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“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”

— Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (via themedicalstate)

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“With too many, unfortunately, working habits are not cultivated until the constraining dread of an approaching exam is felt, when the hopeless attempt is made to cram the work of two years into a six month’ session, with results only too evident to your examiners.”

— William Osler M.D., Introductory Lecture on the Opening of the Forty-Fifth Session of the Medical Faculty, McGill University. 1877. Canada Medical and Surgical Journal 1877;6(5):193-210

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Atlas of human anatomy - Bock, Carl Ernst, 1809-1874.

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Some tips on how to seem confident in front of a class:

[works for teachers, teachers in training, or also for people who have to do a presentation, it's all about that confidence] 1) Preparation I:

if you meet a class for the first time, prepare what you say to them. Even the most basic hello, my name is XY, my subjects are etc. sentence. You know what you want to say, which means that you don't have to focus on that but can focus on other things.

2) Preparation II:

If you teach a class, prepare what you say as well. Especially at the beginning, prepare the different tasks that the students have to do, so you don't have to look for words or think about what they have to do exactly.

3) Plan, plan, plan: goes hand in hand with the first two: plan everything as detailed as possible. plan the time that the students need, include a short cut when they need to much time, plan the homework, plan also who you are going to call when (students who don't want to talk at the beginning with the easy questions), the better you structure and plan your class the better you feel. This way you know exactly what is going to happen and that brings stability into the class- for the students, but also for yourself. It is, however, also important to have a red thread throughout the lesson that the students can follow. Try to switch from one task into the next seemlessly.

4) Appearance: the goal is not to not be nervous, but just not to show it. I think it's totally normal to be nervous at the beginning, when you start teaching or get a new class. Numerous teachers told me (while observing me) that I am so calm and I don't look nervous at all, even though I was nervous at that time. That's the goal to achieve. First of all: stand on your two feet, hips apart. that gives you stability. Secondly, think about what to do with your hands: don't put them together in front of you- sometimes that can show that you are nervous. Try letting them hang next to your body. It feels weird, but looks totally normal. You can also hold a pen (but don't play with it) or keep a piece of paper/ a tablet that you are going to use during the lesson in your hands. My motto here is: "Fake it til you make it."

5) Motto: a motto/ slogan in general is really good to calm your nerves. Say it to yourself before you go into class and it hopefully make you calmer. Someone on here gave me some advice on teaching and included this slogan: "This is my kingdom." I think this really helps you to realize that you are the boss and if you do it right the students will follow you. Other slogans might be: "I can do this." "I believe in myself." "I have the knowledge to do this." You always have to remember that you know a lot more than the students and you can tell them what to do. You are the authority person in this case!

6) Experience: Lastly, the more you teach the more confident you get. At the beginning you are neither accoustumed to standing in front of a class nor do you know the class. With experience you get a routine that helps you a lot. That's why I don't think it is bad to be nervous. Also I'd like to quote The Martian by Andy Weir here: "I guess you could call it a failure, but I prefer the term learning experience." Not everything will go according to plan- but you can learn from the mistakes and do it better next time. Don't be afraid to try things out, nothing bad can happen- you can just decide that it didn't work for you.

I hope this helps (especially for the person who asked for my advice, but also other people !). If you have other tips, feel free to share!

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““Each day is the scholar of yesterday.””

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Finnaly, I finished 2 of 3 assignments and right now being busy with the third one.

Hope that my grades will be fine this semester 🥲

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06/06/21

It's almost 11PM in my area

However, I haven't done any task in my plan yet :(

Sometimes, I just space out and really do nothing at all :( Therefore, I guess that this night will be very long

6 days left for my final assignment

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Today is the seventh day in my "10 days of productivity" challenge

I'm starting to learn edit photos and blogging like this.

