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you don't need to be productive all the time. you deserve to take breaks. you don't need to try and fill every small gap with something productive to do. you are allowed to just sit on the bus and stare out of the window or listen to music or whatever you'd like, there's no need for you to use every small moment for revising or learning. you are allowed to use all those moments to just relax and breathe, and you should.
Academic Writing
Introduction
Many Americans assume that_____.
On one hand,____. On the other hand,_____.
Author X contradicts themself. At the same time that they argure___, they also imply ____.
I agree that____.
This is not to say that____.
Disagreeing without being disagreeable
While I understand the impulse to_____, my own view is____.
While I agree with X that _____, I cannot accept their overall conclusion that ____.
While X argues ____, and I argue ____, in a way we are both right.
Introducing the opposition
One implication of X’s treatment of _____ is that _____.
Although X does not say so directly, they apparently assume that ____.
While they rarely admit as much, _____ often take for granted that ___.
Verbs for Introducing Summaries and Quotations
Verbs for making a claim
- argue - insist - assert - observe - believe - remind us - claim - report - emphasize - suggest
Verbs for expressing agreement
-acknowledge - endorse - admire - extol - agree - praise
Verbs for expressing agreement
- celebrate the fact that - reaffirm - corroborate - support - do not deny - verify
Verbs for questioning or disagreeing
- complain - qualify - complicate - question - contend - refute - contradict - reject - deny - renounce - deplore the tendency to - repudiate
Verbs for making recommendations
- advocate - implore - call for - plead - demand - recommend - encourage - urge - exhort - warn
https://www.amazon.com/They-Say-Matter-Academic-Writing/dp/0393631672
I’mma be real for a second. All the studyspo posts and studyblr reblogs won’t help you unless YOU make the change. Looking to stop procrastinating? Get better grades? Eat healthier? Get fitter?
All that’s stopping you from doing this is you. All you need is discipline. This took me ages of learning the hard way that that’s literally all it is. Discipline. It’s finding the root core of WHY you want to study WHY you want to eat healthier and it needs to be something strong that you can hold on to. Such as being top of your class, going to med school, practicing a good routine for after high school, wanting to feel better by eating better, want a longer life etc. etc.
After you find your motivation, hold on to it. And from there on out you have to fight for it. And practice. With practice it will become easier, I promise. Starting is always the hardest part but don’t give up. Discipline yourself to be who you want and achieve your goals. Don’t let anything stop you.
I have an exam on monday so im doing last minute revision.. this is so bad but ganbaruby !!! ( ;w; )
this is how ive been using my weekly layout!! I think it works well for me!
also ;w; term is about to end but I havent been as productive as I wanted to be, hopefully next term I’ll do better
lectures are gonna start pretty soon for me, so i thought that i would compile some ways that help to motivate me to start studying! that first step of overcoming laziness and procrastination and JUST START can be really hard sometimes (at least it is for me hahaha) studying is often seen as a chore or something boring and that makes us not want to start, but hopefully these tips can help you! just one more thing though, what may work for me may not work for you, or what may work for you may not work for others, don’t force yourself to follow certain methods if you find it doesn’t help you at all or even slows you down, the important thing is to find what works best for you, everyone has different styles and methods!!
have a great day yall 💗💗
The Study Buddies Project
The Basics:
How does it work?
You simply fill out this form, I get the information and pair you with a studyblr I thin you’d get along with based on what you’ve told me. Then, you get a message from me letting you know who your buddy is.
Why?
Sometimes it’s hard to talk to people. This way, not only is your buddy expecting you but you also know they want to talk to you and become friends. I hope to build lasting relationships where fellow studyblrs can help, advise, support and encourage each other.
How are buddies assigned? What if I don’t get along with my buddy?
I look at hobbies, interests, likes and dislikes, field of study and age as well as the “What You Want” section and find compatible matches. If you guys don’t click though, you can always apply again to get a new buddy.
Is this only for studyblrs?
No, this is aimed at studyblrs but even if you’re not one you can apply. Please note that there is an option for studyblrs to choose to only be paired with studyblrs. This is because I know some study blogs only follow other studyblogs, etc.
Sounds good! how do I join?
Easy! Just reblog this post and complete the form here and I’ll contact you once the pairing has been done.
