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Study methods, (sorted and organised af)

We all find ourselves in a pinch when studying for a particular subject, or some concepts or just studying in general. And then we play the blame game - I’m stupid, I suck at studying, I dumb, yadda yadda yadda.

But sometimes, the fault isn’t ours. Our study skills are largely influenced by external factors that have nothing to do with our brain (because well all humans have the same brain to begin with, yeah? It’s just some know how to use that thing, and some are still learning how to). So here’s so ways that might help you make the most of all sorts of things that are thrown your way:

1. Teachers

Teachers influence our academics deeply and therefore it is important to know how to adjust our methods according to the types of teachers that teach us!

“The best teacher ever”

You love them, and are generally doing well in their class.

They know how to balance the amount of speech and writing part in class just perfectly and their explanations are heavenly.

For their subjects, practice papers are the best because they’ll help you lock all the info in your mind for eternities.

Solve as many tests as you can find, and get all your doubts solved by them at the end and I promise you will never have difficulty with that particular chapter again!

“The I’m-gonna-fill-the-board-with-my-marker teacher”

Doesn’t even bother speaking, just enters the class and starts writing up stuff in the board.

Class is generally noisy because their backs are turned towards you 90% of the time.

Just copy down everything form the board. Don’t leave out a single word.

Review whatever you’ve written once you get home and find out what is it that you don’t understand.

You’re lucky if they teach you math /physics /numericals based topics, because you have an entire guide on how to solve each type of sum with steps and formulas!

Once you’ve marked your doubts, take them to the teacher, or to any other teacher who teaches the same topics and get it cleared. Pretty sure you’ll rock their subject!

“The speaker”

Babbles on and on all the time, doesn’t know that the board exists.

Won’t even breathe in between the doesn’t care if nobody is listening - they’ll finish their part at all costs.

Try recording their lectures, you don’t necessarily have to take notes in class.

Once you get home, play the entire lecture and take notes now - you’re most likely to cover all important points.

If there’s something you don’t understand /think you missed, get your doubts solved by them or maybe online. This way you can do some time pass in class while not missing out at the same time!

“The quiz master”

Asks hella lot of questions, engages the class as much as possible.

Best thing to do in their class is to sit in front (it won’t make you a loser really) and listen to their questions carefully, note them down and participate.

Participating will get you noticed and also help build your confidence - and you get to impress the teacher so it’s a win win!

Prepare some questions for them in advance and keep asking, this will create a sense of ‘I’m a good student’ kinda thing in you (trust me I feel like a heavenly potato) and get your queries solved!

2. Subjects

There are subjects that you’re so good at you could practically teach them, and then there’s math (no offence, math lovers). And physics. And chemistry. And everything that you don’t know.

Problem solving subjects

Math and physics can be a real pain, but referring to solved examples in your textbook, or your teacher’s solutions makes then 37363x easier.

A list of formulas is a must, I prefer sorting my formulas chapter wise in sticky notes but you can totally make a 'formula + solving methods cheatsheet’ to help for finals!

Practice problems are life savers!! Keep solving until you’re pretty sure you’ll crack these types of questions.

Mostly there is a certain way of solving certain problems, figure out that common way for a bunch of problems and nite the method down. All you need to do during the exam is figure out what type of problem you are dealing with and how to solve it will be known to you automatically!

Find a good teacher - maybe a school teacher, a tutor, a classmate or maybe your dad who happens to be a math expert. You need one person to guide you through the “numerical labyrinth”. There are many awesome people on the Internet (studyblrs I’m looking at y'all) who can help.

“Theory based subjects”

History and essay writing type of subjects can be difficult to tackle, since there’s no logic you need to apply here - they only test your memory half the time.

Bullet points are so helpful when taking notes for such subjects idk I just fall in love with words that are bullet pointed.

Aesthetic note making, embellishments and all that jazz totally works here because the more time you spend with the information, the better you remember it and are able to retain it.

Try recording the lectures and playing them in your free time (as podcasts and all), maybe when cleaning your room or making yourself breakfast or doing mundane chores.

