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{Day 1/100 of Productivity}✏️📚⏰

I had a hell of a lot of homework to do today! I was quite surprised, considering the fact that it’s the first day back from Spring Break. I worked on my English notes, a Theology packet about the stories of Genesis, and 2 chapters of math problems! I feel quite accomplished ☺️😌😛

[perpetually-finals-blog]

Minimalism and Productivity

I’m staring a blog on minimalism and productivity. It’s small and little but I think it has potential. I’ll be tracking my productivity/minimalism challenges on this. 

Please read and give suggestions of other blogs I could follow!

[clowncare]

when u used to be an overachiever but now ur barely running on enough energy to function and u dont know how to cope

[amoebasisters]

Mitosis vs meiosis comparison? There’s a GIF for that. (⌐■_■)

Be sure to check out all our science GIFs here for your studyblrs, teacher websites, presentations, or general amusement! Just please keep our name on there and don’t sell them! :D

[studiouses]

The Curve of Forgetting (originally called The Ebbinghuas Curve after the German philosopher Hermann Ebbinghaus who developed it in 1885) demonstrates how quickly we forget new information we don’t work with repeatedly.  It shows just how important it is to revise everyday - even for a few minutes!

Sources: (x) (x)

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my bullet journal :^)

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I was tagged by the lovely @myneurostudies; do check out her blog! Rules: tag 20 followers that you want to get to know better.

NAME: Gabrielle

NICKNAME(S): I can’t stand being called Gabby, but people do try sometimes.

STAR SIGN: Not a Capricorn. Technically born at the beginning of January, but the complete opposite in personality.

GENDER: Female

HIGHT: 5′4″

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Asexual

FAVORITE COLOR: Green

TIME RIGHT NOW: 12:07 AM

LAST THING I GOOGLED: The address to a local game store.

NUMBER OF BLANKETS I SLEEP UNDER: It’s January. I’m in Canada. No less than two.

FAVORITE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS (TV & MOVIES): Donna Noble (Doctor Who), River Song (also Doctor Who), Ravi Cakrabarti (iZombie), Merida (Brave), Cassandra Cillian and Ezekiel Jones (The Librarians)… Aaaaaand this is just from the top of my head.

FAVORITE FAMOUS PEOPLE: I don’t care so much about famous people? I guess I really like John Barrowman’s attitude with his fans?

FAVORITE BOOKS: Of all time: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Coraline. But my shelves are FULL of amazing books.

WHAT I’M WEARING AT THE MOMENT: Fluffy pyjamas. :D

FAVORITE BANDS/ ARTISTS: Muse, Imagine Dragons, Lindsey Stirling… I listen a lot more to composers though; I’m a OST girl. And thus… Give me John Williams or Murray Gold, please.

DREAM JOB: University librarian. 

WHEN DID YOU CREATE YOUR BLOG?: Back in November, I think?

CURRENT AMOUNT OF FOLLOWERS: 110. 

WHAT DO YOU POST?: Pictures and reblogs. I’m working on a few pieces on efficient research, but I’m not sure if I’ll ever work up the courage to post them.

DO YOU HAVE OTHER BLOGS?: Been lurking around fandoms for a while, but this is my first active blog. 

WHO IS YOUR MOST ACTIVE FOLLOWER?: I’m not sure?

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO GET A TUMBLR?: For this studyblr, the need for accountability in order to reach success. :)

DO YOU GET ASKS ON A DAILY BASIS?: Nope.

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR URL?: It’s a study blog and I’m the world’s most disorganized person? Before I started keeping this blog, I used to lose my planner every time I wanted to use it. Seriously. :P

I’m going to tag:  @kellyincollege @thenightmarebeforexams @melindablr @agapestudy @stvdypeach @smartyprincess @studentpassion @melistudyblr @studaesthetics @studyserious @captainstudywise @medschoolblr @pretty-organized-mess @amberess @perpetually-finals @pretty-organized-mess @idontevenknowhowtoperson @thecolorfulradiantskies @studykittens @books-and-philosophy Feel free to ignore the tag for whatever reason. :)

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[thestormscrolls]

no way in hell am i passing this up

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a student from uni scrolled past this and ended up failing all of his courses, even the ones he thought he passed… not gonna take this chance.

