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i read CS Lewis’ A Grief Observed one time years ago and i’m still not recovered from it

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Doomed from the beginning

Unknown / Marguerite Duras / Blanca Varela / Ramona Ausubel / Anne Carson / Heather Havrilesky / Michael Cunningham / Lisel Mueller / Richard Siken x Dungeon Meshi by Ryoko Kui

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Hey did you know I keep a google drive folder with linguistics and language books  that I try to update regularly 

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✨ ffxiv job stones - healers ✨

white mage - scholar - astrologian - sage

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Whgskl. Okay.

PSA to all you fantasy writers because I have just had a truly frustrating twenty minutes talking to someone about this: it’s okay to put mobility aids in your novel and have them just be ordinary.

Like. Super okay.

I don’t give a shit if it’s high fantasy, low fantasy or somewhere between the lovechild of Tolkein meets My Immortal. It’s okay to use mobility devices in your narrative. It’s okay to use the word “wheelchair”. You don’t have to remake the fucking wheel. It’s already been done for you.

And no, it doesn’t detract from the “realism” of your fictional universe in which you get to set the standard for realism. Please don’t try to use that as a reason for not using these things.

There is no reason to lock the disabled people in your narrative into towers because “that’s the way it was”, least of all in your novel about dragons and mermaids and other made up creatures. There is no historical realism here. You are in charge. You get to decide what that means.

Also:

“Depiction of Chinese philosopher Confucius in a wheelchair, dating to ca. 1680. The artist may have been thinking of methods of transport common in his own day.”

“The earliest records of wheeled furniture are an inscription found on a stone slate in China and a child’s bed depicted in a frieze on a Greek vase, both dating between the 6th and 5th century BCE.[2][3][4][5]The first records of wheeled seats being used for transporting disabled people date to three centuries later in China; the Chinese used early wheelbarrows to move people as well as heavy objects. A distinction between the two functions was not made for another several hundred years, around 525 CE, when images of wheeled chairs made specifically to carry people begin to occur in Chinese art.[5]”

“In 1655, Stephan Farffler, a 22 year old paraplegic watchmaker, built the world’s first self-propelling chair on a three-wheel chassis using a system of cranks and cogwheels.[6][3] However, the device had an appearance of a hand bike more than a wheelchair since the design included hand cranks mounted at the front wheel.[2]

The invalid carriage or Bath chair brought the technology into more common use from around 1760.[7]

In 1887, wheelchairs (“rolling chairs”) were introduced to Atlantic City so invalid tourists could rent them to enjoy the Boardwalk. Soon, many healthy tourists also rented the decorated “rolling chairs” and servants to push them as a show of decadence and treatment they could never experience at home.[8]

In 1933 Harry C. Jennings, Sr. and his disabled friend Herbert Everest, both mechanical engineers, invented the first lightweight, steel, folding, portable wheelchair.[9] Everest had previously broken his back in a mining accident. Everest and Jennings saw the business potential of the invention and went on to become the first mass-market manufacturers of wheelchairs. Their “X-brace” design is still in common use, albeit with updated materials and other improvements. The X-brace idea came to Harry from the men’s folding “camp chairs / stools”, rotated 90 degrees, that Harry and Herbert used in the outdoors and at the mines.[citation needed]

“But Joy, how do I describe this contraption in a fantasy setting that wont make it seem out of place?”

“It was a chair on wheels, which Prince FancyPants McElferson propelled forwards using his arms to direct the motion of the chair.”

“It was a chair on wheels, which Prince EvenFancierPants McElferson used to get about, pushed along by one of his companions or one of his many attending servants.”

“But it’s a high realm magical fantas—”

“It was a floating chair, the hum of magical energy keeping it off the ground casting a faint glow against the cobblestones as {CHARACTER} guided it round with expert ease, gliding back and forth.”

“But it’s a stempunk nov—”

“Unlike other wheelchairs he’d seen before, this one appeared to be self propelling, powered by the gasket of steam at the back, and directed by the use of a rudder like toggle in the front.”

Give. Disabled. Characters. In. Fantasy. Novels. Mobility. Aids.

