selina studies

selina, twenty, studying business and chinese

[study-latte]

4.14.17 What else would I be doing on a sunny day? ✨☀️

[studyhardlivebetter]

If I had only one piece of study advice to pass on, it would be constant summary pages. Every week or two, take one side of A4 and write down everything important by hand from that period. It might take 5 minutes, it might take 30. Either way, when that exam burnout sets in, you will thank yourself. Don’t use the pages as exhaustive study - use them as a contents page for your revision, or as a checklist to see what you do or don’t remember.

[liberalartssociety]

🌊🌳🚞 Heading back from a little impromptu holiday to the West. I feel like I’m making good progress on my dissertation and I found out, whilst I was away, that I got into Lady Margaret Hall at Oxford. 🚞🌳🌊

[killedmydarling]

hey guys! So as I’m sure many of you already know, IB results come out the 6th. It’s a stressful and anxious time as we wait for the results to be posted so I thought I’d share some advice/tips on dealing with results.

1. no matter what everything will be ok. Your life and future is not defined by a random number from 0-45. The most important thing the IB provides is not your exam result, it’s the knowledge and experiences you’ve gained while doing the program. It’s what you do with that knowledge that defines your future. It’s been a said a million times before but it’s true: because of all the outside factors like stress, tests do not accurately measure your knowledge. So please do not be too disheartened but your grade and focus more on how you are going to benefit yourself with things you’ve gained from doing the IB.

2. your feelings are valid but you are not a disappointment. It’s hard not to feel disappointed when you don’t get what you were expecting, and it’s ok to feel discouraged or upset too. Feel free to just take some time for yourself and process your feelings, but remember that these feeling will pass. Don’t let them take over your life, instead use these negative emotions to better yourself. Use them as a way to motivate and push yourself further. Just remember one important thing: you may feel upset or disappointed but no one feels that way about. You have not disappointed your parents, and most importantly you have not disappointed yourself. Everyone you know loves you and is immensely proud of you no matter what. You are your biggest critic after all.

3. don’t judge yourself based on the results of others. Trust me I know, it’s hard not to do that. I remember constantly comparing myself to others during high school and I remember just how bad it would make me feel. I still do it today but I try to stop myself by remembering that we are all unique and different. We all have different standards and no matter what an accomplishment is an accomplishment. I remember one time when I achieved a 17/25 on my biology quiz, I was ecstatic because that was the hardest subject for me and I was sure I was going to fail. I remember overhearing a girl near me be disappointed with her 18/25 and for a minute I felt discouraged, but then I realized my accomplishment should never be diminished by someone else. So IF YOU’RE HAPPY BE HAPPY and don’t let anyone take that away from you.

4. take care of yourself. It can be easy to fall into a depressed state following a bad result so please take the time to focus on your mental health. Do stuff you enjoy, treat yourself and don’t be afraid to talk to some or seek help.

5. the ib is hard, you completed it, so celebrate! Celebrate the countless hours spent slaving away over your EE, IAs, studying, and celebrate the success of completing a challenging program. CONGRATULATIONS!

here’s a few articles that I found that I thought were helpful:

why many C students end up most successful even geniuses get bad grades sometime why the ones who have bad grades are often the ones who are most successful

I’m always here to talk if anyone wants to. Be proud of what you’ve accomplished and whatever hardships life throws at you, learn from them, improve yourself and let it motivate you to be the best you, that you can be.

[zhongwenstudieren]

在家里学习还是去学校学习？

美国学生在家里学习的情况怎么样？

我先介绍一下美国家长为什么让他们的孩子在家里学习。在2011-2012学年，大约一百八十万名学生在家里学习。这些学生占学龄人群的百分之三。最普遍的原因就是家长对学校的环境不满意，还有很多家长说他们对学校的教育条件不满意。他们可能觉得那所学校不安全、老师不太好或者学校经费不够等等其他原因。另外一些家长希望给自己的孩子提供道德教育或者宗教教育、或者用非传统的方法来教孩子。此外，还有一些有特殊需要或者残疾的孩子。大部分公立学校都有特殊教育项目，是专门给智障孩子提供的教育项目，可是有些家长觉得让孩子在家里学习还是比学校好。最后就是“其他原因”。比如说，我的一个朋友说他在家里学习的原因是他父亲的工作。他父亲是航空公司的飞行员：我朋友上学的时候，父亲在家里，而我朋友周末在家里的时候，父亲却去上班。所以他在家里学习的目的是想和他父亲多点时间在一起。

