :
grâce à : thanks to (j’ai réussi et c’est grâce à toi)
P :
par-dessus/dessous : over the top of/underneath (par-dessus le mur)
par-devant : from the front (ils sont passés par devant pour rentrer)
Q :
quant à : as for (quant à lucas, il rentrera demain soir)
it is so fucking insane to me that so many of you don’t even speak english as your first language and yet you’re on here every day speaking english and it’s perfect?????? you guys are amazing and a million times cooler than any only-english speaker could ever hope to be and i love you!
I got a request to make a masterpost on motivation, but I decided to focus on the bigger issue that makes us constantly need motivation: burnout. Doing work when you’re motivated is great - you’re focused on determined. Waiting for the motivation to hit you is a different story all together. What if instead of waiting for motivation to hit you, you learn to find it within yourself?
Avoiding Burnout
you know that feeling you get when you have the flu and you just can’t get your ass out of bed no matter how hard you try? that’s how your brain feels when you’re burned out. You’ve got so much to do but you just can’t get yourself to do it and you just don’t care about school/work/grades anymore. Burnout is linked to depression, so if you are feeling any other symptoms of depression, please talk to a counselor or therapist.
some tips I’ve picked up along the way:
stay on top of your shit. If you know what to do and what you have coming up, you can afford to take time off for yourself if you need it. A little turbulence is better than crashing and burning. (I made a post on time management a few days back if you want to check it out)
your needs come before anything else. If you’ve been working hard for the past few days, take a few days off and relax. Even if you haven’t been working hard for the past few days, take a day off if you need it.
break up daunting tasks into multiple not-so-bad small ones. Have a giant research paper due at the end of the semester? plan out your work so you don’t end up spending 15 hours working on it in one day.
find a hobby and make time for it at least once a week. One of the biggest stress relievers for me is painting. It keeps my brain occupied so I’m not overwhelmed by my thoughts, but it also frees up some space for me to think about what’s going on my life. It’s like the brainstorming you get done in the shower.
brain dump before you start working. Getting everything that’s in my mind out of it makes it so much easier for me to focus on the work I have to do. Instead of worrying about 10 different things, I tell myself that I can deal with them later because this way I make sure I don’t forget about it.
create a support system. Have that one person you can rant to if you’re overwhelmed (If you need one, I am here). You will feel 10x better after you bitch about all the things that are on your mind (no matter how stupid they are).
Find motivation that doesn’t really on that “spark” you get every once in a while. Riding that wave will only take you so far. Finding intrinsic motivation will help you learn better and consequently, do better.
Check out this gr8 pdf to learn more burnout and strategies to avoid it
Finding Intrinsic Motivation
There’s a great TED talk called the Puzzle of Motivation by Dan Pink that completely change my perception of motivation. He talks about extrinsic motivation (reward systems) and how they actual prevent us from thinking critically. Instead of focusing on our overall goal (getting a good grade in the class) we focus on getting the reward (finishing the assignment so we can get whatever we promised ourselves). Studies actually showed that intrinsic motivation increased the amount of critical thinking involved. Interesting stuff. There’s a whole field of psychology dedicated to this, but I’m going to try my best to condense the research into a few bullet points.
Remember why you are here. Your education is a choice, not a requirement. If you’re reading this, you obviously what to do well. Why do you want to do well in school? To get into college? To get a good job? Money? Whatever the purpose is, you are here for a reason. Don’t forget it.
Negative reinforcement is your friend. If your goals can’t keep you motivated, think about what will happen if you don’t get your work done.
The biggest key to getting your work done even if you’re not motivated is discipline. Here’s a great post about developing discipline (sorry for linking it on my blog, it seems the original post has been deleted)
Other helpful links
motivation masterpost by @areistotle
avoiding burnout by @acdemic
study music to give you motivation
dopamine-rich foods (to help keep you attentive)
managing studying with mental illness by @kawaii-geekgirl-studyblr
how to study with a mental illness by @haleystudies
how to get motivated when you’re feeling depressed
my tag for motivation
my tag for some gr8 study playlists
my tag for some words of inspiration
if all else fails, please go talk to your teachers/professors/counselors. they are here to help you and they want you to do well.
earlier today i was nonverbal for a bit but no one was around except the cats, so i signed at molly that she’s a good cat and she. immediately started purring. this cat knows too much. i live in fear that someday s
the cat killed op
#false she merely sat down on the keyboard and hit the post button prematurely
writing conclusions in papers is like the stupidest thing ever though like what’s the point of dedicating an entire paragraph to “so yeah i know you just read my paper but this is a summarization of what you read in case you need to be reminded about what you just read” like why can’t the paper just end
I keep seeing this post and similar ones, and if y'all’s teachers and professors have left you with the idea that a conclusion is a summary, they have failed you in a big way.
Your conclusion is your “so what’s the fucking point” section. You’ve given you’re reader a lot of info and now they need to know why they care. Depending on the type of paper you should be giving a plan of action, explaining how this knowledge changes our understanding of the topic, link your paper to other disciplines, suggest further areas of study, etc.
One of the best pieces of writing advice I’ve ever received is that if you can’t envision yourself dropping the mic and strutting off stage at the end of your conclusion then it’s probably not strong enough.
“So whats the fucking point” is more helpful than all 6 years I’ve probably been writing papers
I wish everyone would wake up and realize that your idealized self is simply your current self but with drive. The person you want to be is you if you put in the work! Like, life is ultimately up to us and we can change ourselves whenever we want! Make plans to do better for yourself, speak it into fruition, and work for it.
