Low Spoons Studying

Here are my attempts to study with executive dysfunction.

[lowspoonsstudying]

I'm starting grad school in 19 days so maybe I'll post on here more often!

[lowspoonsstudying]

Important Info for US University students in their Senior Year

If you guys took out federal student loans when you graduate and you aren’t going to grad school you are required to do this thing called exit counseling. What this is is this goes over all the information you honestly should have been given prior as well as general information about loans and how your loans work. A huge part of it is looking at your estimated income and estimating what you would have to pay and for how long. Generally helpful stuff.

But

At the end of it you’re required to fill out your personal information, provide a contact for next of kin, and provide TWO references. Here you also select what kind of repayment plan you would prefer. While this isn’t something to start worrying about in the fall semester, when it gets close to graduation you need start thinking about this cause the references can’t be the same as next of kin, nor can they live together (if you were going to use your parents and they still live together for example). 

[cheesey-toast]

Found this on facebook but reposting to SAVE A LIFE.

Or at least some of y’all’s GPAs.

You’re welcome.

[teacup-crow]

Holy shit? thanks op!

[punkrockclone]

for comp sci, physics, math, etc p much everything is uploaded by authors to https://arXiv.org

also, use Unpaywall

(and sci-hub but I didn’t tell you this)

[lowspoonsstudying]

Also there are many open access journals and databases that people will publish to. I used a lot of these during my undergrad even when I had access to a lot of articles through my universities library.

Here’s a list of what I used/have seen!

Plos One - Primarily Science & maths 

Directory of open Access Journals (DOAJ)  DOAJ has over 13,000 journals in multiple languages. I’ve personally never used them but I’ve seen others use it to find appropriate journals.

Jstor - while jstor does still take memberships more articles are becoming open access and you can still make a free account

PubMed - again, not all articles are free but when searching you’re able to select a filter to see only free full texts

Jurn - Somewhat google esc database but you can search any topic you want and it’ll find it

[fieldbears]

I think every writer/artist has that one story/drawing that gets completely skipped over, and they’d never say it aloud, but inside they’re like

‘fuck all y'all, that’s one of the best things I’ve done’

plus one story/drawing that everyone loves

‘really? that one?’

[shatterpath]

This is gospel right here and it’s BAFFLING.

[lifepro-tips]

Some clothing items come with stitches that are MEANT to be removed

I see this happen often enough that I don’t think this falls under common knowledge, and I didn’t see a previous post on this topic. So here goes!

Some clothes have stitches that only serve a temporary purpose and are MEANT to be removed. Here are some examples:

The one that more people know about: pockets being sewn shut, especially on dress pants and blazers. The pockets are sewn shut to keep the garment flat and neat during shipping and display. You can tell that pocket stitches are temporary and not permanent (like for fake pockets) in two ways: first, the stitches will be big and loose compared to other stitches on the garment, and secondly, the pocket will have a physical “bag” or some other encapsulation of fabric on the underside that shows that something is meant to be put in it. Fake pockets will just have the outline of the pocket opening on the underside.

A less-famous example: Blazer vents and skirt slits being sewn closed. I’m referring to when the back bottom edge of a blazer, coat, or skirt has a split, slit, or flap in it. They are often sewn closed with a big, loose, “X” of thread, again to keep the garment flat and neat during shipping and display, but definitely meant to be cut when you get home. If they DON’T get cut, then the garment can’t separate and move where it is supposed to, and it forms a binding, bunched-up shape around the rear end which you do NOT want, trust me. The number of thread Xs I see walking around my city is frustrating, to say the least.

Another one: Branding tags sewn on coat sleeves. This one is understandable, because many garments have branding sewn on the sleeve that is more of a fashion statement and meant to be there. However, many dress coat, blazer, and outerwear brands will sew a small label towards the end of the sleeve, so that the brand can be displayed while they are on a display rack, but it’s meant to be taken off later. You can tell the difference by the stitching: temporary tags will have only a few loose stitches on either end, while permanent tags will usually have tight, small stitching all around the border.