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WAAAAY TOO GODDAMN RISKY.

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Every year !

[what-rabbit-hole]

“some historians think that michelangelo was drawing god in a human brain. very few people knew what one looked like at the time; but michelangelo had dissected cadavers and would have known. it even has the hint of a brain stem. if true this would have been a great “fuck you” to the pope whom he was not friendly with but also would have meant god was in a human brain, or created by man.”

[unusualjourney]

Interesting.

[urulokid]

also michelangelo painted a baby angel flipping off the pope

the blond one, you see his right hand? that’s called the fig and it’s an old world european gesture for ‘fuck you” because apparently Pope Juluis II was a total raging asshole and everyone hated him

but nobody ever noticed this little fucker because the ceiling was so high

and then thirty years later they called michelangelo back to paint the wall behind the altar and he wasted no time in painting the gates of hell behind the pope’s chair

what a badass

[postmodernismruinedme]

It amuses me to this day how much Michelangelo hated his job

[inkskinned]

As an educator, I hate the bell curve system, but I really hate teachers who say, “You won’t get an A in my class.” It’s not just because it causes students to begin the semester with a feeling that they will fail the course: it’s because it is the teacher admitting to their own failure to teach. 

We are literally paid to teach a full curriculum. “I don’t give out A’s” to me translates to “I cannot 100% do my job.” There is no reason a good teacher can’t give you an 80-100% understanding of what is in the course. It’s our job to make sure you understand as much as we can. 

A class average of 50 is isn’t a statement of how hard the material is. It’s a statement that the teacher cannot complete 50% of their job.

[studytag]

Back to school in two days and I can’t be more excited!!!! Honestly, the last time I was this enticed to go back to school was in my third year in high school which was 4 years ago, and now as I am entering my third year in university, I’m feeling it again. Maybe there’s just something about third years. Haha. Anyway, here’s a little something from my first semester last year!

This is an 8-page bullet reviewer from my HST 201B (Mainland Southeast Asia) class about the country of Laos. Basically, I annotated and highlighted a lot which made it easier for me to understand everything. Btw, I take my history classes VERY seriously as it is like my favorite subject. Too bad I won’t have them anymore.

Details:

ANNOTATIONS & HIGHLIGHTS: I printed it with a 4-inch (not sure) space at the left side which is where I will place details about the bullets. For example, the first bullet states “LDR: The Lao People’s Democratic Republic”, and my job is to highlight the main point which is “Lao People’s Democratic Republic” and put what it’s about on the left side of it. In this case, the answer is “Official name”. So if I decide to test my self, I will simply cover the right portion and try to answer them myself.

COLORFUL POST-ITS: As you can see I placed colorful post-its for mnemonics or figures or additional info about the bullet. For example, the second bullet pointed out the countries that share borders with Laos– Thailand, Burma, China, Vietnam and Cambodia. So my job is to put a small post-it underneath and place the first letters of the countries– “T-B-Ch-V-Ca” for easier memorization.

YELLOW POST-ITS: I put those yellow post-its at the bottom right part of the reviewers labeled as “POINTS TO REMEMBER” to put anything that I think would be significant answers on the exam on that particular page. They could be people, dates, doctrines/treaties, etc.

VOCABULARY: I basically underline (with a black pen or any pen) a word that I don’t understand and put it’s meaning beside it.

Color-coding content:

ANNOTATIONS & HIGHLIGHTS: I use two colors to highlight the bullets. Nothing is color-coded as I just want to use them alternately so that they would be easier to find and these unfamiliar terms won’t make me feel dizzy. As for the annotations, two colored pens too and simply partner them with the two highlighters. 

yellow highlighter on the right side, blue pen on the annotations on the left side

orange highlighter on the right, green pen on the left

black for the chapter/titles and vocabulary

COLORFUL POST-ITS (mnemonics):

pink for mnemonics

green for figures (land area, population, stats, etc.)

blue for additional info

YELLOW POST-ITS (important terms):

green for general state description/events

blue for politics

orange for places

violet for important people

That’s it! This is how it works for me but I’m pretty sure it looks messy for others. Anyway, it’s been a while since I posted so I wanted to share this, and if it helped/something wasn’t clear, just let me know! 

x

P.S. They have captions.

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I wrote down everything I could think of until the page was full