DAY 2: Essentials I need for reviewing.
I’ve started my online review sessions (why online? Yes it’s because of COVID-19). Here are my essentials while studying! Take note, this is not all of it!! It’s just the things I need to take down notes with and the pens I use. If I include all of my study materials/essentials, you’ll see a stack of papers, well most of them are handouts and formulas. Soon I’ll be posting the formulas I’ve printed (and written down).
So let me explain what are the essentials I have on the first photo.
A notebook: This notebook is where I jot down notes about the topic I’m studying for the day. As you can see, there are terms and formulas. I’ll post a photo soon on what’s inside the notebook!
Scratch Papers: These scratch papers were from my handouts and the papers I’ve used when taking an exam (p.s. Our professors doesn’t say how many papers we’ll use during the exam so we just opt to have extra just in case.) Once the papers are given back, sometimes I have unused paper. There are also cover pages here that I flipped around since the back part is clean so why not use it!! I’m literally recycling all my papers (which is a good thing) and stapled them up. Now this is where I write down the problem solving multiple choice questions. As you can faintly see, the first part is math and calculator techniques. I’ll show you next time what is inside of it. Just a sneak peak ;)
Ruler: Yes I am an Engineering student but that doesn’t mean I can draw a perfect straight line (lol) but kidding aside, I use this to make my notes clean. Especially when I’m writing down formulas an boxing the final answer.
Earphones: Dual purpose. One, it’s for me to listen to music while studying. Sometimes I prefer to listen while studying because it makes me calm but sometimes I also prefer not to listen while studying because it’s distracting (especially when I’m close to losing my braincells). Two, it’s for my online video lectures and meetings. Since we are conducting an online review session right now due to the pandemic, I always need to have my earphones with me since I’m not the only person in the house and I can quite listen to the professor clearly instead of using my laptop’s speaker.
Laptop: Of course, one essential is the laptop. Well it’s obvious why is it an essential but I’ll just explain it. My other review materials are here, all in docx or pdf formats (also my wallet is going to cry if I print all of it). Also I use this to watch my online lectures/discussions and join a meeting for a group discussion. Also when taking a break, I can easily navigate through my sns.
Calculator: What is an Engineering student without a calculator? Since we, Engineering Students, have subjects that needs a calculator, IT. IS. AN. ESSENTIAL. Imagine if you’re going to take an Engineering Economy exam, how are you going to solve those annuities without a calculator :) Might as well sleep it off and cry because you forgot the most important thing. Yes. A. CALCULATOR. Also there are lot of calculator techniques that you may not know during your undergraduate days. It’s just a simple thing but can do lots.
Pens: Yes these are the only pens I use as of the moment. A black, blue, and green pen and one mechanical pencil. I’ll explain later how I use these pen colors (lol)
Pencil Case: My pencil case doesn’t look like one. It looks like a pouch but yeah I have lots of pens inside (including pens that won’t work anymore), my small ruler and my small flip book (the one I posted before).
Okay since I explained the essentials. I’ll be now sharing the pens in the 2nd photo. (from Left to Right)
Black Pen 1: This pen, or as we call it here, a sign pen is what I’m using when I’m writing down terms, problems, solutions etc. Plus my hand writing looks neat and pretty to look at when I use this one.
Black Pen 2: This is a 0.3 pen which I use when I’m having online group discussions and I have to write FAST. I don’t know if I’ll ever post my scratch papers with notes that I quickly wrote because it’s a LIVE discussion so I can’t afford to lag behind :-). Fun note: this is a refillable one so you’ll just have to buy the ink and voila~
Green Pen: A 0.5 pen that I use when I write titles/terms/formulas I NEED to remember. I also use this to box the answer for the multiple choice questions. This is also refillable!
Blue Pen: I use this pen when I write headings of the topic. I don’t usually use this much unless I have to write down what number is this problem, the “solution”, “given”, “how to solve via calculator techniques” etc.
Mechanical Pencil: I love this mechanical pencil because first of all it’s green. (P.s Green isn’t my favorite color but it’s soothing to look at). I only use this when I have to write down my understanding that isn’t included in what my professor said or shown on the screen.
These are what I am using as of now. I don’t know what more will be added but we’ll see in the future posts :) Another apologies since my handwriting sucks big time. My Engineering Drawing/Drafting professor would give me a failing grade because my hand writing isn’t neat enough lol just kidding.
Well that pretty much sums up this post. So I’ll be leaving for now and be back for Day 3! Oh and I recently made a ko-fi, if you like my posts, you can buy me a coffee ;u; it’s on my sidebar with the big green button lol