I once slept with my earphones on and was playing 'the French revolution’ and the next day I topped our test on that topic. Now this may not be a legit tip but hey - you’re sleeping. Come on.

“Diagram and sciency subjects”

Most of us consider biology to be our favourite, but fail to do well in it sometimes. This is because we’re studying the whole thing wrongly.

Biology can be a very visual subject so all you artists bring out your creativity!

Imagining the structures of your body, an animal’s body, plant’s body, cell’s body heck any body will help you clarify the concepts in your mind.

Try breaking up large words to understand what they mean. I began learning Latin (and abandoned the effort) to grasp the biological terms better and it helps! Your language is strong - your biology is strong.

Aesthetic notes all the way down!

Chemistry can be made pretty looking with colourful reactions on paper, and there’s always mnemonics to make it fun.

I always try to form mnemonics which reference my favourite songs/dialogue /fandom stuff to spice stuff up. For example, to remember the preference order of functional groups during nomenclature I came up with “PS Sam Winchester Loves Eileen And they go on A date Next friday” (hey spn peeps how’s this?). Write down the first initial of every word you need to remember and come up with combinations, you’ll love it!

“Easy af subjects”

Personality Development and Social Science were these type of subjects for me.

All I did was read through the textbook the night before exams and I’d get a pretty good score.

Tree diagrams and tables often help with these.

Explaining the stuff to someone does the job too!

“Languages”

Three things - Duolingo /memrise /any app, flashcards, YouTube.

Your textbook is likely to have lots of practice activities, solve each one of them.

YouTube will help you with the pronouncing part - check out songs in your target language to improve!

Grammar is important, so you understand your grammar in the beginning and your base is strong.

Come up with terms in your head in your target language, although they’re wrong - there will be a point where you’ll be thinking in that language as a habit.

Don’t be afraid to mispronounce, vomit words as much as possible.

If you don’t have a vocabulary book, make one right away!

Langblrs are so amazing don’t let that resource slip out of your hands!

3. Random tips

Change of environment usually motivate you so keep changing your study space from time to time.

Ana Mascara, study with jess, @studyquill @revisign @tbhstudying @studywithinspo have some fabulous YouTube channels and they make 'study with me’ vids too which are just too motivating so check them out!

Khanacademy, CrashCourse, ASAP science are there to clear your doubts - use the resources!

Keep two notebooks - one for class which has messy notes and scribbles and another for home with the neat and aesthetic ish.

Keep track of your portion and note your syllabus.

Highly recommended - study journal. Want me make a long ass post about it? Lemme know!

Playing teacher is a promised way to engrave the info in your mind. So go teach your friends or mom or dog or teddy! Teach me if you want to!

Make sure you have a no study day at least once 2 weeks? Because it’s important. We don’t want to get burned out!

Ted talks can be motivating!

Writing mock exams is so helpful you should totally do it!

Sleep is more important than you think it is, so sleep. Go dream the hell out!

That’s all for now folks, hope this helps a bit! My inbox is always open if you guys have any questions!

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get to know me!

age? 18 :)

birthday? 20/11

name? clara

why your username? has the same meaning that my name but is in euskera!

where are you from? catalonia, spain!

how many languages do you speak? three. catalan, spanish and english.

pronouns? she/her. ella.

sexuality? bisexual chaos.

city or town? small village. a rural one haha.

career? social and cultural anthropology.

what do you want to do? forensic anthropologist and a writer.

why? I want to give people who still have families in unidentified gutters, the assurance that they can bury them under a name and flowers.

fav time to study? morning in the uni library.

coffee or tea? as a spaniard, coffee gives me the best conversations.

going out or staying in the house? i love a good party (i love purpurina) but i enjoy a lot more blanket and a comedy show.

hogwarts house? slytherin

fav harry potter ship? bLINNY

fav song? eternal flame by the bangles

fav taylor swift song? tied together with a smile

fav taylor swift album? folklore (the lakes while always hold a special place in my heart)

fav book? idk but right now im reading "The invisible guardian" from Dolores Redondo.

series? i love grey's, bones, gilmore girls, ouat, the Bridgeton and maybe all the reality shows on tv (im really into "La isla de las tentaciones").

interests? star trek, dinosaurs, taylor swift, rom-com from the 2000s, books, russian authors, classics, thrillers, period dramas, long spotifty list, fanfiction, sleeping, dark academia, romantic academia cottages and hikking.

ily <3

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i love wizards bc they fucking lie all the time. gandalf was like “a wizard is never late he arrives precisely when he means to” lying ass. he was late as fuck. wizards will just say whatever. it doesn’t even matter when you have a big ass hat

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you are your home. take care of yourself.

