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punk!jinora & nerdy!kai headcanons

Jinora smokes and Kai hates it, it’s a good stress relief for her but she is trying to stop

Kai picks up on school stuff really well and always finishes his work early so he always has time to goof off

Jinora likes learning she just doesn’t like school, so she spends more time pursuing her own interests than doing school work, causing crazy last minute crams

and of course Kai always there to bail her out if need be and help her study

they met when Kai moved to town for grade 9 and partnered on an art project - Jinora has a fondness for well-done graffiti and public art, and Kai wants to be a graphic designer/artist

No one ever bullies Kai for fear of Jinora’s wrath

Kai’s parents don’t really like Jinora, but they also aren’t the best parents to begin with - they work A LOT - so Kai spends a lot of time with Jinora and her family

Tenzin isn’t thrilled with Jinora’s punk attitude but Pema reminds him that they need to be supportive so he’s learning to live with it

Jinora has a couple of tattoos and wants to get a matching one with Kai - he agrees but can only do it once he’s out of the house

They have sleepovers (secretly tho otherwise Tenzin would FREAK) in an old treehouse in the woodsy area between their houses. It’s pretty cool and they’ve kinda renovated it - they have an old boom box playing and blankets and protection for when it rains and they spend hours in that thing

and it’s where they have their first kiss

Kai actually knows how to put on his motorcycle helmet (Christmas present from Jinora a year ago cause he loves riding on her motorcycle) he just likes having Jinora so close to him to put it on

and Jinora knows that ;)

just punk!jinora & nerdy!kai (◡‿◡✿)

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This needs to be rebloggable …

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number 9 tho

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number fucking 9. there was a dude that would play his guitar outside of my window at 1 am all the time

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Some bits that I’ve picked up:

There’s a general rule of college that if you were sitting in that seat for over two weeks, that is your seat. Not many if any professors have seating arrangements but switching seats will fuck everyone up.

Get there early and stay late. As soon as you get home you will not want to do shit. Stay on campus and do some homework while you’re in the environment.

SIT UP FRONT. The best way to start understanding something is to listen to someone talk about it and you can’t do that from the back of the class trying to listen over everyone whispering to each other. LISTENING WILL MAKE HOMEWORK SO MUCH EASIER.

Be childish, but be respectful. Have a massive snowball fight across campus, but don’t aim for anyone not taking part.

SHUT THE FUCK UP IN THE LIBRARY. Some people work there, some people sleep there. It is a quiet space.

Don’t be afraid to talk to professors. They are not there to flunk you. They would rather you pass than not.

IF YOU NEED TUTORING GET TUTORING DON’T WAIT UNTIL YOU’VE DUG YOURSELF INTO YOUR GRAVE.

Get involved. It will help you make friends, give you new skills to learn, and even help you get a leg up in the work place if you know the right people.

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I will add to this as a GTA:

Take time for yourself—buy a planner, figure out when your best study hours are, figure out WHERE you study best, and figure out how much time you need to complete an assignment—AND THEN make sure to pencil in an hour for video games, some time to watch a TV show, or time to just lay on your floor and blow bubbles. Whatever you like. Don’t forget about YOU.

SLEEP. EAT. DRINK WATER. Don’t die. Caffeine =/= sleep. I cannot emphasize that this much.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY:

COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR INSTRUCTORS! If you’re sick, shoot an e-mail and say “Hey, I’m sick today. Can I set up a time to talk to you about what I missed?” If you’ve got a good opportunity (scholarships, to go to another country, to check out a cool lecture, etc.) let your prof know ahead of time. If you just need time to work on projects, all it takes is an e-mail. We understand. I gave a student a free skip day because he e-mailed me and said “Hey, look, I have two massive tests and a project due and I need the time to study.” And THAT IS OKAY.

However, sometimes you just need a personal day, and you know what, when you wake up and getting out of bed seems like the worst idea ever….just turn off your alarm and get that sleep.

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Some additionally tid-bits that might help you

Before signing up for classes, look on “ratemyprofessor.com“ and see if the teachers at your campus are included. There may be two or more teachers for the same course, and you want to try and pick the good/easy one. Who your professor is can have a great affect on what grade you make, even for the “same” class.

Look for a facebook group for your “graduating class” set up, which is a good way to make friends and find people with similar interests (particularly for introverts).

Look for a facebook group for each of your courses. If there isn’t one, MAKE ONE and send it out via the course email or word of mouth. These groups are helpful for if you missed class and need the notes, and especially for review time before exams.

