Winter

• ♀ (she/her) • studyblr • 17, high school senior

[knifenymph]

if you are seeing this, you are going to prosper. you are experiencing a new part of your life where you will bloom into a better version of yourself and flourish. abundance is coming your way; love is coming your way; peace and clarity are coming your way. you have nothing to fear and even less to worry about. the darkness around you has been the soil and you are now getting ready to sprout. you are going to prosper

[xengineerstudies]

Please reblog is you’re a studyblr!😇

I wanna follow more people and make friends and all

I study environmental engineering and need a bunch of study buddies🤗❤

Let’s motivate each other to do great!!

[eintsein]

The ABCDE Method: Accomplish Tasks more Efficiently

I recently came across the ABCDE method that’s similar to what I do to stay productive each day: instead of lumping up all your tasks, sort them into categories and tackle each of them differently. Here’s an outline of the method. Hope it helps :)

[educatjonal]

it’s been a while 💌 more posts / instagram

[academla]

Lately, I’ve been seeing something slightly bothersome around studyblr, and I just want to say something about it. Basically, there seems to be this attitude cropping up (or at least that I’ve seen/heard about more frequently these days) that your grades reflect your level of effort, or that by simply working hard and putting more effort in, your grades will automatically improve. I disagree.

Yes, there are certainly some cases where you’re already proficient in a class and if you just put in the extra time to study, you’d do better. But there are some classes where grades are not a measure of the level of effort you put in, and therein lies my biggest issue with the grading system and these types of studyblr posts in general. This was certainly the case with me in honors physics (so bear with me, because I have a very large point to make with the following anecdote).

Personally, I’ve always had “easy A” classes where I don’t have to work hard; my brain and academic strengths simply favor me in that particular subject, so with minimal effort I can still be top in the class. And then I see peers who go in for tutoring every day, who spend hours studying and meeting with teachers, who basically invest 100 times the effort I do… and still can’t get above a B or C.

This is not to mention people who take classes that are “reaches” and, accordingly, don’t do so well – even though they work hard – because it’s a challenge. Then there are those who take lower level classes but have capabilities beyond that – and don’t need to put effort in – thus giving them an unfairly easy A. Does their A mean that they work harder? That they’re a better student, studier, scholar, intellectual? Hell to the no.

English is one of those “easy A” classes for me. I’m just innately strong in verbal-linguistic intelligence (going off of Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences), so I’ve literally never had to study for English tests or reading comp/writing. But put me in other classes, particularly science classes? Well, that’s something else entirely.

Which brings me to junior year honors physics. 

Guys, I studied my ASS off, for hours at a time. I desperately Skyped people in my class nearly every night to try to understand the homework and spent every lunch block trying to master the material. I met with my physics teacher and tutor all the time and had a dozen anxiety attacks (and I mean actual, diagnosed anxiety attacks) over that one class because I tried harder than I’ve ever tried… and I got a B for the whole year. I was the one who dreaded seeing that red number scrawled on my test, who shoved it into my backpack before others could see and blinked back tears, thinking, But I studied so hard!

Physics was a nightmare I was desperate to forget by the end of junior year. But then a couple things happened that shocked me, and I instantly thought of them when I read some of these posts about good effort = good grades.

Now, my physics teacher, who has a reputation for being on the strict side and being a tough grader, has had four teaching assistants (TAs) in five years of teaching. Most science teachers at my school have as many as five a year. At the end of 11th grade, after I’d scraped by with a B in his class, he asked me if I wanted to be a TA. Out of the entire grade – out of the multitude of students I’d watched parade past with straight A’s and “that test was so easy” and “I barely studied” and “sorry Edye I don’t know how else to explain it to you” – he chose me.

I think I (very graciously) blurted out, “What? Why?” because I was so taken aback. He said that I was hardworking and dedicated – that I’d always gone above and beyond in my studying and meeting with him – and he wanted someone like me to be a TA. I was flattered, and I thoroughly enjoyed being a TA during senior year. (Also, anyone who doesn’t think he’s super nice is incredibly wrong. He’s awesome.)

Two years later, I got to read his college recommendation for me. Bear in mind that I was not, based on my grades, a top student in his class. And this is what he wrote for his opening line:

Honors Physics is a rigorous course that draws from the strongest students in the junior class and Edye proved to be one of those students.