If you can spend 60 pages telling me the history of your world in innate detail down to the formation of how magical rocks were formed, you can god damn write three lines in passing about a wheelchair.

Signed, your editor who doesn’t have time for this ableist fantasy realm shit.

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games without respawning items or enemies have always felt like entropy horror to me. am i going to run out of gear or exp within the span of a reasonable playthrough? likely not. does it remind me of the depressingly finite and decaying nature of things? absolutely

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game carried forward initiative

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Tumblr Family, 

Please share this with students anticipating to further their education by enrolling in graduate school. This would have been very helpful to me when I was studying a year ago.

Much Love, 

The Black Collegian

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Free MCAT Study Materials!

Here’s master post of some great MCAT study materials and resources. Click on the bold titles to open links to folders containing the files listed below. Good luck!!!

2015 KAPLAN MCAT REVIEW BOOKS (pdf links listed below)

Behavioral Sciences Review

Biochemistry Review

Biology Review

Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Review

General Chemistry Review

Organic Chemistry Review

Physics and Math Review

BIOLOGY

Molecular Biology; Cellular Respiration

Genes

Microbiology

The Eukaryotic Cell; The Nervous System

The Endocrine System

The Digestive and Excretory Systems

The Cardiovascular System; The Respiratory System

Muscle, Bone and Skin

Populations

The Berkeley MCAT Review - Biology Part 1 (2011)

The Berkeley MCAT Review - Biology Part 2 (2011)

BIOCHEMISTRY

Lab Techniques

GENERAL CHEMISTRY

Atoms, Molecules and Quantum Mechanics

Gases, Kinetics, and Chemical Equilibrium

Thermodynamics

Solutions

Heat Capacity/Phase Change/Colligative Properties

Acids & Bases

Electrochemistry

Intro to Chemistry

Electrostatics

Gases

Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry

The Berkeley MCAT Review - General Chemistry Part 1 (2011)

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Molecular Structure

Hydrocarbons, Alcohols, Substitutions

Carbonyls and Amines

PHYSICS

MCAT Physics Book (2015)

Translation Motion

Force

Equilibrium, Torque and Energy

Momentum, Machines, and Radioactive Decay

Fluids and Solids

Waves

Electricity and Magnetism

Light & Optics

Linear Momentum

PSYCHOLOGY / SOCIOLOGY

SCIENCE

MCAT PRACTICE TESTS / QUESTIONS

Practice Tests

Solutions

OTHER MCAT STUDY MATERIALS

Examkrackers Complete MCAT Study Set (2007)

These materials will help build your knowledge and test taking skills, they may not fit the current MCAT exam criteria but it will definitely build your knowledge of the subjects being tested.

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MCAT Studying

Advice from a Senior of mine in an email to me:

I followed MCATmatt study schedule (google MCATmatt). (Please note that there is no one fits all schedule and​ that  you should have a schedule that works for you. However, I’m sharing what worked with for me.) 

NEW 2017 -https://www.dropbox.com/s/e1e9jhos8h2ludm/2017%20MCAT%20study%20schedule.xlsx?dl=0

https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/has-anyone-studied-for-the-mcat-in-3-months.1257537/ (2017 Reccs) 

2016 - file:///C:/Users/Annie/Downloads/mcatmatt’s%20modified%202015-16%20TBR%20schedule.pdf 

For CARS, I would highly recommend you follow testing solution guide and examkrakers, best out there for cars, don’t listen to Kaplan or Princeton or any others.   

Berkeley Review is hands down best content review and Kaplan for psych sociology followed by the Princeton's​ review science work book for psych sociology passages and definitely get all the sectionbanks from AAMC site, all the practice Stuff.   

Memorize all the AA, know their 1,3 letter abbreviations, know major theory’s of psych and sociology,  and memorize terms for psych and sociology because most of it is memorizing terms. But from what I hear, it’s becoming harder than simply memorizing terms now. Know the hormones and know genetics and DNA, again follow the Berkeley review books, highly recommend​ed. 

I can’t not stress how important practice is over content, have at least 4-6 hours of study time initially​ and build up to 8 hours of studying a month before test date. Concentrate on what you are most weak with and improve those before test date.  