*PLEASE NOTE: The pairing process will begin on Monday the 19th of February and will be ongoing from then on
How to Study Like a Harvard Student
Taken from Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, daughter of the Tiger Mother
Preliminary Steps 1. Choose classes that interest you. That way studying doesn’t feel like slave labor. If you don’t want to learn, then I can’t help you. 2. Make some friends. See steps 12, 13, 23, 24. General Principles 3. Study less, but study better. 4. Avoid Autopilot Brain at all costs. 5. Vague is bad. Vague is a waste of your time. 6. Write it down. 7. Suck it up, buckle down, get it done. Plan of Attack Phase I: Class 8. Show up. Everything will make a lot more sense that way, and you will save yourself a lot of time in the long run. 9. Take notes by hand. I don’t know the science behind it, but doing anything by hand is a way of carving it into your memory. Also, if you get bored you will doodle, which is still a thousand times better than ending up on stumbleupon or something. Phase II: Study Time 10. Get out of the library. The sheer fact of being in a library doesn’t fill you with knowledge. Eight hours of Facebooking in the library is still eight hours of Facebooking. Also, people who bring food and blankets to the library and just stay there during finals week start to smell weird. Go home and bathe. You can quiz yourself while you wash your hair. 11. Do a little every day, but don’t let it be your whole day. “This afternoon, I will read a chapter of something and do half a problem set. Then, I will watch an episode of South Park and go to the gym” ALWAYS BEATS “Starting right now, I am going to read as much as I possibly can…oh wow, now it’s midnight, I’m on page five, and my room reeks of ramen and dysfunction.” 12. Give yourself incentive. There’s nothing worse than a gaping abyss of study time. If you know you’re going out in six hours, you’re more likely to get something done. 13. Allow friends to confiscate your phone when they catch you playing Angry Birds. Oh and if you think you need a break, you probably don’t. Phase III: Assignments 14. Stop highlighting. Underlining is supposed to keep you focused, but it’s actually a one-way ticket to Autopilot Brain. You zone out, look down, and suddenly you have five pages of neon green that you don’t remember reading. Write notes in the margins instead. 15. Do all your own work. You get nothing out of copying a problem set. It’s also shady. 16. Read as much as you can. No way around it. Stop trying to cheat with Sparknotes. 17. Be a smart reader, not a robot. Ask yourself: What is the author trying to prove? What is the logical progression of the argument? You can usually answer these questions by reading the introduction and conclusion of every chapter. Then, pick any two examples/anecdotes and commit them to memory (write them down). They will help you reconstruct the author’s argument later on. 18. Don’t read everything, but understand everything that you read. Better to have a deep understanding of a limited amount of material, than to have a vague understanding of an entire course. Once again: Vague is bad. Vague is a waste of your time. 19. Bullet points. For essays, summarizing, everything. Phase IV: Reading Period (Review Week) 20. Once again: do not move into the library. Eat, sleep, and bathe. 21. If you don’t understand it, it will definitely be on the exam. Solution: textbooks; the internet. 22. Do all the practice problems. This one is totally tiger mom. 23. People are often contemptuous of rote learning. Newsflash: even at great intellectual bastions like Harvard, you will be required to memorize formulas, names and dates. To memorize effectively: stop reading your list over and over again. It doesn’t work. Say it out loud, write it down. Remember how you made friends? Have them quiz you, then return the favor. 24. Again with the friends: ask them to listen while you explain a difficult concept to them. This forces you to articulate your understanding. Remember, vague is bad. 25. Go for the big picture. Try to figure out where a specific concept fits into the course as a whole. This will help you tap into Big Themes – every class has Big Themes – which will streamline what you need to know. You can learn a million facts, but until you understand how they fit together, you’re missing the point. Phase V: Exam Day 26. Crush exam. Get A.
studying when you dont want to
i know the feeling of being stuck between wanting to study because you have to and not wanting to study because you’re tired. so here are some of what i do (except #1 bc my new classmates think im a nerd for doing this so i stopped) when i dont feel like studying
get a study buddy/friend/classmate to monitor your progress. maybe you can even compare your progress at every end of the day
if you prefer studying alone, you can create a schedule. not really a schedule, but more of an allocation of hours. on a sheet of paper, write down all the things you usually do for a day and beside those, write the number of hours or minutes it takes to do them. add all those and subtract from 24, there you’ll have your hours and minutes of free time. allocate your free time accordingly to the subjects you have to study. however, don’t allocate all of your free time to studying, you need time to take a break as well.
pamper yourself. you could take a bath, half bath, wash your face, or just change into clean and comfortable clothes (*cough* pajamas *cough cough*). comb your hair, tie em neatly in any way you feel good with.
set up your study area. you could use the living room or dining room and just bring all the needed things, not all of em. sometimes it’s better to have only what you need in order to focus better. you could also just be in your room. if your room is cluttered, you could clean them or just put them in one place and hide them in a blanket. i know covering them sounds bad but you dont want to waste your energy in cleaning when you have to be studying.
