My Thinking Palace

I'm Ninah & Welcome To My Thinking Palace! ~Band Nerd~ ~Player Of The Saxophone~ ~Watcher Of TV~ ~Reader Of Books~ ~Writer Of Words~ ~Thinker Of Thoughts~ ~Lover Of History~ ~Follower Of Politics~

[deadpresidents]

Bush is the first President to die in nearly 12 years. The most recent Presidential death before tonight was Gerald Ford on December 26, 2006.

[no-chill-at-all]

[justbadpuns]

A man and his wife are walking down the street when the wife turns to her husband and says “honey, I think it’s snowing” the man looks back at her and says “no it’s raining.” To settle the debate between the two they ask the friendly redcoat standing at the end of the street. The redcoat, Rudolph tells them that it is in fact raining. The husband turns to his wife and says “see, Rudolph the red knows rain dear.”

[just-shower-thoughts]

You only realise how inaccurate the media is when they cover something you know a lot about

[yanderechild-archive]

FUCK THIS!!! im a humanities/arts person!!! FUCK MATH!!! what the fuck is even calculus!!! what r u calculating!!!! fuck off!!!

[wilwheaton]

(via How to fight.)

[thebrothersjonas]

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 

[field-thistles]

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.

[inspirelocked]

“So whats the fucking point” is more helpful than all 6 years I’ve probably been writing papers

[elodieunderglass]

Listen up, chucklefucks: I have a point to make.

Some shit went down. Here are the receipts.

Here is the tea.

^ Introduction, supporting paragraphs, conclusion: a basic essay structure.

[bri-ecrit]

There are three major things to put into any major essay: 

The What

The “So What?”

And the “Now What?” 

Your conclusion is the “Now What” — you’ve convinced your readers that they need to pay fucking attention to something, and now you tell them what to do next. It’s not just summarizing and wrapping up your main points for the sake of repeating yourself. It’s like the last five minutes of class where I’m reminding students of the big takeaways about what we learned and giving them the homework that reinforces it in a way that holds their attention while they’re trying to pack up their shit and get out. 

[belle-and-bowties]

Would’ve been nice to know this while I was in school!

[wtnvtweets]

[shiphitsthefan]

[SLAMS THE REBLOG BUTTON]

[musictheoryaugmented]

Realizing the piece is in cut time after we start playing

[queeranne]

Remember when Netflix and Tumblr didn’t exist and you read like 10 books a week? Good times.

[sadgaywerewolf]

One day I wanna be rich enough that I can just like. Give away hundreds of thousands of dollars every year in like scholarships or grants or whatever. That when I see someone make a post like “hey can I get $50 for groceries” I can just donate $1000. Or tip my server their rent money. Like that’s the dream

[yllibots]

i actually think about this all the time

[thelawgraduate]

BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY 1: Leuchtturm1917

If you’ve spent 2 minutes browsing the Studyblr community, you will have read about bullet journaling. Since high school, I’ve loved the traditional planner style, but I’ve been converted to the bullet journal style of planning and notetaking. Not only can you exercise your creative muscles when creating pages tailored to your needs, but you can combine your to-do lists and tasks in one place. 

Kindly, Leuchtturm1917 sent me this dotted notebook to transform into the bullet journal of my dreams and review for you all. The notebook contains 251 numbered pages, a table of contents, and 12 perforated sheets at the back - perfect for sharing notes with your classmates. The 2 page markers make it really easy to find your most-used pages, and there is also an expandable pocket at the back to store loose pieces of paper. 

I’ve spent the last few days setting up this bujo for my upcoming Masters course, and I’m so excited to share them with you. I’m quite minimalistic when it comes to my weekly spreads - I know that I won’t have much time to make them really elaborate and decorative, so I’ve kept the weekly spread down to the basics. On the left-hand box is the events I’ve got that day, and on the right is a space for all of my tasks to do that day. Once I’m at university, I might find that I need to change the layout slightly to allow for more space for to-do’s, but that’s the beauty of a bullet journal - you can adapt to changes so easily! Whilst it’s great to admire the artistic talent of the amazing bujo’s shared in the community, remember that it does need to be functional and practical above all.

I’ve also included really useful pages. I found this essay-writing advice on Tumblr a while ago (I apologise for not crediting the original author - I couldn’t find it), and thought it would be really helpful to have it written out in my bullet journal so I can reference it when writing essays.

The Giveaway:

For the first of my back to school giveaways, I’m giving you the chance to win the following:

A Leuchtturm1917 dotted notebook in the colour of your choice

A pack of Mildliners - featured in the images

A pack of Stabilo pastel highlighters - featured in the images

A pack of 5 Muji 0.38mm black pens - featured in the images

Rules rules rules:

Must be following me, and preferably be active i.e. ask me questions, tag me in things, reblog my posts

Reblog this as an entry, likes are only bookmarks. I’ll use a random number generator to help me pick the winner

You can enter as many times as you like but don’t spam your followers, please 

It’s international, and you don’t have to be a studyblr to enter - it might inspire you to start your own!

The deadline is August 24th, so they can be with you for the new academic year.

[and-down-we-go]

My Mom just accidentally prematurely sent an email to an accounting firm… It was supposed to say ‘I am afraid that we will have to postpone our meeting”

but she hit send when all it said was

Hi Jeffrey,       I am afraid

[raduim]

[sonypraystation]

need me a girl wit a big ol thiq mind

fat ass cerebellum

[ghostinyourmind]

The cerebellum is primarily responsible for balance and coordination

U wanna girl who can stand without falling

[sonypraystation]

 is that too much to ask???

[studyingstudent]

It’s not “uncool” to be smart and prepared and passionate and dedicated. Ignore people who say otherwise.

[bob-belcher]