Nice to meet you guys 🥰

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Best advice I’ve received so far

the time you take being jealous of other people’s success is the time you could be using to build your own

you’re never going to “feel like it”

doing and practicing now is better than waiting for the perfect moment

eliminate people with toxic habits from your life

you are in control. Everything you’ve done up to this moment led you here. Therefore, your future is determined by what you do now.

everything is as it should be and only later in life you can connect the dots.

self discipline will give you freedom. consistency will give you results

everything is temporary. You should find freedom in this concept

the rich stay rich acting poor and the poor stay poor acting rich

being healthy means finding a balance between the good and the bad

the people that outranked you have outworked you.

you can’t be grateful and negative at the same time.

Meditate on these statements. They are so very powerful! Xxx

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hottest language learning tip

write a diary

literally

just write a diary, it has helped me sooo much and i dare say it has been the most developing thing i’ve done while learning french, nothing else compares

1. you’re exposed to the language daily

2. you quickly see which words are missing from your vocabulary

3. you learn to write about the things you think about a lot

4. learning to actually think in your target language

5. having to look up words and when reading the entry back a couple of days later you can’t even remember which words you didn’t know

6. going back to the earlier entries and seeing all the mistakes and knowing how much better you’ve become

7. when you’ve been writing for a few months and your target language becomes a natural way for expressing yourself

8. when you’ve been writing for a few months and you start seeing the diary writing as a way of self-expression and stressrelief, and the language learning aspect becomes natural and secondary

9. filling out a whole book using only your target language and physically seeing how much you’ve accomplished

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How to start a studyblr blog

One of the most common questions I am asked is how to start and run a studyblr. Some people consider being a studyblr means having a selection of certain pens or highlighters but that isn’t the case. Having a studyblr is about being part of a community that promotes self-improvement, positive study habits and tips to help yourself and others reach their full potential. Below are a few steps I recommend when starting a studyblr:

1. Decide whether you’re going to start a new blog or a secondary blog. Most studyblrs, myself included, run main blogs and then a studyblr as a side blog. If you’re wanting to have a completely new account, follow only studybrs, message (via asks) with a link to your studyblr then it is best to create a new account. If you’re happy to continue on one account, then creating a side blog is a good option. However, when you use a secondary blog for your studyblr, it will follow as your main account. I prefer having my studyblr as a secondary blog since you can stay logged into one account (so much easier on mobile!). Plus if you wanted to run a collaboration blog, you can add other members. Here is so more detailed information about the differences.

2. Pick a username/URL. You can be super creative like me and just use your name! Otherwise, you can name your studyblr anything you want. Whilst most people have a study related username, that isn’t totally necessary. Find something you like and use it! You do have the option to change it later on it you’re unhappy or think of something better.

3. Choose a theme. My best advice for a theme is pick something that is easy to navigate and nice to look at! Editing HTML can be quite difficult for first time Tumblr users, however many themes make adjusting the appearance of your theme really simple by using the tools on the customise page. Some popular theme makers include:

@pohroro

@modernisethemes

@cyantists

@magnusthemes

@sorrism

@acuite

@themesbyflorels

@roxiestheme

@felinum

@bychloethemes

@wonderfullythemes

Once you’ve picked a theme, follow the instructions the theme maker has left in the caption of the post. When you’re using a theme, remember to leave credit visible to the owner. By removing credit you’re breaking the conditions set by the creator. 

4. Make an icon. This is relatively optional. Most studyblrs just use a random picture for their icon however others create personalised ones just for their blog. You can create your own icon using applications like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Canva or Word/Pages. Canva is probably the easiest way to make your own, plus it is free! If you’re looking for something a little fancier, you can commission @annistudio to make one! Depending on the level of complexity, she charges between $3-9. She created my icon and it is so amazing!

5. Write up an introductory post. Once your blog is up and running, you should create a post to introduce yourself. Tell us a little bit about yourself, where you’re from, what you’re studying, your hobbies, etc. It is always nice to tag some of your favourite studyblrs! If someone has mentioned me or tagged #emmastudies in their post, I might see it and reblog it. Most blogs do the same! Making these posts will hopefully get you some new followers!

6. Post your own content. A great way to promote your blog is to upload your own posts. This can be anything, either pictures of your notes, advice posts, or infographics! Remember to update the content source and click-through links when uploading your posts. A little guide to taking photos can be found here. My editing process can also be found here. If you upload your own tips posts, feel free to submit them to @studyblrmasterposts.

