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HOW TO GET AHEAD IN SCHOOL: some tips on making your school life easier and less stressful. Plus I mention an online school to get school credits during the summer to lighten your workload: american high school
how to improve your handwriting. I hope you enjoy!
“Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.”
I am a hufflepuff myself but you know, ravenclaw rocks
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hello everyone!! i’m really sorry i can’t update my blog frequently because i’m really busy these days. i have so many things i want to do/post but so little time :/ and thank you for all the love! i really appreciate it <3 hope you all had a great week! ~~
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spread of the first week of march sorry i’m very late but i’ve been kinda busy lately so i couldn’t update my blog hope everyone’s having a great week so far
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HOW I TAKE NOTES // [sub here]
a guide on how to take cute and effective notes for school!! videos every sunday <3
SKETCHBOOK / ART JOURNAL TOUR [SUB HERE]
tour of my june-september sketchbook! some ideas for sketchbooking! or bujo-ing lol. posting alternating art and lifestyle videos every sunday <3
9:00 // Royal Holloway, University of London is beautiful.
I’ve been running experiments with a masters student using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging). I also got an updated scan of my own brain. Nice nice.
Some cool stuff about fMRI experiments:
- Glasses can’t be worn in the scanner (because they contain metal) so you get to wear these sexy specs instead. The lenses that work best for you are slotted in. They’re like swimming goggles.
- People who wear the hijab or a turban can go in the scanner with their head coverings on. Yay! All pins,metals and hair ties need to be removed though.
- Experiments in fMRI tend to have a maximum running time of 90 minutes.
- There is a panic button (looks like a pump) given to participants in the scanner, if you ever want to leave the scanner all you have to do is press it.
- If it’s not given by default you can ask to have a copy of your brain scan. Download a free software called Mango and play around with your brain!!
- The equipment tends to look old - our comps run Windows XP. You’ll see this in science quite a bit and think “why don’t they update??”. Operating systems (Windows/MAC OS) sometimes have updates that tamper with medical software and it can be hard to pinpoint what’s gone wrong. So if it’s working we don’t update it until there’s a reason on our part e.g. when it breaks.
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Friday’s // London is actually really dull today and I am tired.
We’re celebrating as two of my friends are getting married and another is pregnant. Being The Antisocial Trash™ that I am, I decided to bake cakes in lieu of my attendance. I also read some infamous Dahl and sorted out my evergrowing stamp collection in the morning.
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Hello! Today I bring you the first post in my back to school series! This is a list of apps you can start using for the upcoming school year. A star ( * ) denotes apps I use very often.
To Do:
- Minimal List *
- Wunderlist
Calender/Planning/School:
- Apple/Google calendar *
- myHomework *
- Pocket Schedule Planner
- Egenda
- The Homework App
- Edo Agenda
- My School Life
- Class Timetable
Focus/Time Management:
- Forest ($1.99) *
- Flora (free alternative to Forest)
- Focus Keeper (Pomodoro timer)
Studying:
- Quizlet *
- KhanAcademy *
- Photomath
- Duolingo (for languages!)
Notetaking:
- Evernote
- Notability *
- Goodnotes
- OneNote
A Levels is a lot different than GCSEs and here are some tips from a recent graduate.
- It needs a lot more revision.
The jump from GCSEs/O Levels is enormous.Even though you go from having 8/9 subjects to ¾, much more studying is required. There’s a lot more to cover and all the topics are more elaborated. Overall, everything is just more difficult. Knowing this ahead of time can really be beneficial. Don’t think studying a week before midterms or exams will be a good idea because it won’t be. Your best bet would be to study as you go along.
- Do not skip classes unless absolutely necessary.
The second mistake was skipping classes. So the first time I ditched, I told myself it would only happen again if it was an emergency, but alas, not the case. After my first time ditching, I almost stopped attending Economics classes completely because I thought I could study on my own, because I didn’t like my teacher. I regretted this when we had our mock, where the questions that were given to us had already been gone through in class.
- Don’t waste your free periods.
I had a lot of free periods, and in all of them, I’d chat with friends, walk around the school, do nothing of sustenance, basically. These are ideal for studying or revising because you’re technically already in the right mindset seeing as you’re in school. Also, if you get enough done at school, you’ll end up having to do a lot less at home! I’m not saying do this every single time, but just realize that there’s more to free periods than social gatherings.
- Pick subjects you enjoy.
Every subject is going to be difficult in it’s own way, and you’re going to most likely get fed up of everything. By picking something you enjoy, you may be able to deal with it a lot better and spend more time working on it. I spent the most time in AS on Economics because I loved it and it was so interesting to me, and much less time on Psychology just because it didn’t give me the same excitement. This was blatantly obvious when I got my AS results.
- Your friend group will change,
I thought I’d be friends with the same people all throughout it. I was wrong. Over just two years, I lost a lot of people I considered to be close friends, but I also made so many new friendships. Friend groups change and it doesn’t have to be due to drama or whatever, it kind of happens naturally. Don’t be alarmed if this happens, because you’ll meet so many new people over the course of your A Levels.
- Ask questions.
Don’t be afraid to raise your hand and clear your concepts if you’re confused. That’s literally what your teacher is there for! If you don’t want to ask in front of your class, ask in their office hours! It’s better to have accurate information than flipping through different books a week before the exam trying to make sense of it.
- Join extracurricular activities and clubs
A Levels isn’t going to be fun if all you do is stay locked up studying. To make new friends, meet new people, just have a better time, you can join a club or an activity or something sports related! I joined like three clubs in AS and ran my own in A2, and let me tell you, it was amazing. I met people I would’ve never been friends with if it weren’t for the clubs. Yes grades are important, but some universities may prefer it if you seem like an all rounder.
If anyone has any other tips on starting A Levels please mention them!
was in a random bookstore when i found this journal.
College started and my bank account is not happy about it.