What? He had seen my report card, right? I got worse grades than all of my friends. I got a goddamn 66 on a test in that class, my all time low. He continued:

One of the many examples of Edye’s commitment [is when she] had been ill and missed quite a bit of school and consequently had a lot of school work to make up in all of her classes.  Many students in this situation would take one or more classes pass / fail for the quarter; Edye would not take the pass/fail option and insisted she complete all the work and complete it with the grade she would earn.  She did in fact complete all of the work and with a B-.  A remarkable accomplishment considering she kept current with her studies while making up all of the missed work.

He called a B-minus “a remarkable accomplishment.” Did he say “too bad she didn’t put enough effort in, which was reflected in a B-minus” or “she only got a B-minus, so I guess she didn’t try hard enough”? No, he praised the amount of effort I put in, even though I didn’t even get a “good” grade.

I’m hardly one to knock putting in effort, but what bothers me is that this attitude, that effort = good grades, has the potential to make people feel bad. To feel like if they aren’t acing a class even though they’re studying harder than anybody else, well, they just aren’t trying hard enough. Yes, grades are important. So is effort. But they are not always directly correlated. As is evidenced by my story, sometimes people who get lower grades have worked even harder then those who got high grades. And, if they’re lucky, this will be acknowledged. (I can certainly attest that while I’ve been praised by English teachers for my writing skills and intellect, they’ve never singled me out for putting in an exceptional amount of effort. They know that while I’m proactive and responsible, I don’t try super hard because, well, I don’t really need to in order to get a good grade.)

Encourage other students to put in a reasonable amount of effort; recommend different study methods. But don’t tell them that good effort = good grades. Teach them to measure their success by looking at how productive they’re being, how proactive they are in reaching out for help, how dedicated they are to their education, how resilient they are in the face of obstacles, how committed they are to school. Admire those who refuse to take the easy way out, even if they only get a C. These qualities, which are far more important than a 4.0, just don’t always translate directly into good grades.

I dislike seeing this message all over Tumblr, that to get better grades you just have to try harder – which carries with it the implication that if you don’t get good grades, it’s because you aren’t putting enough effort in – when I know from firsthand experience that this is not always true. I strongly believe in trying to be the best student you can be, rather than trying to be in the top 5%. But in the end, do what works for you. Just take it with a grain of salt.

And to my followers, and anyone reading this… please know that, if you work hard regardless of your grades, you are already a model student, and you are absolutely someone I look up to.

[mathematics-maven-deactivated20]

I think this is extremely important! Every semester of my time at my community college, there has been some circumstance that had restricted my ability to strive for A’s. I’ve always been extremely committed to school, but there were always obstacles that I had to push past. However - I always attend tutoring and spend countless hours studying, reaching out to professors during office hours, and constantly contacting peers for help. Most students who would’ve attempted to take our Calculus series would’ve dropped it before the drop deadline if they suspected they’d fail. I knew that semester that there was a possibility of me failing, but I refused to give up because I had worked so hard. I kept pushing and jumped from an F to a C at the end of the semester in my Calculus 1 course. That was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do, but one of the things I’m most proud of. Even then, I also worked above and beyond in my Calculus 3 course, and even put my other courses on the “back burner” to prioritize that class. I went into my final with a 76%, but came out with a D on my transcript. I needed a 52% or lower to get that grade. That was the first class I had failed in my academic career. Ever. I was devestated because, although I had failed at other things before, I never failed academically. After getting past the initial grief and anger, I realized, although I didn’t pass, retaking the course will enable me to strengthen my knowledge in what I couldn’t understand prior.

TL;DR - Your grades do not determine self-worth, and may not necessarily reflect your effort you put into a class. However, if your instructor sees your work ethic and determination, that is much more meaningful (especially if they are going to write you a letter of recommendation!).

[academla]

^ love this addition!

Someone else thought I was saying that a B was a “bad grade” - it’s not, and I’m glad most people got the point of this post which is that your best work isn’t always A-level work on paper, whether that’s a B, C, or D. I think the message too of not giving up when other students do, regardless of the grade, is what’s so important too.

And, since letters of recommendation are always good and relevant for applications to college/grad school, sticking with it and continuing to meet with the professor and making that effort can mean a LOT. You might get a better recommendation from an instructor who saw you at every office hour, watched you fight through every test, understood the adversity you dealt with outside of class, and gave you a C, than someone with an A who sailed through the class and barely introduced themselves.

