#student life
December 13th, 2021
Yesterday my friend and I handed in our assignment and we feel pretty good about it!
Today I mostly did project work, but I found out I need the input of the stuff the others are woeking on in order to start on that. Hopefully I can finish working on that tomorrow!
What is a cherrished family tradition from your childhood?
- Instead of a Christmas dinner, my family has always done a Christmas buffet, where every one brings some home made food. Unfortunately we didn’t do it last year and won’t do it this year due to the circumstances.
What is a favorite family Christmas memory that has stuck with you through the years?
- My favorite memory is pretty much renewed every year and it’s seeing everyone together, enjoying the food and in general just seeing everyone enjoy themselves
Does your family have any odd traditions during the holidays?
- Not anything I can think of right now.
When you learn more historical facts for a story than you would in school.
“It’s okay if I do nothing for a day and rest.”- and other funny lies I tell myself
I’m a very adult, mentally stable and responsible person in my imagination.
Me:*has alot stuff to do for school/work*
Also me:*gets the urge and motivation to write the best story/fanfic of my life*
iced coffee is the only thing that keeps me going at this point
I love writing notes. I actually enjoy the process of summarizing pages of textbook information and ending up with a concise few pages that I can refer to for studying. One of the questions I’ve seen in my inbox quite a few times is whether I prefer to write or type my notes. It’s interesting to me because I actually recently switched back to mainly typing notes after writing for such a long time.
Because I’ve done and still do both, I figured there must be a reason I can’t choose one over the other. To solve this dilemma, I decided to make a pro/con list for each and share it as a way of answering these questions.
Handwriting
Pros
- Engaging my senses in the learning process by writing increases the chances that I’ll remember what I’m noting down.
- It’s faster for drawing things out - specifically processes and flowcharts.
Cons
- It takes me more time, specially because I try to be very neat.
Typing
Pros
- It almost always takes me less time.
- It’s easier to back up/share notes this way.
- It’s a more convenient way of adding in pictures.
- It’s easier to edit later on.
Cons
- Using a tablet/laptop provides easier access to distraction.
- Staring at the screen for too long gives me a headache.
There’s nothing like the feel of pen to paper… But I found that eventually, I still need to spend time revising by going over my notes whether I’ve handwritten or typed them. So it seems like a better use of my time to finish my summaries faster in order to be able to start “actually studying”. So why not do the thing that saves time?
My biggest reason for switching back though has been the following. In my last two years of medical school, I’m teaching myself a lot of theoretical information from books. But I also go to the hospital and see those cases, so I’m constantly learning new information and making new links that I didn’t make before (as in, when I was learning the information from a textbook). Because of this, I end up having to annotate notes a lot. At first it didn’t seem like an issue. But eventually when my notes were all over the place, it was starting to become disorganized and I didn’t like that. But that’s just me!
And as always.. Disclaimer: I do things this way because of my own priorities. By no means am I claiming everybody should do the same or that it’s perfect. I’m just providing ideas and I hope they help :)
Ps. I’m now on instagram! Where I’m trying to post daily stories and have a visual-based companion to this blog. Follow me here https://www.instagram.com/mindofamedstudent/