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the hometown urge to point everybody who has cheated on someone and their are still toghether AND explain all the gossip.

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some bitches are still completely defined by their hogwarts house. i’m bitches.

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Caffeine bursts. oversized sweaters for comfort. Mindlessly writing down solutions on an inked parchment. Ambition conquering your thoughts. Working for victory. Illegible handwriting, illegible thoughts. noticing the string of profanities you utter, questioning everything that is and everything that is not. Fingers marked black with ink, pages marked deep wood with coffee. Reddened lips from the constant biting. Desire to win. Desire to prove yourself. Liking the hard toil which will be followed by the sweet success. Doing it for yourself.

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ravenclaws when they sit down to study 2021

highlighters, ballpoint pens, sticky notes, notebook, notebook to rewrite notes, and textbook is out on the table

mere minutes ago they decided, and i quote, “lol frick school get rekt i can marry rich” but the independent killjoy in them won so here we are now

music is playing in the background

we have our coffee in one corner and lets go✨✨

they really try to make studying look pretty

“oh wow, mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell”

they use word association to find the answer

“alright so cell membrane, mem-brain, brain controls, controls the passage of materials in and out of the cell bOOM” [ drops notes ] “okay now 1 down, 10 more”

they spot ONE WORD in a textbook and get distracted

“‘...it is vital for cell division’ must be that motisis thing anyway— huh. im not even sure thats the right word..morisis? nono its has a t in it im sure”

[ searches up motisis cell division ] “OH MITOSIS— did we learn that?”

because to be honest they werent even paying attention to the session

too busy maladaptive daydreaming

they survive off of the powerpoints their teachers upload after class

[ tries to recall what the teacher said while we pretended that our fictional significant other gives an angry love confession ]

oh god.

hey dude r up??? did miss discuss about mitosis

its literally 11 pm right now

what r u talking about its not that late

she didnt discuss that

...

are u sure

yes.

r u mad at me?

seen at 11:11 pm

crumpled sticky notes lie in one corner, coffee is chugged, essential oil is practically shoved up their nostril, and is that mario party music playing in the background?

one page in their notebook is just full of sticky notes

but dont worry, they’ll rewrite it anyway on their prettier notebook

if they mess up the rewrite AHAHA NO PROBLEM [ rips out the page and starts again ]

back is hunched over as they highlight nearly everything on their printed learning guide

“b-but EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT????”

the printer is the loudest thing in the world at 12:38 am in the morning

they HAVE to make sure they covered everything

okay lets cut the cameras for a sec okay. do they really need to study this hard? no. ravenclaws are some of the most intelligent people ive ever met, when you give them information it sticks to their brain. the thing is, they have absolutely no faith in themselves. and im pretty sure most of them have impostor syndrome so they feel the need to constantly prove that they are worthy and hard-working. okay that got kind of dark.

back to our regularly scheduled programming

“finally, im done with the phases of mitosis. now lets go back to the basic parts of the cell.”

