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Leaving Cirque le Soir in London - 31/10

[study-habit]

Remember that PPT is very powerfull tool. The moment that you open it and start clicking slides it becomes the center of everybody attention. But good PPT presentation is not the star of the show, the presenter is. Here are some tips I use to prepare myself:

• Never read your slide. No metter how lazy or how uninterested in particular topic I am, I would not let myself to read from slide. You have to know your slides inside out. •I make flash cards with the text I have to remember, and highlight keywords I used in slides, so that I can easily connect it. • It is very important to speak freely. You don’t have to stick 100% to your text from flash cards. • Speak with confidence. Only knowing your material, and by this I don’t mean learning it by heart but with understanding, will give you confidence. • Be loud and clear. To master this, practice in front of the mirror or in front of your bestfriend. • It is very important to maintain eye contact with the audience. • Don’t speak too fast. • Pause when you want to emphasize key points. • Be active, don’t be motionless. • Practice, practice and practice. Did I said you should practice?

General tips: • Keep in mind that presentations should be no longer than 10-15 minutes, if they are longer listeners will easily get bored. • Make it flow throughout the presentation with appropriate repetition.

P.S. Don’t forget that technology is not always our best friend and sometimes it can fail when least expected. Keep in mind to make few copies of PPT, on USB stick, on e-mail, etc. so that if one fails you have back up plan.

Good luck! 💕

[19tc]

해피 할로윈! - Happy Halloween!

과자를 안 주면 장난칠 - Trick or treat 사탕 - Sweets  호박 - Pumpkin 피 - Blood  의상 - Costume 마녀 - Witch 거미 - Spider 해골 - Skeleton 괴물 - Monster 유령 - Ghost 뱀파이어 - Vampire 박쥐 - Bat  좀비 - Zombie 늑대 인간 - Werewolf 무서워요 - Afraid  무서운 - Scary 무서운 영화 - Scary movie  무서운 이야기 - Scary story 안  무서워요? - Aren’t you scared?

🎃A&R🎃

[jumphoneydew]

Happy Halloween babes!

[untitled61064]

french: school vocabulary  📚

♡ Basics:

une école - school (in general), grade school

un écolier, une écolière - grade school student

un collège - middle school, junior high

un collégien, une collégienne - middle school student

un lycée - high school

un lycéen, une lycéenne - high school student

une université - college, university

un étudiant, une étudiante - college student

un professeur, un/e prof (informal)* - teacher

*In France, the word professeur is always masculine, even if the teacher is a woman. 

♡ School Years and Ages: 

Cours Préparatoire (CP) = 6 years old

Cours Elémentaire (CE1) = 7 years old

Cours Elémentaire (CE1) = 8 years old

Cours Moyen (CM1) = 9 years old

Cours Moyen (CM2) = 10 years old

Sixième = 11 years old

Cinquième = 12 years old

Quatrième = 13 years old

Troisième = 14 years old

Deuxième = 15 years old

Première = 16 years old

Terminale = 17 years old

♡ Equipment - Le Matériel

un bureau - desk

un pupitre - student desk

un cahier - notebook

une calculatrice - calculator

un carnet - notebook

une carte - map

un classeur - binder

une craie - chalk

un crayon - pencil

des devoirs (m) - homework

un dictionnaire - dictionary

une gomme - eraser

le rétroprojecteur - overhead projector

un livre - book

la trousse - pencil case

le papier - paper

une feuille de papier - piece of paper

recto verso - front and back, both sides

un sac à dos - backpack

un stylo - pen

un tableau - chalkboard

le cartable - school bag

♡ The School:

classroom - une salle de classe

library - la bibliothèque

librarian - le/la documentaliste

hall - le hall

staff room - une salle des profs

cloakroom - le vestiaire

toilets - les toilettes

laboratory - un laboratoire

workshop - un atelier

gym - le gymnase

the playground - la cour de récréation 

sports field - le terrain de sports

headmaster - le directeur

headmistress - la directrice

secretary - la secrétaire

dining hall - la cantine

corridor - le couloir

caretaker - le concierge

school yard - la cour

♡ Subjects - Les Matières

English - l'anglais

Mathematics - les mathématiques

Modern Languages - les langues vivantes

French - le français

Spanish - l'espagnol

German - l'allemand

Greek - le grec

Latin - le latin

Physical Science - les sciences physiques

Physics - la physique

Chemistry - la chimie

Biologie - la biologie

Technology - le travail manuel éducatif (TME)

Woodwork - le travail sur bois

Art - le dessin

Computing (IT) - l'informatique

Music - la musique

Geography - la géographie

History - l'histoire

Physical Education (PE) - l'éducation physique et sportive (EPS)

Religious Education (RE) - l'instruction religieuse

♡ School Life

lesson - un cours

pupil - une élève

to spell - épeler 

to learn - apprendre 

to discuss - discuter

essay - la rédaction 

school uniform - l’uniforme 

bell - le sonnerie

homework - les devoirs

timetable - un emploi de temps

to take notes - prendre des notes 

term/semester - un trimestre

detention - le retenue

study period - l'étude

un examen - test

♡ Classroom activities and instructions

lever la main - to put one’s hand up

poser une question - to ask a question

écrivez - write down 

écoutez - listen to 

regardez  - look at 

regardez attentivement - look closely

lisez - read

lisez attentivement - read carefully

…le texte - the text

…l'enregistrement - the recording

…la conversation - the conversation

…la vidéo - the video

…l'écran - the screen

ouvrez - open

…votre cahier -  your workbooks

…votre livre - your (text) books

…le manuel - the textbook

cochez la bonne réponse - tick the right answer

je vais vous donner un devoir - I’m going to give you some homework

c'est pour - it’s for

il faut le rendre - you’ve to hand it in

…demain - tomorrow

…la semaine prochaine - next week

…après les vacances - after the holidays

allez, c'est parti! - come on, let’s start!

faites moins de bruit, s'il vous plaît! - quieten down, please!

taisez-vous! - be quiet!