If no one else does it, make a google doc of the exam reviews and post it on the class facebook page. That way everyone contributes to the review. 200 brains are most definitely better than 1.

During lectures, unless Internet is required, TURN IT OFF. If it’s on, you WILL end up on tumblr or some other site, and you will miss important shit.

For the love of God, pay attention to your syllabus. Sometimes assignments are listed there, and that’s the only place it’ll be mentioned. Also, if it says to do a reading by a specific date, DO THE READING BY THAT DATE. Otherwise you will get behind, and you will have 200+ pages of textbooks to read in one night before the test, and you will cry.

Yes you actually need to do the readings. Yes it is a lot. Yes it will suck. Do it anyways.

If you are used to getting all A’s, do not cry when you get a B. Take it from someone who killed herself for two years to maintain a 4.0, it feels like the end of the world when your GPA drops, but it’s not. You’ll be okay. Just breathe and do your best. Your best is good enough.

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Addons—

Try to make sure you leave an open hour around midday so that you have time to get food in you. A lot of people forget to do this. If you have to have back to back classes, check your syllabus or with your teacher—some midday classes allow you to bring in a drink and a snack. Some will even allow you a full meal.

If you can get an online/pdf copy of the book without busting the bank, DO IT. Sometimes there are even annotated versions online. This can make notetaking a shitton easier, because you can highlight printed-out versions of the book and they won’t dock you on the money back. Sometimes professors move through their lecture too fast for you to write stuff down. Shrugging off that old ‘don’t ruin your books’ rule you had in high school may be your only hope.

UNLESS YOU NEED THEM OR REALLY WANT TO KEEP THEM TRY TO SELL BACK YOUR BOOKS—maybe even offer them online to incoming students. You won’t get nearly the worth of them but someone after you will thank you a million times over for providing a used copy. If you take good notes, you can sometimes buy/sell those as well. A lot of professors teach literally the same class every time.

IF YOUR PROFESSOR PUTS NOTES ONLINE GET THEM. GET THEM NOW. TRUST ME. YOU WANT THOSE NOTES. Bring them in with you if it’s possible to get them before class.

Keep change on hand. Always.

The Best Way To Make Friends:

Bring a printer with you to college and offer to print people’s stuff for half of what the school does or for free if you can afford it.

Carry around small candies with you and offer them to people while waiting outside of class. If you are the ‘candy person’ this gives you an in for starting conversations.

Buy a jumbo pack of chalk and find an open sidewalk on a free day. Write the words ‘Come draw with me?’ and begin doodling.

Have a pack of cards.

Last But Not Least: if you go onto campus and you can’t find what you’re looking for, and you are afraid to go up to someone and ask, find an open, well-populated area, hold your schedule/map in hand, and walk in circles for a few minutes, looking up and around in obvious confusion. Other students know this body language well. Someone will stop and point you in the right direction. (if you are worried that the person’s directions are a joke or faulty, wait for them to leave and take up the stance again; if the directions match-up the second time, they’re legit; do not allow a person to ‘show you the way’ unless EVERY STEP is along an obvious walkway, just in case)

For those of you who fear assault, most campuses aren’t much for small blades or mace. Carry a pocket air horn or a hand bag of those little pop-rock fireworks unless you can get a concealed weapons permit.

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Join a club or team to make friends. Seriously.

And (though it should go without saying) BE NICE to custodians, cafeteria workers, and librarians. They will remember you if you’re a nice person and if you need help they’ll be more willing to go out of their way to help you out.

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Become friends with your RAs. They’re students just like you are. They’ll be more relaxed with you if you happen to break a rule if you’re at least nice to them.

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Yo, but still respect your RAs because it is their job and the do have authority over you when it comes to the dorms.

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Jellyfish Lake in Palau. Apparently the jellies have lost their ability to sting because of lack of predators in the lake and you can swim with them!

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BUCKET LIST.

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WAIT BUT THAT’S NOT EVEN THE COOLEST PART: These jellyfish carry small populations of algae inside their bodies and derive much of their nutrition from the sugars that the algae produce. The jellyfish follow the sun across the lake each day and rotate continuously, so that the algae are always getting maximum sunlight exposure for photosynthesis. Then at night they dive to deeper parts of the lake so the algae can absorb nitrogen. It’s one of the best examples of endosymbiosis in action and it’s KICKASS.