如果一个孩子在家里学习，他有几个学习方法可以选择。第一个选择是家长自己教孩子。这样让家长很辛苦，而且随着科目越来越难，家长不一定能继续自己教。因此，很多在家里学习的孩子在网上上课、跟一个专业的老师学习，或者加入一个homeschool cooperative。Homeschool cooperative 指的是几个家庭一起教他们的孩子：比如说，一个孩子的母亲教所有的孩子文学、另外一个教数学等等。另外，参加homeschool cooperative和课外活动能让他们跟同龄人更好地相处。到了高中以后，孩子还可以选择参加dual enrollment，就是说在社区学院或者附近的小大学上几门课。上了大学以后，在家里学习的学生觉得他们的知识和能力并不亚于那些在学校学习的同学。

然后我问了几个在家里学习过的朋友他们的经历是怎样的，他们给我指出了几个优点和缺点。关于有点，第一，他们可以按照自己的兴趣和速度学习，比如说，他们可以根据自己的需要安排多一些时间来学习外语。第二，他们的时间安排更有弹性。如果他们想去参加另外一种教育性的活动，比如参观博物馆，他们不需要请假，可以直接去。第三，他们更懂得自我约束。因为在家学习没有那么严格的限制，所以他们需要保证自己能遵守自己安排的学习时间。

但是在家里学习还有缺点的。第一个缺点是如果家庭有多于一个孩子，老大会觉得自己是“小白鼠”。也就是说，他可能会觉得自己的教育是父母的一种实验。如果自己的学习方法不成功，父母可以给弟弟或妹妹做些修改。而自己却难有这样的机会，这可能会让老大觉得不公平而对其心理造成负面影响。第二，孩子在课外活动方面可能会受限制。很多课外活动，特别是运动，要求孩子在一所学校注册。如果孩子在家里学习，他没办法满足这个要求。第三，即使孩子在网上上课，他也未必有成绩单。孩子申请大学的时候，会给家庭带来很多麻烦。第四，孩子大部分的时候没有专门的老师。在学校学习的孩子每天上课、跟老师见面，如果有什么问题可以很方便地去问，可是在家里学习的孩子没有这样的机会。还有一个缺点就是一些在家里学习的孩子过于在意个人隐私。这不一定是坏事，可是上了大学以后，要跟室友住在一起，孩子会不习惯，觉得很烦恼。

如果我可以回到小时候重新选择一次教育方法，我还会选择去学校学习。原因很多，其中有两个是最重要的。第一个是我大部分的音乐教育都是在学校完成的。在学校里，我不仅学了长笛，还学了萨克斯和巴松管，这个教育都是免费的。只有卖乐器和一些学习材料需要自己付费。如果我在家里学习，我的家庭要花很多钱请私人老师来给我这样的音乐教育。第二个原因是我因为学习中文而得到的机会。其实，我开始学中文的原因是一个很长的故事，可是总的来说，如果我在家里学习，我可能就不会选择学习中文。后来，我通过学校发现孔子学院的夏令营而第一次来中国，还通过学校有机会跟北京奥运会开幕式舞美总设计师韩立勋见面、跟他用中文交谈，了解他的经验。我觉得在家里学习会对一些学生很好，可是对我来说，去学校学习是最好的选择。

VOCAB:

普遍 - pǔ biàn - common; widespread

条件 - tiáo jiàn - condition

经费 - jīng fèi - funds

道德教育 - dào dé jiào yù - moral education

宗教教育 - zōng jiào jiào yù - religious education

非传统 - fēi chuán tǒng - non-traditional

残疾 - cán jí - disabled

智障 - zhì zhàng - learning disability

辛苦 - xīn kǔ - exhausting; with much toil

随着 - suí zhe - along with; following

社区学院 - shè qū xué yuàn - community college

不亚于 - bú yà yú - just as good as

弹性 - tán xìng - flexibility

自我约束 - zì wǒ yuē shù - self-discipline

遵守 - zūn shǒu - to abide by

小白鼠 - xiǎo bái shǔ - “guinea pig” (in the figurative sense)

负面 - fù miàn - negative

未必 - wèi bì - not necessarily

个人隐私 - gè rén yǐn sī - personal privacy

长笛 - cháng dí - flute

萨克斯 - sà kè sī - saxophone

巴松管 - bā sōng guǎn - bassoon

夏令营 - xià lìng yíng - summer camp

北京奥运会开幕式舞美总设计师 - běi jīng ào yùn huì kāi mù shì wǔ měi zǒng shè jì shī - Chief Designer of the Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony

交谈 - jiāo tán - to discuss

[the-messyfrenchie]

Studying outside was such a good idea 🍃

[platformedreams]

110615. today’s excursion: east asia library today’s jam: khalil fong “巴黎”

[wishcafe]

OO1.

planning + annotating microeconomics. 🎀

[freckledstudy]

March 2017 | Currently at home trying to power through three pieces of coursework before I can start revising (!) and v much missing having a giant desk surrounded by maps to spread my work (and other paraphernalia) across.