7. Use popular hashtags. Before publishing your post remember to add hashtags. The most popular ones include #studyblr, #studyspo, #study. I track the tag #emmastudies so include that in your tags and I’ll see it! Most blogs also track their usernames so tag some of your favourites.

8. Join studyblr networks. You’ll often see these floating around Tumblr so if you see one, join it! There are ones dedicated to people graduating in a specific year, others for specific majors, or people who share a common trait/hobby! Alternatively, you can be added to my studyblr directory. It is a collection bloggers which can be filtered by categories such as education level, country, and exam system. You can apply here.

9. Use the queue option. By using the queue option, you don’t have to come on Tumblr every day to stay active. Set up a queue, select the number of posts and when you’d like them to be published and you’re ready to go. This option is great if you’re having a bit of an off-week and don’t fancy coming online or aren’t able to access the Internet!

10. Use other social media platforms. Whilst studyblr originated on Tumblr, we have since diversified across numerous different social networks. I’d totally recommend having a studygram! Mine is @emmastudiess if you wanted to check it out! Other accounts have YouTube (emma studies), Snapchat (@emmastudies), Spotify, Twitter, etc. Remember to provide links to your each account!

11. Be nice, friendly and polite. I think this is the golden rule for any blogger. Treat everyone with respect. Be kind when answering questions. Be grateful for your followers. Please, please, please don’t send anonymous hate! If you receive it, remember to delete and block that person. The studyblr community is one of the nicest I’ve come across and we want to keep it that way. 

12. Don’t be afraid to message other blogs and start a friendship! Interact with other accounts by sending them an ask or a direct message. I cannot begin to tell you how many wonderful people I’ve connected with from the studyblr community. I’d say the majority of studyblrs love receiving messages and would be happy to strike up a friendship with you!

I hope this can inspire you to start a studyblr or helps you set one up! Remember you can tag me in your introductory posts or uploaded pictures. Also, my ask and direct messages are always open if you want to chat xx

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top 5 videos that make me want to study

hey guys, on my instagram i asked if people wanted to see videos that motivate me studying, pushing my limits, and most important help me stop procrastinating. so here is my top 5 videos, hope you like them!

video number one: The ABCs of SUCCESS - Amazing Motivational Video for Students, Studying & Success in Life

video number two: Grey’s Anatomy, Cristina Yang: “Be unstoppable.”

video number three: Legally Blonde - I’ll show you how valuable Elle Woods can be!

video number four: Michaela Pratt | That’s My Girl (How To Get Away With Murder)

video number five: From FAILING STUDENT to ROCKET SCIENTIST - The Motivational Video that Will Change Your Life

bonus video: Rory’s system to study her finals (Gilmore Girls)

My social media: Instagram / Youtube 

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TIPS ON GETTING THROUGH LAST MINUTE WORK

So I don’t know about you guys, but I am forever guilty of leaving all my work till the last minute and then stressing over it on the night. First off, let me just tell you that in no way am I encouraging you to leave your work till the night before! It is probably the worst thing you could do to yourself, but we still do it anyway to put it off for as long as we can. So, if you are someone who is guilty of this or maybe you find yourself in this situation in the future, then I hope this will help you get through it!

Know your most effective studying environment I’d say your environment is one of the most important factors of studying effectively. Know where you are able to study and do work comfortably and effectively without any distractions. You might study better in a quiet environment, for example, the library, or maybe one which has more background noise, like at a cafe, or at home! However, definitely don’t do work on your bed. It’ll just convince your body to cave in to it’s comfort and next thing you know, you’ll be deep asleep! Some people are also able to study better with music! So decide whether or not playing music will help you focus on your task more, or if it’ll just distract you and make you have your own little music video!

