Wooooo, it's super neat that you're in acadec!! There's almost no acadec studyblr content online and that makes me sad. At the risk of sounding overly personal, how competitive is your team? You can brag if you want, lol. Also, because I've been wanting to try to collect advice and study ideas from different people for a while: what do you feel like are your top tips for studying or for speech/interview in acadec?
omg! i apologize for the late reply!
but yep! it’s pretty sad to see that there isn’t any acadec based studyblrs out on here, however, i’m glad that i went out of my comfort zone and started one! to answer your question about how competitive my team is, we are pretty competitive. however, i won’t disclose where or what my school is due to privacy reasons, but we take acadec very seriously here. we’ve won regionals multiple times, qualified for state, and meh- you get the gist.
i kinda grew up in the USAD bubble competing in pentathlon so it was never an act that was forced,, meaning acadec/acapent was a part of me. it took me about a year to get used to pentathlon, and i think i kinda get acadec now. (i’m a newbie soph)
my top tips for studying are to:
* limit your color coding(keep it simple, and only like 2 colors lol)
* read the guide in your head, then try explaining the story, concept, or history aloud to the wall, your dog, your water bottle idk
* make connections!!!!try to put the stuff you learn from the guides and apply them to your real life **this will help you look deeper into the content, and make decisions based on the question(aka picking C)
for speech/interview: (speech=sp, interview=inte)
* (sp&inte): be interactive! talk with your hands!
* (sp): TAKE YOUR TIME. do not rush. it’ll make you look stupid tbh
* (inte): the judges don’t know you. if you don’t have anything cool to talk about yourself, it is perfectly fine to lie
* overall, be confident, but also be HUMBLE. remember kendrick lamar? sit down, be humble.
okie, so that’s it for my little tips and stchuff!! hehe ty for listening to my ted talk!~ have fun & happy studying/preparing <3