That’s not saying that you should do well or work hard specifically for the professor’s validation, just providing further perspective when it comes to looking at why getting a grade below an A doesn’t mean you automatically won’t get a letter of recommendation or that the professor won’t like you - so don’t give up on a subject you really want to learn just because you don’t see an A on your horizon or because you’re worried your professor will think you’re stupid!

[rennoire]

fridays spent in the company of celtic mythology and thousands of books

[eintsein]

Redefining My Bullet Journal System

The bullet journal is probably something you’re no stranger to. It’s been circulating around the internet for a while, and it’s one of the main subjects of studyblr posts. However, when I started college last semester, I found that I no longer relied on my bullet journal to organize my tasks and structure my responsibilities anymore. Instead, I tried out a bunch of productivity/task-organization apps: Taskade, Actions by Moleskine, Any.do, Todoist, Wunderlist. None of them seemed to have what I needed, so I decided to give the bullet journal method another try.

The first thing I reflected on was why I stopped in the first place. At first I thought it was because the method itself allowed for a lot of freedom and I’d get confused as to what things to include and how to structure everything. But then I realized that it was in fact because I had previously been bullet journaling for other people instead of myself. Since I had what one could call an ‘artsy bullet journal’, I tended to focus more on the artistic aspect so that it would get more likes and reblogs after I posted it, when I should have been focusing on how it can organize my life. I realized that the bullet journal is a tool; the focus should be on life itself, not the bullet journal, but you can use the bullet journal to add value to your life.

At the beginning of the year, I deconstructed my organizational needs and attempted to apply that to my bullet journal method. I stopped looking at other people’s bullet journals and started thinking about my own needs and preferences. I thought about how I would best organize my time so that I could accomplish all of the things I want to accomplish in the different aspects of my life.

Supplies

The fact that I only have 2 main supplies allows me to bullet journal anywhere, anytime.

The Structure

The Practice

Simply having the tool to organize your life isn’t enough - you should also have a practice, a habit, for using it.

Going Forward

One thing I’d like to work on is future logging. As of now, I think in terms of months, since the my main commitment at the moment is my education, and monthly planning has worked out for me. But I think if I’d like to tackle on larger projects - e.g. my YouTube channel that I just started - I’d need to do a lot more future logging.

Another useful thing I want to try out is to summarize my journal entries in the form of notes. Recently I’ve been audio journaling (15-20 minutes of me talking to myself), and it’s been pretty effective. However, I have no way of ‘skimming’ the entries like I would a written journal entry. Summarizing them would help me retain main ideas of each entry and remember the things I said that are or could potentially be important and useful.

Final Thoughts

If you don’t think your bullet journal is adding value to or improving productivity and organization in your life, I think you should reconsider the way you’re approaching the system. I found a method that works for me; yours might be different. While it can be beneficial to draw inspiration from other people, do whatever helps you the most, not what other people tell you you should be doing. After coming up with an appropriate structure, make sure you maintain the practice.  

[teacupstudies]

Reblog if you’re an active studyblr 💓

so I can check out your blog!

If you wanna be mutuals message me and I’ll follow you back bc the study life can be a lonely life and I need friends okay ✨🌈💜

[winterrnotes]

Ecosia

So, I don’t know if I’m late and this is already known but I literally just discovered the best search engine...it basically works just like Google but with every search you do, a tree is planted.

Since our lifestyle literally relies on google and research, spread the word so that most people can do something for the environment with minimum effort.

[killerqueen-gunpowdergelatine]

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THIS IS HAPPENING? PLEASE READ, THIS IS IMPORTANT

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON’T KNOW:

Dozens of people have been killed and hundred wounded in six reported bombings in Sri Lanka including three of Colombo’s five-star hotels and three of them happened at Churches across the country. On Easter Sunday.

Hospital sources said at least 138 people have been killed the in six blasts across the country and at least 400 more taken to hospital .