Ignore your electronic devices This is probably one of the biggest reasons why people get distracted while doing work. Whether it be your phone, your laptop, your mp3, your tablet, put that thing away! Put it in the drawer of your table so you won’t see it and get tempted to scroll through your social media apps, or if you really can’t control yourself, put it somewhere out of your reach or even in a different room! Or if you need it there for music or so on, turn off your wifi or put it on airplane mode so you don’t hear that constant ding! (sorry that was a lame attempt) of your notification, begging you to look at it. Obviously, if you have to use your laptop to write an essay or do research, then you cant put that away, so I found an extension for Google Chrome, where it basically blocks the sites that you want it to for however long you want! It’s called StayFocusd so definitely use that if you don’t think you’re able to stop yourself from getting off track.

Take a break Okay, so I know you’re doing your work last minute, but breaks are still necessary. If you continue to do your work nonstop, you will eventually tire yourself mentally and therefore you won’t be able to work effectively. Your breaks don’t have to be long at all! 5 minutes should be enough time, and you can have a light snack like nuts, crackers or pretzels, and definitely drink water to keep yourself awake! An app you can use to time your breaks is Pomodoro! I’m sure most of you know what this is, but for those of you who don’t, it’s basically an app which you can download on your phone and it’s a timer which you can adjust, and you basically just turn the timer on, say for about 30 minutes, and you do as much work as you can and when the timer ends, you get your break! After your break is over, its back to work for another 30 minutes! I definitely think this will help a lot in relaxing you so you don’t stress out as much.

Studying: Highlighting & Notes If you’re studying last minute, don’t read over the whole textbook. Look at your notes and highlight the key points so you don’t spend the whole night reading information which isn’t important. Go over past papers and questions to get an idea of what the exam is going to be like. If it’s easier for you, make flashcards! They’re so much easier to look at compared to just a whole chunk of information, which may be hard for your brain to process especially under stress. Having sticky notes will also help if you jot down a few extra pieces of information on the dot point, to further your understanding.

Essays: Plan Writing essays is one of my absolute worst enemies, I hate it. Something I find which helped me write my essay quicker was to plan what I was going to right beforehand, whether it be just writing it down in dot points, or creating a mind map. Know your points before you start writing. Know what your thesis is going to be for each point and your examples. For your examples, it’s extremely helpful if you have your quotes and annotations ready for you on a separate sheet so you don’t have to look through the whole text to find what you want. Trust me, planning is a major help. It’s much better than writing off the top of your head as you go from scratch and having to sit there and think of a point to write. Also, if it helps, write your body paragraphs before your introduction. This means that you’ll be sure on what your points are and are then able to write a thesis which connects all your points.

SLEEP! Don’t stay up all night trying to study! It has been scientifically proven that sleep helps with your memory and learning. Your brain processes all the information when you sleep so if it doesn’t have enough time to do that, how are you going to remember everything you worked so hard to remember? So get a good night’s rest and you can just study and look over it the next morning.

So overall, just save yourself the stress and don’t do your work last minute! But if you happen to fall under those circumstances, hopefully this lengthy post helped in some way!

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A Little Message…

To all of you who need to hear this…

There will be days when you feel like giving up… There will be days when you feel like nothing you do will ever be enough…

But you’re a fighter. You’ve made it this far, and you can make it further. You may think that people don’t care about you, but I do, and I want to you carry on fighting.

You have a purpose in this world. One which no one else can truly fulfil. The world needs you. You are unique, and talented, and all an all-round amazing person, no matter what you may tell yourself, hear it from me. Hear it from others. We are all here to support you.

So please… carry on fighting, you will make it out of this struggle. You are strong enough.

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Here is a list of study methods which will help you revise and cram, especially for your upcoming GCSEs and A-levels. I have chosen these methods based on the fact many people have not heard of them and are useful for different types of learners that are visual or auditory. 

The Character Method

This is for definition learning, very useful for biology and computing. For this, create blank cards (cut plain card into 8) and pick a definition. Around this, create a character that represents it. For example, cache memory is expensive but very fast so my character was a bank note running (sounds dumb but this really helps). Either below this or on the other side write the definition. Make sure to review your cards and not just make them and leave them.