“ooooooo i love the colors in this illustration” [ prints it out ]

the photo comes out in black and white

that is their breaking point.

shallow breathing and ripping scratch paper as a stress reliever

and what is that? OH NO NOT THE WAVE OF DEPRESSION COMING IN

okay its all good now. i just watched an snl compilation and aggressively wrote down my thoughts

after choosing a nice color scheme and rewriting the notes with foldable tabs they finally went to bed at 1:56 am

they take the test the next day, only to discover that mitosis was NOT in fact part of the lesson

oh. well then. the more you learn. [ screams internally ]

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sacred romantic moments

“ don't go. stay. “

“ but you're here, so stay. “

“ i don't want to be alone tonight. “

“ just come over. “

“ let's be alone together. “

“ i didn't know where else to go. “

“ i don't want us to be apart anymore. ever. “

“ i wouldn't have called you if it wasn't important. “

“ you can talk to me about anything. you know that, right? “

“ just... be honest with me, do you hate me? “

“ i could never hate you. not really. “

“ you're my friend, but... sometimes i wish you were more than that. “

“ we're not just friends. you know that. “

“ i think i'm falling in love with you. “

“ can i hold your hand? “

“ yeah, you're in love with me. “

“ just hold me. “

“ things would be so much easier if we were honest with each other. “

“ why can't you be honest with me? with yourself? “

“ maybe you could stay? just for tonight? “

“ it’s dark outside, and it’s raining. my arms are much safer. “

“ you can't keep doing this. you can't keep lying to yourself. “

“ i can't keep lying to myself, or to you. it's not fair on either of us. “

“ i think you should kiss me. “

“ kiss me like you mean it. “

“ just kiss me. “

“ you shouldn't kiss me right now. “

“ look me in the eyes and tell me you love me. “

“ you can't lie to me, you know. “

“ you know me better than anyone. you always have. “

“ you're pretty amazing. you know that, right? “

“ you're just... you're extraordinary. “

“ you're good to me, you know. really good. “

“ you've made me the happiest i've ever been. “

“ i don't know what i would have done if you weren't here. “

“ our love can conquer anything. “

“ and for many generations to come, our love story will live on. “

“ i want you to marry me. “

“ if you asked me to marry you tomorrow, i'd say yes. “ “ what about today? “

“ marry me, name. marry me and make me the luckiest [x] in the world. “

“ your kiss could mend a broken heart. “

“ are you going to kiss me again, or do i have to do it myself? “

“ i could cry, that's how much i love you. “

“ you're worthy of my love. “

“ truth is that i'm so damn in love with you that i don't know what to do with myself. “

“ maybe tonight, it's you and me. “

“ i don't know what the future holds. all i know is that i hope you're in it. “

“ could you promise me one thing? “

“ promise me that we'll be together, no matter what. “

“ it's you and me, forever. no matter what. “

“ i didn't want to tell you until i was sure, but... i'm pregnant. “

“ we're going to be family! “

“ this baby, it's the best thing that could ever have happened to us. “

“ i can't believe this, we're going to be parents! “

“ dance with me? “

“ may i have this dance? “

“ you're my whole world, you know. “

“ don't speak, just... kiss me. “

“ you have no idea how long i've been wanting to that. “

“ i've been wanting to tell you for so long... “

“ so... is this like, a thing now? “

“ i always miss you, even when you're next to me. “

” i miss you. i miss you so much it hurts. ”

” i don’t want you to miss me. it’s tearing me apart. ”

“ you make me happier. “

“ i love waking up next to you. “

“ my favorite thing is falling asleep next to you. “

“ come cuddle with me. “

“ this is torture, isn't it? “ “ not in the slightest. “

“ do you love me? “

“ could this be something more? “

“ move in with me. “

“ do you think we should move in together? you spend all your time here anyway. “

“ are you serious? i've had a crush on you for as long as i can remember. “

“ i know you're in love with me. “

“ you're really cute, you know. “

“ you're so damn attractive. you know that right? “

“ if anybody were to kiss me, i would want that person to be you. “

“ and right now, i think you should kiss me. “

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“Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.”

— Unknown

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“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds.”

— Anaïs Nin

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ⓘ Tumblr is the place for romantics who panic about love…

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It's always 'wyd' and never come watch the moon with me

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― Andrei Tarkovsky, from Sculpting in Time

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(Chen Chen, Chapter VIII / Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray / Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger / Holly Black, The Cruel Prince / Anne Carson, Glass, Irony and God / Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest)

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“My life is a struggle between my need for acceptance, my fear of rejection, and a desire to not care at all.”

— Unkown