if you feel like your brain is cluttered, do a brain dump. write in a sheet of paper everything that comes into your mind and is bothering you. after, look at them and see if there are things you can act upon. if there are urgent things, act on them now. write the other non-urgent things on another sheet of paper/memo to take action later.
if you feel like your brain is cluttered but it’s more of an emotional clutter, cry it out. take a few minutes, even an hour, and cry it all out. you’ll feel better. i know i feel better after crying.
dont force yourself to study for hours on end. do the pomodoro technique where you study for 25 mins. then take a break for 5 mins., or alter this and study for an hour maybe then take a break for 10 minutes. have it your way depending on how you feel.
just read. dont take notes, dont highlight. just read and understand the material. dont be afraid to search online or browse a dictionary about a term you dont understand. then after each chapter/lesson/topic, see if you can summarize what you just read. if you can summarize, proceed to the next. if you can’t, go back to reading. understanding is better than just memorizing.
if you find something difficult, ask a classmate/friend to discuss the chapter/topic to you.
if you know you can’t study an entire chapter, read the summary after each chapter.
feel free to add more to this list :D
💫 even though the school has started my week was quite great
As a student, it’s so important to love yourself because if you don’t it’s going to translate into sacrificing your wellbeing for grades and not being able to cope with failure because you let it define you. So I’m telling you now, grades do not determine your worth as a person. If you can convince yourself that you are worthy and valuable as an individual, you’ll find your journey so much less stressful.
2018 Student Guide
With the start of 2018 well underway, I wanted to make a masterpost full of links on how to adjust your perspective with studying. Perhaps you want to become a better student overall, improve your focus or get into your dream college, there is always something we want to do better! Hopefully these tips will make 2018 your best academic year yet!
Organisation
2018 student planner
planner brand recommendations
planner vs bullet journal: pros and cons
how to set up a bullet journal
setting up a digital bullet journal
bullet journal spread ideas
bullet journal decoration hacks
bullet journal brand recommendations
whats in my bag
my favourite stationery
back to school basic supplies
how to improve your handwriting
handwriting font suggestions
balancing study and work
desk/workspace essentials
student finance tips
2018 monthly planner printables
Productivity
productivity and time management applications
how to remove distractions
types of procrastination and how to deal with them
google chrome new tab options for improved productivity
10 small ways to improve your productivity
applications to block websites
no distraction writing applications
100 days of productivity challenge
how to focus in class
how to stick to a schedule
how to stay alert
how to build self-discipline
how to organise for exams
my after school routine
how to reduce perfectionist ideas
Motivation
what to do when you’ve tried everything
how to gain back motivation
motivational monday printables
how to stop avoiding studying
what to do when you feel exhausted before studying
how I stay motivated
tips on maintaining motivation
how to start a studyblr
how to utilise your studyblr for motivation
how to set up a studygram
dealing with competitive people
how to bounce back from ‘failure’
how to learn from a lower than expected grade
how to structure a weekly review
how to deal with a difficult class
things to do during holidays/study vacations
Studying
applications for students
how to take effective class or lecture notes
how to take notes from a textbook
how to prepare for exams
my note-taking method
my notebook system
how to write faster
how to study more effectively
how to summarise information
how I organise my binders
good habits to implement
how to study (my method)
how to revise from notes
how to organise a colour code
how to memorise information effectively
how to memorise quotes
how to use flashcards
how I reduce waffle and narration in essays
tips for essay writing
how to find out where you’re going wrong
how I prepare to study
different ways to study
how to study during the semester
how to annotate a book/novel/etc
how to get ahead in school
how to break up a large textbook
studying as a visual learner
how to practice and present a speech
mindmapping apps and extensions
how to deal with online classes
how to study a language
how to study maths
how to improve group assessments/projects
Self Care
how to improve your sleep schedule
how to wake up earlier
how to study when sick
over-coming self doubt
dealing with stress
how to balance studying and anxiety
how to balance studying and depression
apps that help with depression
ways to reward your productivity
my favourite tv shows
my favourite podcasts
ways to use empty notebooks
how to be more sociable
tips for getting a job
advice for the first day
things (personal, academic, etc) to do every week
Printables
2018 monthly planner printables
2018 student printables (includes 2018 overview + calendar, daily + weekly + monthly planner, 30 habit tracker, class overview and timed worklog)
weekly study schedule
weekly planner
weekend planner
daily planner
assessment planner
subject to do list planner
study session planner