Get rid of distractions, If you can’t live without social media, learn to at least decrease the amount of time you spend. And eventually drop social media sites in total. If you have any more questions, reply back to this email. 

https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/testing-solutions-30-day-guide-to-mcat-cars-success.1131850/

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https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/applying-to-post-bac-and-med-schools-at-the-same-time.296119/

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hey guys!!! someone asked me if i could tell them some tips for studying a new language so i thought i’d make a masterpost so everyone could see it and use it!!! happy learning ❤️📚 (x)

i wanted to add more things but it was going to be too long, so if you want me to add anything else tell me and i’ll make another masterpost with it!!

general tips

make the most of duolingo! by @leahrning

learning foreign languages by @a-pprendre

how to self-study languages by @e-tudiante

how to learn a new language at home by @laurynstudy​

ace your foreign language class by @cambridgemagic

language learning by @study-well

studying a foreign language by @areistotle

online bilingual dictionaries by @languageramblings

15 tips for language self-study

the complete guide of self-studying a foreign language

5 tips for self-studying a foreign language

tips for learning a new language by @ofminervas 

tips for writing by @moonstruckstudies

another language masterpost by @wonderful-language-sounds​

ten reasons to learn a new language by @thescholarlysquad​

language learning tips and resources by @study-ings

how to study a foreign language by @a-student-life

a faster way to start learning a language by @funwithlanguages 

a new language? tricky but easy! by @underpressurecharlie

how i learn languages by @mickybyrd

american sign language

free asl learning programs

start asl

learn asl

asl resources

arabic

online resources

more resources

learn arabic

arabic online

chinese

coffee related words by @the-brightest-witch-studies

mandarin chinese resource masterpost by @floernce

chinese resources by @brbimstudying

english

the ultimate english masterpost by @areistotle

english masterpost by @studyvet

free online courses by @wonderful-language-sounds 

get litterature notes x x x x

french

french masterpost by @organisaticns

french resources masterlist by @nathalliastudies

50 advanced french phrases by @la-linguistique 

12 tips for learning french efficiently

how to improve your french

french music by @studyplants

french resources

german

german capitalisation by @yourfuckingmuse

german emotions by @deutsch-doodles

learning tools by @wonderful-language-sounds

learn german online

guide to learning german by @baernat

free german resources by @languageoclock

greek

how to learn greek by @katlearnslanguages

hindi

learn hindi

italian

italian masterpost by @studybowie 

japanese

learn japanese!! by @solarstudy

fun ways to study japanese by @japanesewithyuandclare

japanese masterlist by @thespecsappeal​

learn japanese

korean

korean language learning masterpost! by @study-mochi​

how to study korean

korean alphabet

learn korean

korean language education center

learn korean

korean for beginners by @mujistudies

latin

learn latin by @studyplants​

learn latin!!

free online resources

free latin videos

latin course

maltese

maltese resources by @maltese-boy

animals in maltese by @maltese-boy

speak maltese in 300 words by @maltese-boy

portuguese

learn portugese

portuguese ressources by @lass-uns-studieren

polish

polish media by @maltese-boy

drinks in polish by @untaintedtea

​polish learning masterpost by @areistotle

russian

learning russian by @wonderful-language-sounds

online russian learning

russian alphabet by @pycckuu

tips to read and listen in russian by @wonderful-language-sounds

spanish

great apps!! by @katlearnslanguages

spanish resources masterpost by @alcyonien​

spanish oxford dictionary by @productivebuddy​

spanish resources by @somestudy

spanish media resources by @wonderful-language-sounds

swedish

swedish resources masterpost by @studyvet

swedish media by @maltese-boy

web/apps

fluentin3months

babbel

memrise

linguti

livemocha

BBC Languages

l-lingo

lang-8

mosalingua 

busuu

hellotalk 

bliubliu

mango languages

language

vocabulary tool

reading tool

helpful language apps masterpost by @studysthetics

other

foreign language cartoons by @lingdom​

best songs for learning a language by @highschoolering 

learn about fillers in different languages by @vinurminn

learn an ancient language

another language masterpost by @z-co

masterpost of language massive open courses by @wonderful-sounds

language resources by @travellingual

a folder with all of the grammar you’ll ever need

notebook set up by @curiousmin-d 

motivation

benefits of being bilingual by @polyglotgirl 

motivation to keep on studying by @rahaflearns 

why you’re a better learner than a child by @languageoclock​

my masterposts

app masterpost

DIY masterpost

food masterpost

how to: group work

printable masterpost

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Here’s a quick post for those of you using the Genki textbook. These sites are made specifically for the Genki series. Unfortunately, most of these only have material for Genki I.