[studynowsandee]

1/5/17 - Sometimes I feel like I use too many colors. I just enjoy looking at the pretty colors.

[triflingthing]

Essay season or who cares let’s do sudoku season

[studyingmeblr-deactivated201812]

25 March 2017

So I’m doing some reading for my Colonial America class and I just know I’ll really miss this course when I move to the UK, but nonetheless I’m pretty excited to study at King’s!!

[digmandarin]

Six Chinese TV Series for Learning Chinese You Shouldn’t Miss

Many students ask me if there is a more entertaining way to learn Chinese, since the regular learning can sometimes get a little boring. Well, there is such a way, and that is learning the language through Chinese TV series.…

“Many students ask me if there is a more entertaining way to learn Chinese, since the regular learning can sometimes get a little boring. Well, there is such a way, and that is learning the language through Chinese TV series.” We’ve selected 6 programs for you to watch and help you learn Chinese in a more entertaining way.Check it here: : http://bit.ly/2njo6bS

[educatier]

Masterpost 4 out of 50: The Motivation  Self-Discipline Masterpost

 It’s better to work blindly then not work at all.

[apricot-studies]

An Infographic Of Useful Tips For All Types Of Learners

[optomstudies]

#optomstudies here with a post about university studying! I’ve been reading many study tips masterposts in the community, but some of these won’t work that well for university. So here are 3 tips for adapting to uni study!

Loose leaf? Notebook? Neither! (but if you must choose between the two, I recommend hole-punched loose leaf - easy to file :D) There is just no time, especially once you get to your higher years, that you will be able to write paper notes especially considering the level of detail that you are required to learn things to get good marks. 

When I was studying therapeutics, lectures were more like an essay crammed into 60-80 ppt slides! Using 10pt Calibri, 1.15 spacing, custom 1cm margins - I still had 12 pages for a 2 hour lecture (see below)

Two lectures / week, for 12 weeks! Although this was the most-content heavy subject, my other courses were still way too time consuming to write notes for. Sadly, you can’t summarise much, because MCQs pick at details.  

As for laptops, cheap netbooks are only ~$300, but I’d recommend these really great student laptops. 

And yet, you have to wonder why #studyblr doesn’t have more digital notes? Isn’t every studyblr the owner of a computer as a tumblr user? I’m trying to encourage everyone to feel more confident about posting their digital notes as part of the “#studyblrs get real” tag (see here), so if you have some great typed study notes, please tag me with #optomstudies and I’ll be happy to reblog you!

Read through your lecture slides so that you have a basic grasp of the topic before classes. If you have any readings assigned, do them too. This means that you’ll

go in knowing what concepts you need clarified

revise one more time (remember the forgetting curve?)

be much better placed to answer questions and participate in class discussions (get those participation marks!! ;))

find it easier to follow along with much more complicated topics than you’ve experienced in high school!

remember a lot more of the topic when you come back to revise later on!

Yes, I know, studyblr blasphemy right? But this is what you do when strapped for time. Particularly with biological/chemical sciences, lecturers will have basically summarised what you need to know on the slides. 

Before your lectures, read through the slides (should take about 30 minutes for a 2 hour lecture) and mark/circle anything you don’t understand - then when you get to the lecture, jot down a clarification in your own words based on the professor’s explanation. Eventually, you’ll find that you have studied the topic well enough to not need your own footnotes. 

It takes a little experience to know which professors have slides you can study off (tip: it’s usually the ones where you don’t have to write down much) but it’s totally worth the time you save!

Hope this has been an informative post about the differences between university and high school studying! Please follow me for weekly study tips, study pics and now kpop vocab lists!

MY WEEKLY STUDY TIPS

WHAT I WISH I’D KNOWN BEFORE UNIVERSITY STUDY TIPS SERIES

0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 Saving Money 1 10 Saving Money 2 11 Adapting to Uni Study 16.02.17 new!!

12 How to Study From Textbooks in Uni coming 27.02.17!

SEE ALSO My Tips This Past Month - It’s too long to list everything, see all original posts here and my study tips directory (web)

Time Management and Organisation

Overcoming the Planning Fallacy coming 19.02.17!

Study Spaces Masterpost

Great Laptop Options for Students  new!!

Printables: Weekly Planner with Extra Space for Sat/Sun 

Self-Care/Health/Other: Dealing with Bad Teachers , Bujo Maintenance , Can’t Concentrate?

Subject Specific Tips: HSC English, Biology

My langblr vocab lists new!!: 봄날 - BTS + more!

 + my cute stationery + my spreads!

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