LIKE FUCKING HELL THIS IS A TERRORIST ATTACK AND THE WORST PART IS THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD IS NOT BEING TOLD ENOUGH ABOUT IT. (GIVEN SRI LANKA’S TURBULENT HISTORY THIS CAN BE ASSUMED TO BE A TERRORIST ATTACK ) 

THIS BREAKS MY HEART BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT A RELIGIOUS PERSON I FUCKING HATE THE FACT THAT SOMEONE DECIDED TO BOMB A PLACE WORSHIP. LIKE WHYYYYYY DO YOU DO THIS TELL ME ONE DAMN REASON HOW ANYONE COULD HAVE EVEN DARED TO  THINK THAT IT WAS IN ANY WAY JUSTIFIED TO DO THIS TO ANYONE EVER LET ALONE ON A DAY OF CELEBRATION?

THERE WERE FAMILIES THERE AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A GOOD DAY FOR EVERYONE AND THEY PROBABLY ALL HAD PLANS TO ENJOY THE DAY AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR FAITH AND THEN SOME FUXKING BIGOT ATTACKED THEM FOR PEACEFULLY ENJOYING AND CELEBRATING THEIR FAITH TELL ME WHY??

THE PEOPLE WERE THERE TO ENJOY THEIR VACATION, PROBABLY PLANNED MONTHS IN ADVANCE, MAYBE THEY WERE VISITING FAMILY AFTER LONG, MAYBE THEY WERE PRAYING TO OVERCOME THEIR OWN PROBLEMS AND IN GENERAL THEY WENT TO THESE CHURCHES TO FEEL SAFE. DESPITE BEING AN ATHEIST I KNOW HOW POWERFUL FAITH CAN BE AND ALL THEY WANTED WAS TO FEEL SAFE AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM ?? 

I STARTED WRITING THIS AN HOUR AGO AND I KEEP CRYING AGAIN AND AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS HURTING ME SO MUCH. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GO AND READ ABOUT THESE ATTACKS. DON;T LET THESE VICTIMS GO UNNOTICED.

WE HAVE TO UNITE FOR THEM THIS TIME, JUST LIKE WE DID FOR CHRISTCHURCH. THIS IS SHAMEFUL ATTACK ON INNOCENT PEOPLE AND I AM BEGGING ALL OF YOU TO READ MORE AND SPREAD THE NEWS BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT AS HECK.

REBLOG THIS BECAUSE THE TUMBLR COMMUNITY DOESN;T SEEM TO BE AWARE OF THIS YET AND THEY SHOULD. IF THERE’S ANYONE HERE WHO WAS AFFECTED BY THIS I AM SO SORRY FOR YOU, MY HEART BREAKS FOR YOU AND I AM SENDING YOU ALL  MY STRENGTH. STAY STRONG.

[damned-things]

The Conversion of Al-Ahmar Mosque

A place where a person is meant to be one with god, to pray, to call and to bathe in faith and in spirituality is being turned into a night club and a wedding hall.

I know that the burning of Notre Dame is definitely something that should’ve gotten attention, mourning over the destruction of such a beautiful historical architecture is acceptable and even necessary, donating to fix it is fine as well, but if these statements are true then shouldn’t we be mourning over the disrespect towards this holistic historical structure?

A 13th Century mosque that stood through war and is definitely a special safe place for Muslims, for them to pray and ask for protection is being turned into a nightclub, how would anyone like it if the Notre Dame was turned into a night club instead? 

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/458601-israel-converts-historic-al-ahmar-mosque-into-nightclub-report

https://stepfeed.com/israel-turned-this-13th-century-palestinian-mosque-into-a-nightclub-0644

https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/israel-converts-historic-mosque-into-nightclub-1.63325835

[legendlangblr]

إذا شعرتَ بالإحباط في تعلمك للغةٍ ما، تذكر أنّ الطريق الذي سلكته طريقٌ استثنائي، ليس لأي أحد أن يستمر فيه إلا قوي الإرادة مثلك!

‏قد تُحبط الآن و قد يتحطم شيء منك لكن بتوفيق الله ثم جهدك و إرادتك ستصل إلى ماتريد، لذا استمتع بما تتعلم 💡🍃

[toklien-deactivated20190720]

studyblr introduction

Hey everyone, I’m Auri! I’ve finally decided to start a studyblr before entering my junior year of high school after always looking at other people’s haha

About me:

• I’m 16

• Interested in engineering, film, programming, and law

• I’m a Slytherin and a huge geek

• I love cats, movies, reading, and musicals

Classes (tentative):

• English III

• AP US history

• Pre-calculus

• Physics

• Principles of economics

• Principles of engineering

• AP psychology

Goals:

• Staying motivated!!