[joolshallie]

How to write a bomb ass personal statement

I’ve had a few asks about how to write - as one of you put it - a bomb ass personal statement. I’m a bit reluctant to write this, seeing as I haven’t actually got an interview/offer yet! But I guess it might be helpful to those of you applying around now :)

HOW TO START

Bullet point what you want to include - I suggest listing out what you want to include. It’s a good idea to do this at the beginning, to make sure you don’t leave anything out; and it can help form the basic structure of your statement.

Do not start at the start - this is one of the most important things I learnt when writing mine. It is so hard to write that first sentence - so just leave it until the end, and begin writing with the actual content, something you’re more comfortable writing about.

When you do get down to writing that first sentence - do not start with a cheesy quote or the typical “I have always bee passionate about…” as these are things that can immediately put off an admissions tutor. Try and be original, or just simple: “I want to study X because…”

THE CONTENT

Just keep writing - don’t worry about the 4,000 character and 47 line limits. Literally just write, and keep going, even if you think what you’re writing is bad - just get all your ideas out there, and put down everything you would want to include. It’s so much easier to take things out rather than adding things in. My personal statement was around 8,000 characters at one point!`

Get the balance right - different unis want different things from personal statements, so check their websites to make sure you’re getting in what they want. You need to get the balance of intellectual curiosity/passion for the subject with your personal qualities and extra-curriculars. 

Back up everything with evidence - don’t just say you are great at working in a team, give examples that demonstrate that you have worked well in successful teams in the past.What to include?

WHAT TO INCLUDE

Why you want to study that particular course

Why you are the right person to study the course

Extra things you have done to show commitment or interest about the course - volunteering, subscriptions to journals, further reading etc.

Any relevant work experience

Any relevant awards you’ve won (e.g. maths challenge or physics olympiad) or responsibilities within the school (e.g. prefect or house captain)

Demonstrate desirable skills for your course - problem solving, teamwork, leadership etc.

WHAT NOT TO INCLUDE

Cliches - like “Ever since I was born I have wanted to study…”

Quotes - this is a personal statement, so don’t start quoting other people! Plus way too many people do this to make it original.

Jokes - it may be that the person reading your statement has a very different sense of humour than you do.

Really long sentences - you want your personal statement to be as easy as possible to read, and long confusing sentences won’t help that.

Repetition - it’s such a short document, you don’t have space for this. Plus it gets boring!

Names of unis - the unis you apply to have no idea where else you have applied, so don’t name any of them in your statement.

THE ENDING

Do not end on a cheesy quote or joke. Just sum up why you’d be a great candidate and reinforce what you have told them throughout the main body of the statement - that you’re fabulous!

Once you have finished a draft you can start trying to cut down on the word count. Maybe ask a teacher to look at your spelling/grammar, and you can always get your friends’ opinions too, on what should come out, and what should be kept in. Make sure you don’t let other people have too much influence - it has to be a personal statement!

[itssira]

how to balance your hobbies and studying

so ya’ll probably know that i’m a bookaholic and fangirl. So dedicating my time to things I love doing and studying has been quite a challenge for me. But for this past year i’ve managed to develop a few ways for me to balance my time and thought it’d be nice to share them with you guys! (even though I still procrastinate let’s be real).  

1. Pomodoro technique 

I’m sure most of you have heard about this. But basically, all you need to do is set a timer for 25-30 minutes and completely focus on a task during that time. Try avoiding distractions such as checking your notifications and such. Once the timer sets off take a 5-10 minute break and continue again. Usually, I'll do this continuously for at least two times. After that, I just spend my time doing the things I love for maybe half an hour or so then get back to work if I have an important quiz or assignment. 

2. If you don’t feel like doing it,don’t do it

We all know school can be tough and exhausting sometimes. And there will always be days when you just want to go home and relax. Most of the time, you feel so exhausted that you don’t have the heart to do anything. At all. So if you don’t feel like reading the book you’re currently reading or playing undertale don’t do it. There is no need to force yourself and i’m saying this because I have done this a lot before and I just found myself getting frustrated easily for some reason. As for studying try to cool down a bit and slightly putt off your schedule. Or if you’re not feeling it get lots of rest and wake up early the next day to start working (especially if you have a test the next day)

3.Use a planner or a bullet journal 

Many people consider this as the ultimate time management tool ever. It’s just something to manage your time easier with. But if you decide to use a bullet journal it may take a lot of time compared to a planner but hey, your choice. 

soo yeah that’s all I could give you. Sorry if it was too short I just thought that if it was super long you guys would get bored easily. Hope this was helpful!

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[darrrenscriss]

The potential for creating empathy around issues greatly affecting our youth greatly excited me and motivated me as we moved forward. So many of our youth experiencing homelessness are youth whose lives touch on many intersections – whether they be gender identity, gender expression, race, class, sexual orientation, religion, citizenship status. My intention in creating this project is not only to educate and create healthy, productive and healing civic dialogue and safe spaces, but it is also to create empathy. It’s to create empathy for our youth in a world that is sorely lacking it.

[brookelyn704-deactivated2024021]

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[thelovejournals]

I didn’t know what to call it, what was happening between us, but I liked it. It felt silly and fragile and good.

Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (via thelovejournals)