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this little freak keeps sneaking into my garden and rubbing himself all over my flowers??Hello?????

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my masterpost | my studygram | ask me anything 

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Other advice posts that may be of interest:

All About Procrastination

How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To

Common Study Mistakes

7 Strategies to Improve Concentration

How to make your notes aesthetic

7 Ways to Power Up Your Notetaking 

Keep reading

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Trying to find a little clarity before the workday starts

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don’t ever let anyone make you feel ashamed for not going down a conventional path (e.g. not finishing college or starting college later in life, doing an internship in your late 20s, not having a "career” by a certain age). all of this is arbitrary. do not create a life that aims to satisfy everyone but yourself. you worked hard as fuck to get to where you are. don’t you dare let others including yourself diminish those efforts. you do not deserve that. especially if you did it all while battling mental illness. 

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THERE IS A FONT THAT IS DESIGNED TO MAKE U REMEMBER EVERYTHING

I don’t usually share a whole lot but THIS IS INCREDIBLE 

http://sansforgetica.rmit/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Sans_Forgetica&utm_content=Launch_Video

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Review the Electron Transport Chain - click to see the other cards in this series!

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Review the kinetics of hexokinase and glucokinase! 

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Review Glycolysis with this flashcard from our Biochemistry Course! 

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26 Reminders for Going to School Like a Badass

1. Your attitude dictates your experience, so start finding things to get psyched about.

2. Stock up on healthy snacks in your house!!! You’ll be glad you did when the study-munchies roll around (and they always do).

3. Invest in a good planner. Especially if you take part in multiple extra-curriculars, I can’t stress how helpful it is having a place to check back on deadlines and big events.

4. Write down all your teachers’ names and emails as soon as you get them, so you’re not searching for them when you’re absent.

5. No one is having as much fun as their snapchat story makes it seem.

6. Don’t believe what your peers tell you about tests they take before you, study how much YOU need to.

7. Be nice to your math teacher. Partial credit on math problems might save your grade.

8. Don’t throw out syllabuses/first day handouts!!!! Theres a good chance they have information on the late policy and a gazillion other helpful things.

9. In fact, try to hold on to as many papers as you can for when finals inevitably attack.

10. No one knows you wore those jeans yesterday.

11. Be conscious of how you smell. Don’t be B.O. kid, but also try not to suffocate your lab partner with the scent of artificial fruit/flowers.

12. That cookie in the cafeteria is probably not worth 95 cents. Pack snacks from home to resist overpriced school treats.

13. If you’re carrying around a travel mug of coffee, people will usually leave you alone. 

14. Don’t spend more time planning your study schedule than actually studying. Just get your books out and do it.

15. Never underestimate the amount of motivation you can get from watching Legally Blonde (movie or musical). 

16. Try to attend at least one school sporting event per season, even if thats not really your scene. Some teachers even offer extra credit for going to big games!

17. Don’t be that kid that asks the teacher when you’re getting your tests back. They have like a gazillion to grade. You’ll get them when they’re done.

18. Have a pump-up playlist for the ride to school and the walk to your first class. Nothing feels more badass than walking through crowded hallways while listening to Halsey’s “New Americana”.

19. Set up a back-up study zone for when you need a change of pace.

20. Don’t put off creative projects because you think they’ll be less time consuming. There’s nothing worse than glitter gluing a scale model of the U.S. Senate at 3 AM because you thought it would be quick and easy.

21. That extra 10 minutes of sleep is not worth the risk of oversleeping completely. Get up, splash your face with some cold water, and get this show on the road.

22. Find a school inspiration, whether it be a really hardworking friend or a studyblr you follow. Check their progress whenever you need motivation.

23. If someone only ever talks to you when they need to copy the homework, they’re using. Don’t indulge them.

24. Doing your own work is so SO important. Plagiarism can destroy careers.

25. Creative outlets can be so refreshing, like a diary, a private tumblr, a sketchbook, whatever floats your boat.

26. When all else fails, remember how lucky you are to be getting an education. School isn’t a punishment, its an opportunity for you to create a kick-ass foundation for the rest of your life. 

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2020 Academia Aesthetic 📚✏️💭

Deadlines met. Positive energy. Goodnight sleeps. Mental health together. Making connections. Coffee because you want it, not because you need it. Studying but not over studying. Good grades. Easy sailing. Building healthy relationships. Staying on top of things. Falling but getting back on track. Never giving up. Keeping your head up.

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I passed!

I took the final exam for biochem and I passed! I got a B as a final grade (: I'm so happy <3

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Hello there tumblerinos and tumblerinas - an update

It is once again the end of the semester. If you read my studyblr for over six months (thanks so much, btw!) you might remember I was taking these classes:

Cellular biology

Nutrition focused genetics

Nutrition focused parasitology

Food microbiology

Animal biochemistry

Nutrition in Public Health

Intro to Economy I

And I am very happy to share I have passed all of them except biochem! 

Here in Brazil, unis use a grading system from 0,0 to 1,0. There are some differences in specifics for equivalence to the letter grading scale, but I find this one to be quite fair:

At my uni, you get a final grade - usually the average between two to five grades you get from tests, papers and seminars throughout the semester. If this final grade is from 4,0 to 6,9, you can take a final test, which will then be added to your original final grade and divided by two. For you to pass, it has to result in 50 or more points.

In my Biochemistry class, I got 6,4 (B-) as a final grade. That means I have to get 39 minimum in order to pass that subject.

I feel confident that I am going to pass it because I am studying a lot, I know the subject fairly well and I am very motivated. 

My grades this semester were:

Cellular biology: B- (but over 7,0)

Nutrition focused genetics: B- (but over 7,0)

Nutrition focused parasitology: B- (but over 7,0)

Food microbiology: A-

Animal biochemistry: B- (below 7,0, got to take the final)

Nutrition in Public Health A

Intro to Economy I: A-

I am so happy about this because, as you know, I am 29yo. I currently work two jobs but up to October, I was working three different jobs. I had the most horrible time in October, I closed a shop by myself, broke up a long-term friendship that was draining me (which was SO hard to do), and it was right around the time midterms were happening. These are the main reasons why I got a B- in biochem, it literally gave me zero time to study. It was the lowest grade in my class on my first test. I was so sad and disappointed that I promised I was going to do everything possible to save the semester, and I did! At the time I was sure I was going to fail this subject, and now I have such a great chance to pass. I'm very proud of myself!

I like sharing my hardships at uni with Tumblr because I feel like we should do this more. Everyone struggles at some point, some subject, some rough patch in life, and it's normal. Maybe reading and seeing more people talk about it we won't feel so alone when we go through these moments, because we all will, necessarily.

I understand the impulse to share good news and achievements and to keep failures and struggles to ourselves, but it can very well manufacture this feeling that everyone else is doing great but us. It may be hard to constantly remember that the internet has people's lives tailored to be paraded around and that everyone has problems.

As usual, I hope everyone is doing well, and if you are not, remember it will get better.

Wishing you all a great end of the year,

X.

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For a few years (really) I have been looking for The Perfect Coffee Mug, which meant:

a nice color

a nice size

DAT perfect curve ~ 

and hopefully some imperfection that would make it unique <3

and I've finally found it at Daiso <3

I'm ready to finish this semester. More news on my next post!

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From the bottom of my heart I hope 2020 is a better mental health year for everyone

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My midterms were awful. I got low grades even in the subjects I thought I would do well. I have to study a lot more, but I believe I will have more time to do it now - I was working three jobs, now I am working only two.

This is a short clip of me walking out of one of the buildings from uni.

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It can be both