• Not procrastinating as much

• Developing good study habits

Please like or reblog so I can follow you!

[hellenhighwater]

I see a lot of people who tell young people–especially young people who are heading into college–that they should “do what they love.” And they’re right. You should do what you love.

But there’s a world of difference between doing what you love for you, and doing what you love for a paycheck. 

I went to undergrad for graphic design and 3-D design–art and more art, I usually say–and I loved it. You know what I didn’t love? Trying to collect my fees from clients. Trying to meet unrealistic, over-simplified or over-specific briefs from people who didn’t know what they were talking about. Coming home, having worked creatively all day, with no creative juice left for the things I wanted to do.

You know what I would tell you instead? Do something that you can be interested in, with people you like.

You don’t have to love it. Loving your work can be a lot, and it often means you have to live in your job 24/7. Some people can do that. Not everyone can, or should.  But if you can find work that’s interesting enough that it doesn’t feel tedious, and people you can enjoy spending your 9-5 with, and you can make money, that’s great! It means you can do the things you love for you.

I’m in law school now. It’s interesting work, and difficult, and I like doing it. I like how complicated it gets, and I like the stories it tells. But I don’t come home and read law journals for fun. I come home, and I sculpt, and I draw, and I paint, and I read. I do these things for me.

And I love it. 

[shimmeringecho]

Gods I wish I’d had this ten years ago when everyone was pushing for me to do art for a living. Probably wouldn’t have burned out as hard as I did

[fangirltothefullest]

This is why I say I want to get the boring random job and do my art on the side.

[thegrumpymathematician-deactiva]

Reblog if you ARE a woman in STEM, SUPPORT women in STEM, or ARE STILL BITTER about Rosalind Franklin not getting credit for discovering the structure of DNA and the Nobel prize going to Watson and Crick instead.

[winterrnotes]

Hello !

Hello everyone !! I’m Winter and after browsing this community from afar, and after reading the how to start a studyblr post by  @studious-simplicity​ I got the final push in order to create my own blog!!

-  about me

I’m a female and I go by she/her

I turned 17 not too long ago, my birthday was on the 3rd of October (Libra)

I’m in my senior year of high school, and I’m planning to take up the Nursing Major for Uni

I’m fluent in Arabic and English 

I’m contemplating taking up French or Italian (didn’t decide yet)

- my interests

I love love love movies and the cinema, I love all genres and all types but I’ve recently got into Marvel and particularly the MCU,  I’m kind of a living ball of anxiousness waiting for Endgame right now, but I’ll never regret getting into the universe

I love Series as well like Game of Thrones i can’t wait for the new season, Scrubs, Friends, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and AHS….and many more

I also love Journaling, Drawing and Crafting. My rest day mainly consists of at least one of these activities.

I live for all types of music in any kind of language as well, I just love music so much new recommendations are always welcome

I’m trying to change my lifestyle and lose weight, so I have a great interest in health and fitness.

I recently became a cat lover

I also love learning about everything and anything, I have an interest in alot of subjects, specifically Biology and Physics, but I’m also gaining interest in Philosophy and Literature 

I love languages as well, my biggest dream is learning as many languages as possible.

- classes i’m taking

Advanced Biology

Advanced Chemistry 

Physics

Philosophy 

Calculus

- why studyblr

I’m from a country where governmental exams still exist, so I’m in a very stressful environment which is slowly draining me and looking at blogs here has always motivated me, reduced my stress, and allowed me to love learning new things for the sake of learning and not for grades only. I would also love creating new friends who share the same interests as me.

-my favorite studyblrs

@studious-simplicity 

@hexaneandheels

@warmhealer

@studydiaryofamedstudent

@potatostudying

@rayraystudies

@studyign

@studywithinspo

[justejauraisaimeetreprevenue]

don’t measure a woman’s worth by her clothes - terre des femmes

[ocheano]

THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SO FREAKING MUCH, TODAY PEOPLE CALLED ME WHORE BECAUSE I WAS WEARING A SKIRT AND WE ARE IN SUMMER, IT’S SO HOT IN THIS COUNTRY AND I HAVE TO USE PANTS SO GUYS DON’T GET ” DISTRACTED ” respect girls

[brunhiddensmusings]

you may notice not one of those words is positive, not even neutral its a game where there are no correct answers, just different ways to be told you are invalid, wrong, and should be ashamed. thats a shitty game to force people to play