When in Korea, you buy as much stationery as you can because it’s cheap and cute! I went a little crazy at the Morning Glory store, ARTBOX, Daiso, and Miniso . I regret nothing. One or all of these notebooks will help me write my doctoral dissertation…
Just kidding, I definitely regret Thursday but only because Saturday did not go the way it should have. Anyway this is the past week’s spread featuring Sora holding it down for me.
I’ve been out of school for the past two years since I graduated with my master’s degree but I always knew I would return to school for my doctorate. I’ve been steadily working and gaining experience, then I took the GRE and submitted my application. The universe did its thing and I was accepted into my first choice doctoral program! I’m so excited but I’m also dreading the thought of getting back into the school grind. I’ve never been the “best student” (though I got things done) but I want to do well and do things right from the start so I’ve been following a lot of studyblrs to see what other people do. In preparation for and celebration of my return to school, I’m creating my own studyblr to motivate me, inspire me, and help me make the best of my education. Here’s to an awesome next 5 years!
july 18th, 2019 | tried a new study method that i saw in a youtube video (ch: oh no nina, highly recommend!) which is writing down song lyrics and then underlining all the new words. good way to expand your vocabulary!
my little coffee table is looking quite chaotic right now, but its has been a productive morning! i did a reading summary, made some spinach and zucchini pasta to take for lunch, stretched, and now i’m gonna get ready and head to class! i’ve a chinese group skit to finish writing today and an essay to outline, lets do it!
caught up on some news and journaling, did some spring cleaning in my room, and rewatched crazy rich asians. i was productive, just not in an academic way haha. my mom also bought me this new candle and i am obsessed omg, i love peonies so much asdfg!!
Pretty convenient that a lot of American students never learn that Einstein was a Jew who came to America and started the nuclear research after fleeing from the Nazis and having most of his research lost in the book burnings.
Or how much of his life and work was shaped by his autism, like how it was his biggest asset because it allowed him to think differently, but also his biggest hurtle because of all the abuse he received in school from teachers who labeled him as a dunce and told him he was stupid because of his disability. Which he proved wrong by discovering the theory of relativity because of his autism instead of in spite of it.
EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE THE TWO MOST RELEVANT DETAILS OF HIS LIFE THAT EXPLAIN HOW AND WHY HE DID ALMOST EVERYTHING HE DID. But nah, Im sure diversity wasn’t relevant enough to be important in this situation.
Its almost like we have a biased school system that censors the accomplishments of marginalized groups to stop them from realizing that people like them have accomplished things.
He taught at Lincoln University after he was told black students couldn’t attend his lectures at other colleges and universities.
Article quote: “In 1946, Einstein, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist traveled to Lincoln University where he gave a speech in which he called racism “a disease of white people,” and added, “I do not intend to be quiet about it.” Lincoln was the first school in the United States to grant college degrees to blacks.”
Remembering someone who cared about education
I’m British, but I didn’t know about this either
I feel so stupid everytime I see a post like this because it opens my eyes to something I could have taken the initiative to research in high school. Then I remember school didn’t give me any reason to or tell me it was even a possibility that Einstein was anything other than white; because of course not. And then I get angry at the American school system.