Listening

MyKikitori - Dialogues with quizzes

Genki CDs - Audio from textbook and workbook

Reading

Genki Website - Kanji reading practice 

Usagi-chan’s Resources - Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji practice

Memrise Courses - Flashcards for vocabulary and kanji

Writing

Answer Key - Answers to workbook and textbook questions

Particle Exercises - Quizzes on which particles should be used (change the lesson number in the URL to get to other lessons; go to View>Encoding>Japanese if characters aren’t showing)

Genki Website - Verb and adjective conjugation practice

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First Impression: Clozemaster

I just heard about Clozemaster and I thought I’d give it a try. Clozemaster is “gamified language learning” based on filling in the blanks in sentences in your target language. I tried a little bit of N4 and N3, but I didn’t play for long so this is truly a first impression.

Here’s what the site looks like while you’re using it. The default is black text on a white background, but I like how you can switch to white text on a black background!

First of all, I really appreciate that this site has recordings of actual Japanese people saying every sentence. The recordings play automatically after you finish each question, but you can quickly skip ahead if you don’t feel like listening. 

I also like how the whole system is repetition-based, so sentences will keep coming up until you get them right.

My first criticism would be that the words are written in kanji, so you need to be able to read kanji in order to select the right answer. (Just knowing how to say the word won’t help you.) But that’s not necessarily a bad thing! Just depends what you’re trying to achieve. 

Since this is a game, you get points each time you get a question right. Getting a question right in the multiple choice mode (pictured above) gets you 4 points, but getting a question right in text input mode (pictured below) gets you 8 points.

If you get stuck, you can click the question mark on the right to make choices appear.

The next issue I encountered was related to the words being written in kanji - you can’t just type the answer in hiragana if there’s a kanji for that word. As you can see below, I got the answer incorrect because I typed は instead of 葉.

There’s an option to take away the English translation, and at first I thought this made the game way too hard, but I realized it’s actually pretty cool. The whole idea behind a “cloze test” for languages is that you’re able to really process the sentence as a whole and think about which word would make the most sense, rather than just translating the one English word that’s missing from the sentence.

Finally, here’s a look at the dashboard that keeps track of your progress:

Overall, I think Clozemaster is great. It’s not a stand-alone tool for studying Japanese (or any other language), but I already feel like I strengthened my Japanese from the 30 minutes or so I spent playing around with it.

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Hi everyone! I realised I had this awesome cheat sheet of over 100+ HSC Japanese grammar structures that I used to ace my HSC exams! This is useful for anyone currently studying Japanese. 

This is a complete list of all the grammar structures you learn in senior HSC and that you need to use to score a Band 6 in all reading, writing, listening and speaking tasks! The more structures you use the better! Enjoy!!

Download as a single handy A4 page printable!