Depending on the type of garment and its unique details, there may be other temporary stitches to contend with, but again, stitches that are meant to be cut are usually much bigger and looser than their neighbors, and the thread stands alone with no reinforcement or connection to the rest of the garment.

Source: reddit.com/r/LifeProTips

[wonderful-language-sounds]

Free Online Language Courses

Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos.  You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.

American Sign Language

ASL University

Sign Language Structure, Learning, and Change

Arabic

Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop-down menu)

Intro to Arabic

Madinah Arabic

Moroccan Arabic

Arabe (taught in French)

Catalan

Intro to Catalan Language & Society

Intro to Catalan Sign Language

Chinese

Beginner

Basic Chinese I. II, III, IV , V

Basic Mandarin Chinese I & II

Beginner’s Chinese

Chinese for Beginners

Chinese Characters

Chinese for HSK 1

Chinese for HSK 2

Chinese for HSK 3 I & II

HSK Level 1

Mandarin Chinese

Mandarin Chinese for Business

More Chinese for Beginners

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

UT Gateway to Chinese

Chino Básico (Taught in Spanish)

Intermediate

Chinese Stories

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Dutch

Introduction to Dutch

English

Online Courses here

Resources Here

Faroese

Faroese Course

Finnish

A Taste of Finnish

Basic Finnish

Finnish for Immigrants

Finnish for Medical Professionals

French

Beginner

AP French Language and Culture

Basic French Skills

Beginner’s French: Food & Drink

Diploma in French

Elementary French I & II

Français Interactif

French in Action

French Language Studies I, II, III

French: Ouverture

Intermediate & Advanced

French: Le Quatorze Juillet

Passe Partout 

La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie

Vivre en France - A2

Vivre en France - B1

Frisian

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in English)

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)

German

Beginner

Beginner’s German: Food & Drink

Conversational German I, II, III, IV

Deutsch im Blick

Diploma in German

German at Work

Rundblick-Beginner’s German

Intermediate

German: Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte

Landschaftliche Vielfalt

Gwich’in

Introduction to Gwich’in Language

Hebrew

Biblical Hebrew

Know the Hebrew Alphabet

Teach Me Hebrew

Hindi

A Door into Hindi

Business Hindi

Virtual Hindi

Icelandic

Icelandic 1-5

Indonesian

Learn Indonesian

Irish

Introduction to Irish

Irish 101

Irish 102

Italian

Beginner

Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink

Beginner’s Italian I

Introduction to Italian

Italian for Beginners 1 , 2, 3 , 4 , 5, 6 

Intermediate & Advanced

AP Italian Language and Culture

Intermediate Italian I

Advanced Italian I

Letteratura italiana

Japanese

Genki

Japanese JOSHU

Japanese Pronunciation

Sing and Learn Japanese

Tufs JpLang

Kazakh

A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)

Korean

Beginner

First Step Korean

How to Study Korean

Introduction to Korean

Learn to Speak Korean

Pathway to Spoken Korean

Intermediate

Intermediate Korean

Nepali

Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar

Norwegian

Introduction to Norwegian

Norwegian on the Web

Portuguese

Curso de Português para Estrangeiros 

Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro

Russian

Beginner

Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian

Advanced

Reading Master and Margarita

Russian as an Instrument of Communication

Siberia: Russian for Foreigners

Spanish

Beginner

AP Spanish Language & Culture

Basic Spanish for English Speakers

Beginner’s Spanish: Food & Drink

Introduction to Spanish

Restaurants and Dining Out

Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Spanish Vocabulary

Intermediate

Spanish: Ciudades con Historia

Spanish: Espacios Públicos

Advanced

Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones 

Leer a Macondo

Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos

Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas

Swedish

Intro to Swedish

Swedish Made Easy 1, 2, & 3

Ukrainian

Read Ukrainian

Ukrainian Language for Beginners

Welsh

Beginner’s Welsh

Discovering Wales

Multiple Languages

Ancient Languages

More Language Learning Resources & Websites!