The Linking Method

Based from Unjaded Jades video. This is best for long processes or events, particularly for History and Chemistry. Write down the sequence of events or process you want to remember in four or more points (6 is best for me). Pick an object, one that you will probably have in the exam like a pencil case and assign each step to a part on the object. So, assign to the zipper of the case to the first step, the top right to another, the bottom to another and so on, going clockwise. This helps you visualize the information and will help you recall it easier.

The Flashcard Box Method

Based from  Thomas Frank’s video. This is good for most subjects. Firstly, make a flash card. These aren’t the long drawn out flashcards. On one side have a question and the other an answer. Try to keep it to a minimum of two sentences for the answer and also use diagrams. Once you have made your cards, take 5 boxes (if you don’t have boxes you can use a folder or slips of paper to hold them). On the first box write “unstudied”, on the second write “1”, on the third write “2”, four “3″ and on five write “retired”. Take your card and test yourself, if right, move along to next box and if not put in previous box or keep in same one if unstudied. Keep repeating this till all your cards are retired. Remember not to do all this in one sitting and repeat daily.

The Song Technique

For the musically gifted ones, write a song about a topic. This is very good for long answer science questions or even Shakespeare quotes. Rhyming is very useful for memorizing but try not to force it. Record yourself and listen to it twice a day and try and rap or sing along. If you can’t sing, poems are also good.

Date and Rhyme

This is very good for history or any other subjects you need to remember dates in. You can usually remember the first two digits so take the last two and rhyme them and link to event. For example 1773 was the Boston Tea Party so take 73 and rhyme like “heavenly tea” which you can easily link to the event. In addition, WW1 was in 1914 so taking 14, you can rhyme with “gore scene”. You can remember that  everywhere you went in the war zone was gory.

Free Vector

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Create an organized tagging system for your blog!

When I reblog tips, advice posts, and helpful resources, I tag them with the name of the subject. I can refer back to that tag on my blog when I need help with a class (and other studyblrs can find helpful posts from your blog too)! Be sure to tag classes you may take in the future too (so thankful I tagged ochem posts now that I’m finally taking the class). Also, don’t forget to tag things like desktop backgrounds or printables too!

Do the 100 Days of Productivity Challenge!

I’ve done this challenge a few times now and it’s so helpful! Make a post each day you are productive with “X/100 days of productivity” and a description of what you did. You don’t have to post every single day (but try to post often). You can include a studyspo picture or just type up a text post. Just tag it with “100 days of productivity” and maybe check out other posts too! The most important thing about this challenge is redefining your definition of productive. Productive can mean getting a million tasks done but it can also mean making it through a stressful day or even taking time to destress.

Get inspired by other people!

Seeing other people’s notes or bullet journal spreads can inspire you to go write out your notes or start a bullet journal (word of advice: don’t let yourself get so distracted by other people’s notes to the point where you’re not actually studying and remember your notes can be pretty just make sure they’re functional too). As well, I find it really motivating when I can follow along with people’s personal stories over time. I follow quite a few gradblrs and medblrs and, as someone who aspires to be in their shoes one day, I learn a lot about the ups and downs of their everyday life – things I would otherwise have no way of knowing! 

Make friends and find a study buddy!

Find someone who is studying the same subject as you and be study buddies! Send each other motivational messages, clarify concepts for each other (teaching someone else is a super good way to study), and share any useful tips for that class! You can do this in pairs or even form a group for your class (this shouldn’t be hard to do for most high school classes and even some uni classes). Also, don’t be afraid to send messages to other studyblrs asking for help. Most people will be happy to help out (I, for one, love when people send me messages asking for advice).

Post a to do list!

I’ve seen this done a couple of ways. Write a to do list in the morning. At the end of the day post your to do list, with all the boxes checked off. You’ll be super motivated to complete all the items if you know you’re going to post a picture at the end of the day. As well, you could post a to do list for the day or week on your blog. Edit the post throughout the day/week and put a line through each item you complete. Ask your followers to send you motivating replies or asks!

I hope this was helpful! Check out my other posts!

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