exam revision printable pack (includes revision checklist, formulas + definitions sheet, essay + project planner, weekly schedule)
note-taking printables (includes dotted, grid, lined, cornell method)
organic chemistry printable
literary techniques and devices sheet
100 days of productivity tracker printable
ultimate student organiser pack
study and revision pack
2018 student planner
2018 weekly planner
pomodoro tracker
grade and assessment planner pack
essay guide and planner pack
productivity planner
student reading journal printable
student finance planner
goal and habit planner
customisable weekly study planner
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Here’s a masterpost of my Japanese posts I’ve made so far. For newer posts and posts made by other langblrs please check my Japanese-tag. You may like/reblog this post if you want to, but I would really appreciate if you liked/reblogged individual posts instead! Please note that some posts are from my old blogs, I’m not stealing/claiming other people’s posts as mine! Japanese resources Japanese phrases Spring vocabulary Summer vocabulary Autumn vocabulary Winter vocabulary Valentine’s day vocabulary Halloween vocabulary Christmas vocabulary New Year vocabulary Birthday vocabulary Ramadan vocabulary Hanukkah vocabulary Eurovision vocabulary Rainy day vocabulary Flower vocabulary Insects vocabulary Tea vocabulary Knitting and crocheting vocabulary Traveling vocabulary Harry Potter vocabulary Moomin vocabulary Studio Ghibli vocabulary When Marnie Was There vocabulary Friendship vocabulary Cozy vocabulary Mental health and mental disorders vocabulary Menstruation vocabulary Ainu vocabulary Catalan referendum vocabulary Bullying vocabulary 11.3.2011 vocabulary Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki vocabulary Terrorism vocabulary Refugee vocabulary New words I learned in Japan 1 month kanji challenge
ig: studylustre // cat reference images by the talented @lycheepeaches ✨
Looking to improve your skills in your target language?
English speakers, if you want to apply your knowledge of your target language (don’t we all) but you have no native speakers to speak to, check out HelloTalk! HelloTalk is this really cool language exchange app where you can improve your target language fluency by talking to real native speakers. It’s mainly a messaging platform, but there are voice and group ways of talking as well!
You can search for people who’s skills and fluency levels match your own, and then practice your skills with the native speakers through text or audio messaging. HelloTalk is a social platform that isn’t just super interactive, it’s also super helpful! If you’re messaging someone and they correct one of your messages, the corrections show up in red with the correct sentence under it in green. There’s also a translation feature that you can use in real time!
If your skills in your target language have hit a plateau, HelloTalk is perfect to get you out of the slump!! Not only is it really useful, but it’s such a well developed app! There are over 150 languages to choose from and over 7 million people who use the app. Overall, HelloTalk is fun, useful, and definitely a necessity in language learning if you don’t (and even if you do) have access to any native speakers!
Check out HelloTalk HERE
Hi everyone! I got a message a couple days ago asking for some desk organizers ideas/stationery containers and I thought it was a good idea to make a post about it! Hope you find this helpful and if you have any more ideas add them to comments!
DESK ORGANIZERS IDEAS
Go to your local stationery store and check out what they have! One of my best friends found my rotary black container in our neighborhood store and gave it to me as a present!
Check out stationery organizers on Aliexpress, they have tons of different models with lots of colors and all of them have super cheap prices! You can find my white organizer here.
Reutilize some of your cups, they will look gorgeous and you won’t spend any extra money! Alvaro got that super cute cup for me as a Christmas Present, is handmade and you can find similar ones on Etsy!
Another idea is to reuse or get makeup holders, my sister gave me her lipstick holder because she didn’t use it anymore and I use it to hold my Stabilo highlighters! I recommend looking for them in your local stores and Aliexpress where you have them for less than $3.
A different option is to look for pots and candle holders, I absolutely recommend you IKEA for this ones. I found my white candle holders there and they are so beautiful and cheap! You have a link to them here.
I like to keep my notebooks in a grid holder box that I found casually last year in a clothing store on sales! You can find similar ones on Amazon and Aliexpress.
I also recommend you one of these washi tape holders cause they are stackable, which save so much space, and you can have lots of them near you at the same time! I got mine here.
I spent weeks looking for a book holder so I could have my planner open there and see it every they and also have my uni books standing in front of me while I study, and the gorgeous option I found (which I ended up buying) is this one. You can also find cheaper and different ones on Aliexpress.
The last thing I recommend you is a magazine rack. I have mine hanging on the wall and I use the different sections for different subjects and is one of the most useful things on my desk. That one is from IKEA, you have here the link.
11.01.18 💫 self-teaching myself physics! these are my most recent notes 😊 via - study.inu (ig)