Last updated: April 1, 2018

[powerfulwizard]

You know those movies about those little nerd boys who get with really hot girls, and those girls eventually learn to settle for a little nerd boy because he’s kinda nice sometimes? Propaganda.

[castlesbyrs]

You know those movies and shows where the little nerd girl has to change absolutely every aspect that makes her, her, starting by her appearance, so she can get the really hot boy, while when it’s the other way around the girl just settles with the nerd boy? Propaganda.

[wildlyunlikelybabe]

The message?

Men are to be accepted as they are, women are to change or to settle.

[gammacarter]

*bursts into the room panting* PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR AU Portia: high school student who uses instagram to go into abandoned places and look for ghosts Julian: college student brother trying to keep her safe from squatters Nadia: sees Portia’s videos, asks her about taking a look at her house Asra: a medium Nadia also hires to look at the place (with MC as assistant) Lucio: the ghost I saw this post and it couldn’t be stopped

[weirdvintage]

A surefire way for mothers to get their sons to tuck in their shirts, 1940s style (via Kitsch-Slapped)

[airyairyquitecontrary-deactivat]

The illustrated boy looks pretty darn pleased with his cute new lace edging.

I can see him now meeting his friends at the soda fountain. 

‘Fellows, check out Mom’s latest effort at mind control.’ (spins)

(chorus of whistles and applause)

‘Why, Jimmy, I do believe you’ve started a fashion!’

‘Let’s go to the Woolworth and get lace edging for all our shirts!’

‘Doug can sew them on, he got his Handicraft merit badge last summer!’

‘Never regretted it.’

‘Jimmy, your mom has some internalised misogyny to figure out.’

‘Don’t I know it.’

[fieldbears]

I would read novels about these boys

[howtomusicmajor]

How to Handle Having TOO MUCH To Do

So let’s say you’re in the same boat I am (this is a running theme, have you noticed?) and you’ve just got, like, SO MUCH STUFF that HAS to get done YESTERDAY or you will DIE (or fail/get fired/mope). Everything needs to be done yesterday, you’re sick, and for whatever reason you are focusing on the least important stuff first. What to do!

Take a deep breath, because this is a boot camp in prioritization.

Make a 3 by 4 grid. Make it pretty big. The line above your top row goes like this: Due YESTERDAY - due TOMORROW - due LATER. Along the side, write: Takes 5 min - Takes 30 min - Takes hours - Takes DAYS.

Divide ALL your tasks into one of these squares, based on how much work you still have to do. A thank you note for a present you received two weeks ago? That takes 5 minutes and was due YESTERDAY. Put it in that square. A five page paper that’s due tomorrow? That takes an hour/hours, place it appropriately. Tomorrow’s speech you just need to rehearse? Half an hour, due TOMORROW. Do the same for ALL of your tasks

Your priority goes like this:

5 minutes due YESTERDAY

5 minutes due TOMORROW

Half-hour due YESTERDAY

Half-hour due TOMORROW

Hours due YESTERDAY

Hours due TOMORROW

5 minutes due LATER

Half-hour due LATER

Hours due LATER

DAYS due YESTERDAY

DAYS due TOMORROW

DAYS due LATER

At this point you just go down the list in each section. If something feels especially urgent, for whatever reason - a certain professor is hounding you, you’re especially worried about that speech, whatever - you can bump that up to the top of the entire list. However, going through the list like this is what I find most efficient.

Some people do like to save the 5 minute tasks for kind of a break between longer-running tasks. If that’s what you want to try, go for it! You’re the one studying here.

So that’s how to prioritize. Now, how to actually do shit? That’s where the 20/10 method comes in. It’s simple: do stuff like a stuff-doing FIEND for 20 minutes, then take a ten minute break and do whatever you want. Repeat ad infinitum. It’s how I’ve gotten through my to do list, concussed and everything.

