whiskerslib

diaries of a cat lover, bookworm and UX/UI designer <3

[mimimar]

(chungha voice) you can be my lady tonight

prints here

[spatialll-deactivated20201125]

op. v — hello, october

[henrywinteris]

—  hello october

[dukeofbookingham-deactivated202]

Pro-tip for undergrads writing lit papers: resist the urge to summarize the plot and focus on your argument. Your prof already knows the book. They want to know what you have to say about it.

[greycity]

chicken noodle soup, wit’ a soda on the side — chicken noodle soup (2019) by j-hope (ft. becky g)

[thegoodvybe]

[flowerais-deactivated20211031]

types of girls:

witch: collecting wildflowers and stones with weird colors, long flowing dresses, lavender tea, lighting scented candles, old music, sparkling eyes, writes in a black diary, likes cats and floral patterns, hearts of gold, dreams of a cozy domestic life

warrior: wants to change the world, would die for you, good at speaking their mind, keeps plants on the window ledge, dreams of having their own apartment, loves vintage movies, wishes they were born in the 80s/90s, artistic but secretive

angel: gold jewelry, always trying their best, loves both dusty hues and strong colors, airy perfumes, gives warm hugs, good at feeling other people’s emotions, has vivid dreams a lot, they’re sensitive so they like to put little bits of comfort everywhere

mermaid: loves watching the waves rise and fall, finds beauty in meloncholic places and solitude, loves people from afar, cursive handwriting, wishes for romance but is afraid of it too, wears darker tones the most, often wishes to sit at the bottom of a pool

faerie: loves everything that is pink, french words and elegant silk robes; has a sweet-tooth for little cakes and fruits, easily excited but easily sad as well, always tries to keep a calm demeanour, listens to classical music, wishes to live in france or italy

[kunugigaokaquotes]

Karasuma: Are you sane?

Koro Sensei: I always act with a reasonable amount of sanity.

[eintsein]

A Small Guide to Journaling by Eintsein

Something you may or may not know about be is that I journal. However, only recently have I gotten the hang of it and stayed loyal to the habit of journaling. Here are some tips and tricks on how you can journal successfully. Hope you like it :)

[languill]

It’s sad how much of what is taught in school is useless to over 99% of the population.

There are literally math concepts taught in high school and middle school that are only used in extremely specialized fields or that are even so outdated they aren’t used anymore!

[flavoracle]

I took calculus my senior year of high school, and I really liked the way our teacher framed this on the first day of class.

He asked somebody to raise their hand and ask him when we would use calculus in our everyday life. So one student rose their hand and asked, “When are we going to use this in our everyday life?”

“NEVER!!” the teacher exclaimed. “You will never use calculus in your normal, everyday life. In fact, very few of you will use it in your professional careers either.” Then he paused. “So would you like to know why should care?”

Several us nodded.

He picked out one of the varsity football players in the class. “You practice football a lot during the week, right Tim?” asked the teacher.

“Yeah,” replied Tim. “Almost every day.”

“Do you and your teammates ever lift weights during practice?”

“Yeah. Tuesdays and Thursdays we spend a lot of practice in the weight room.”

“But why?” asked the teacher. “Is there ever going to be a play your coach tells you use during a game that requires you to bench press the other team?”

“No, of course not.”

“Then why lift weights?”

“Because it makes us stronger,” said Tim.

“Bingo!!” said the teacher. “It’s the same thing with calculus. You’re not here because you’re going to use calculus in your everyday life. You’re here because calculus is weightlifting for your brain.”

And I’ve never forgotten that.

[c-is-for-circinate]

THIS.

When it’s taught right, learning math teaches you logic and how to organize your brain, how to take a problem one step at a time and make sure every step can bear weight before you move to the next one.  Most adults don’t need to know integrals, but goddamn if I don’t wish everyone making arguments on the internet understood geometric proofs.

Scientific concepts broaden our understanding of how the world is put together, which does not mean that most adults ever really understand how light is refracted through a lens or why spinning copper wire creates electricity–and they don’t need to.  But science classes in general are meant to teach the scientific method: how to make observations and use them to draw conclusions, how to test those conclusions, how to be wrong and grow stronger from it.

History isn’t about dates and names of battles, it’s about people, patterns, things we’ve tried before and ought to learn from.  It’s about how everything is linked, how changing one circumstance can lead to changes in fifty others, cascading infinitely.  Literature is about critical thinking, pattern recognition, learning to listen to what somebody is saying and decide what it means to you, how you feel about it, and what you want to do with it.

Some facts matter: every adult should know how to read a graph, how global warming works, some of the basic themes and symbols that crop up in every piece of fiction.  But ultimately, content is less important later in life than context.

The good thing is, students who learn the content are likely to pick up at least some of the context, some of the patterns of thinking, even if they don’t realize it.  (The unfortunate thing is how the current educational system prioritizes content so much that a lot of students, and a lot of adults, don’t see the point in learning either, and teachers are overworked and held to standardize test grading scales such that it’s hard for them to emphasize patterns of thinking over rote memorization, etc etc etc, but that is a whole different discussion.)

[moi-ennepe-deactivated20251213]

thank u <3

[whitemoderato]

I made this simple sketch because I love simple and adorable style <3 Fruits Basket © Natsuki Takaya art © iro-kotori

[cardansgreenbriars-deactivated2]

Don’t you see? You just proved to him that love exists. 

Aquamarine (2006) dir. Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum

[eintsein]

ok so apparently not a lot of ppl know to do this when ‘reviewing notes’ but

look at section of notes

look away from section of notes

explain section of notes

check if explanation was correct

identify mistakes/gaps

recite correction for each mistake/gap

repeat until no mistakes

gotta practice recalling the info instead of just acknowledging its correctness

[idleminds]

[catsofinstagram]

From @catpaccio: “I don’t know why mom is filming me..” #catsofinstagram [source: https://ift.tt/30OzEFt ]

[eduardmanet-deactivated20210521]

greek myth meme  ☰   [7/10] olympians

born of the sea, aphrodite is the goddess of romantic love, pleasure, desire, beauty and fertility. viewed as a threat because of her beauty, zeus married her to the olympian hephaestus, but aphrodite had affairs with other gods and mortals.

[thx]