1.      ～て

2.      And　て。。。

3.      But　が・けれども

4.      About　。。。のこと・。。。について

5.      Present form　～ている

6.      Called　という

7.      I’ll go and…　～て来る

8.      Comparing　どちら・どれ・方

9.      The most　一番。。。

10.  Than　。。。より

11.  Plain form

12.  Because　。。。から

13.  Probably　。。。でしょう・だろう

14.  I think　。。。と思う

15.  To become　～くなる・「に」なる

16.  Verb plain forms

17.  I’ve heard　。。。そう

18.  It seems　～そう

19.  Adverbs　～そうな・～そうに

20.  Because (verbs)　。。。から

21.  Because　。。。ので

22.  After　～てから

23.  From… To…　。。。から。。。まで

24.  But (plain)　が・けれども

25.  Having, taking, bringing　持って～・つれて～

26.  That much　こんなに・そんなに・あんなに

27.  I think (verbs)　。。。と思う

28.  Giving　あげる・くれる

29.  Doing favours　～てあげる・～てくれる

30.  Before/After　前｢に｣・後｢で｣

31.  Probably (plain)　。。。でしょう・だろう

32.  Beginning　～だす・～はじめる

33.  Doing a variety of things　～たり～たりする

34.  Purpose　～に

35.  When　。。。時

36.  I have to　～なければ　ならない・いけない

37.  Don’t/Without/Instead of　～ないで

38.  Negative　～て

39.  Because　～て。。。

40.  I’m glad　～てよかった

41.  Quoting　。。。と言う

42.  Try　～てみる

43.  Completely　～てしまう

44.  Dropping particles

45.  Relative clauses

46.  If/When　～たら

47.  I hope　～たらいい

48.  Past experiences　～たことがある

49.  Easy/Hard to do　～やすい・～にくい

50.  If/When　。。。と

51.  Audible/Visible　聞こえる・見える

52.  Whether or not　～かどうか

53.  While　～ながら

54.  Decisions　。。。ことにする・ことになる

55.  Volitional form　～ましょう

56.  Volitional form (plain)　～「お」う

57.  Intentions　～｢お｣うと思う

58.  How to　～かた

59.  Too much　～すぎる

60.  Seems like　～よう

61.  Intentions　。。。つもり

62.  And　。。。し

63.  Verbs into nouns　の・こと

64.  の・こと　。。。は。。。です

65.  ～のです・～んです

66.  Receiving　～てもらう

67.  Nouns into descriptive nouns　～てき「な」

68.  Potential form　～「え」る

69.  Potential (sentences)　。。。が　～「え」る

70.  While　うち・間

71.  If　～ば

72.  Giving advice　～た方がいい・～ない方がいい

73.  As many as　。。。も

74.  Even if　～ても

75.  Permission not to　～なくてもいい

76.  Perhaps　。。。かもしれない

77.  Something　何か

78.  Nothing/Anything　何も。。。ない

79.  Only　。。。しか。。。ない

80.  Purpose/So that　ように

81.  I can　。。。ことができる

82.  Seems　みたい

83.  よう・みたい

84.  Even though　。。。のに

85.  Ending　～おわる

86.  Instructions　～なさい

87.  Adjectives to nouns　～さ

88.  Expectations　はず

89.  If　なら

90.  No matter what　～ても

91.  Seems　～らしい

92.  Not as… as…　ほど

93.  Quoting requests　～ように言う

94.  Comparing actions

95.  Embedded questions

96.  Purpose　ために

97.  Transitive/Intransitive verbs

98.  Some are… others are…　～たり～たりする

99.  Relative clauses (nouns)

100.   You must not　～てはいけない・だめ

101.   Giving/receiving　～ていただく・～てくださる・～てやる

102.   Anything/Everything　何でも

103.   Purpose　のに

@learnjp @nihongogogo @kanjikiwi @rendakud @thatlanguageguy​ @studying-conversation I hope you guys don’t mind me tagging!  (^人^;) ゴメン I thought you and your followers may find it useful :)

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Would you like to learn more Japanese while having lots of fun? Read visual novels!

I’m really new to this type of learning, since I’ve only just installed this setup, but if you like immersion this is a great way to learn. It comes recommended by a lot of people who have studied Japanese and then found textbooks a bit too boring, so they supplemented with a lot of visual novels. First of all, if you you’re unfamiliar Rikaichan/Rikaikun addon for Firefox/Chrome, I really recommend installing it anyway. It’s a browser addon that lets you highlight words or kanji and gives you a hiragana reading and an English translation, plus the tense of the verb etc. Well, if you have a handle on basic Japanese grammar and want to try something new, you can use this addon to play visual novels (or anything really) in their original language! 

This reddit page has easy instructions for installing the whole thing. Basically you need Firefox, a text hooking programme (ITHVNR) and two addons for the browser; Rikaisama and Clipboard inserter. The text hooking programme “hooks up” the text from the visual novel. Then the Clipboard inserter picks it up to an empty browser page in real time. That way you can have it next to the game window and look up any unfamiliar words, expressions or kanji. You don’t need to keep opening up a dictionary like you would if you were to read a manga or a novel.