You’ve got this. Get a drink and start - we can do our stuff together!

[allydsgn]

WOAH THIS SOUNDS HELPFUL. I’M GOING TO TRY THIS IMMEDIATELY. Also, I made a chart for myself, but if anyone else wants it for reference (or if this is wrong and I misread you can tell me) here it is:

[twiceroyaldove]

i keep forgetting where to find this but it’s so helpful

[irish-q]

Wish I’ve known about this sooner

[studyblrforbeginners]

Reblog if you’re an ADHDstudyblr(/NDstudyblr) or if you’re a Dutchie with a studyblr or both (like me :D)!

I wanna follow more of neurodivergent studyblrs and more Dutch studyblrs

(why am I posting this 4.10am Dutch time? idk I’m just awake okay)

[perfectgarbagestudios]

THE LOVE SHORE KICKSTARTER HAS LAUNCHED!

Love Shore is a visual novel game that takes concepts we’ve always loved in sci-fi, action, and horror and blends them together to create something wild. It features a queer, diverse cast, a seemingly endless city, and a story of coming into yourself and doing what you think is right…with a heavy dose of drama and violence mixed in for good measure.

You can download our demo on our kickstarter! It features the “First Chapter” of Love Shore and acts as a World/Character introduction to showcase the art, music and storytelling that will be present in the completed game. 

Love Shore is made by a diverse team who wanted to make games that had characters like themselves in them. We hope you enjoy it and consider supporting us!

KICKSTARTER LINK!

[mamapluto]

Can I romance them

[help-mywife]

You sure can!!!

From the Kickstarter: Love Shore features two playable protagonists with four romanceable options, each with their own storylines. The cast is entirely LGBT+.

[help-mywife]

Hi everyone! Mod Cristaly here promoting this again cause 9 days until the Kickstarter ends!

I played the demo and am so so excited about the eligible bachelorettes available in Farah’s route!

The demo takes 30 minutes to play. If you like visual novels and are desperate for LGBT content in the genre: I’m sure you’ll like it! The art is stunning and there’s gods and kidnappings and hot people to kiss.

I think I want to romance Imani? Or Maya? I can’t pick, but you should play and tell me who wins you over :)

[president-coriolanus-snow]

So me my mom and my moms cousin went out for dinner and were eating and there’s a family in the booth next to us and they’re talking about how his family came from Germany and he mentioned his father came from some small town in Germany (said the name I don’t remember what it was) but it was one of those small towns where everyone knows everyone it’s super tiny.

So my moms cousin goes “I’m sorry I don’t mean to eavesdrop but my family is from there.” And this guy looked so excited and they start chatting for a bit and the guy goes “What was your family name?” And she goes “Zimmerman.” And the guy gets suuuuuper quiet and goes “…… oh.” Like flat tone nothing.

She goes “What’s yours?” And he quietly tells her but won’t look at her and she goes quiet and goes “Oh.” And goes back to her food and the tables got SUPER awkward and tense and I’m sitting there going “Wtf is going on?” Cause they both suddenly stopped talking to each other.

On the way out I’m “What was that about?” She goes “I’ll tell you in the car.” So we get in the car and I’m like “Okay wtf was all that about?”

She goes “My great grandfather assassinated his grandfather.”

I’m like O_O ……….

[peacchidrops]

[lowspoonsstudying]

Wow I haven’t posted on here in forever. 

I guess now is a good time to start since it’s the beginning of the semester?

[jodiefoster]

I’m not even a real person during the last two weeks of semester this bitch empty yeet

[lavellanlove]

How to avoid having your sfw posts falsely flagged:

(Sailor J)

[partywithponies]

Me, refusing to leave tumblr: sir, this is my emotional support hellsite

[censorbotoffical]

beepboop. censorbot approved

[partywithponies]

“Me, refusing to leave: sir, this is my emotional hell” is a funnier text post than my original one, good job censorbot.