#IB student

[nenelonomh]

school, extracurriculars and balance

balancing extracurriculars and school activities can be challenging, but with some effective strategies, you can manage both successfully. here are some tips:

☆ create a schedule: use a planner or digital calendar to map out your school assignments, extracurricular activities, and free time. this helps you visualize your commitments and manage your time better.

☆ prioritize tasks: identify which tasks are most important and time-sensitive. focus on completing those first. this can help you stay on top of deadlines and reduce last-minute stress.

☆ set realistic goals: break down larger tasks into smaller, manageable goals. this makes them less overwhelming and easier to tackle.

☆ stay organized: keep your study materials and extracurricular gear organized. knowing where everything is can save you time and reduce stress.

☆ communicate with teachers and coaches: if you’re feeling overwhelmed, talk to your teachers and coaches. they might offer extensions or adjustments to help you manage your workload.

☆ use downtime effectively: make use of short breaks between classes or activities to review notes, read, or complete small tasks. this can help you stay productive without feeling overwhelmed.

☆ practice self-care: ensure you’re getting enough sleep, eating well, and taking time to relax. taking care of your physical and mental health is crucial for maintaining balance.

☆ learn to say no: it’s okay to decline additional responsibilities if you’re already feeling stretched thin. focus on the activities that are most important to you.

☆ seek support: don’t hesitate to ask for help from family, friends, or school counselors. they can provide support and advice on managing your time and stress.

☆ reflect and adjust: regularly review your schedule and commitments. if something isn’t working, be flexible and make adjustments as needed.

balancing school and extracurriculars is all about finding what works best for you and being mindful of your limits. do you have any specific activities you’re trying to balance right now? maybe i can help with some tailored advice,, my ask box and messages are always open!

❤️joanne

[ibchemist]

Sunday, August 27th

Hello everyone! I'm back. I have been pretty much gone because I was in vacation but we are back. Started school two weeks ago and it's kinda crushing me but it's okay because I passed the first and only filter for sec gen of my school's mun. Please wish me good luck! I have nothing to do for tomorrow as I finished all my hw on Friday, but I do want to know if you guys want any type of new content or dynamics <3 Remember that my ask box is always open!

🎧 - do it like that (txt)

📚 - the ib chem textbook

Classes I'm taking in the IBDP

HL Chemistry <333 Biology Global Politics

SL English L Spanish L Math AA

[calverr]

10.09.2023

the first week of IBDP year 1 is over! don't have that much work but it still has to be done. revised chem and did research for physics experiment.

[the-cosmic-yeet]

before doing the ib diploma programme i never got to finish my pens before inevitably losing them. now im going through my precious ballpoints at terrifying speeds.

[bitternerd0]

analyzing this shit like the IB lit and lang student i’ve been trained to be

[violent138]

did u take german as a language

Ja. Ich habe zweimal Deutsch gelernt. I took it for IB (and killed it) and also for fun immigration purposes and I adore the language overall. I have a better foundation in it than I do in English, Arabic, and Urdu.

[girlwgreentea]

is your attention span dead from all the tiktoks

and you need to sit through your class while trying to focus and take notes effectively? here's what you're going to do:

delete the Tiktok app

focus in class as best as you can and stay as engaged with the discussions as possible

go to knowt.com, which basically summarizes videos, slideshows, and texts and creates AI-generated notes

if your teacher has a slideshow that they teach off, download it and put it into Knowt

HANDWRITE the AI-generated notes while reading your textbook to find what sentences or concepts correspond with each line from the Knowt notes (I call this reverse note taking, because you're basically using premade notes and trying to find where they came from in the source material)

find youtube videos teaching the lesson that you are learning, and watch it on 1.5 - 1.75x speed. you can also use Knowt to convert videos into AI notes. i attached my favourite IB biology channels below

identify your weakest points and focus on studying those topics! don't waste your fragile attention on concepts you already know super well

Knowt Teachme Cognito OSC

[ashwithapen]

⚠️ this post is edited and updated regularly! last edited: 5 july 2024

⚠️ note: this blog is the parent blog of the sideblogs @wolfdogmisty and @ourstarsys, so if you're confused as to why this blog would interact with you, check the sideblogs! :)

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ᯓ☆ strawpage!

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hi, my name is ash! here are some things about me...

⤷ 18 | they/star pronouns ⤷ autistic, adhd, hsd, osdd-1b (system sideblog) ⤷ agender, greyromantic, bisexual, & queerplatonic ⤷ intp, aquarius, hufflepuff, 5w4, etc.

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some things i do...

⤷ write! i'm an author :) (prose, poetry, plays...) ⤷ compose music (i use musescore) ⤷ film & edit videos (check out my youtube channel) ⤷ play guitar and write songs

im SUPER into soundtracking & symbolism in music as well as abnormal psychology!!

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recently: i wrote an original soundtrack for a book

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i hope you enjoy :)

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below the cut: tags, WIPs, fandoms & interests, and more!

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ᯓ☆ tags!

#drabbles: shorts

#poetry: poetry

#life writing: life writing

#creative non-fiction: creative non-fiction

#fiction: fiction

#get wipped lmao: anything about my WIPs

#ash writes (as well as any of the above tags): original work

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#ash.txt: for when i have stuff to say

#ash answers: where i answer asks take a wild guess

#don't give me ideas: writing ideas & prompts

#write that down: things to come back to/reference

#oo shiny: stuff i liked a lot

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#composing: i write music scores sometimes

#insane mashups: sometimes i combine songs and create monstrosities and that's okay

#music!!: where i yell about songs/artists i like & other music stuff

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ᯓ☆ WIPs!

heart beats fast; colours and promises

Viva La Ávila

tales, second edition

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ᯓ☆ fandoms & interests!

ranges from obsessed, to involved, to generally liking. listed alphabetically. i will probably post/reblog about mainly the ones in bold as they are my current 'favourite' interests, but anything is free game.

13 reasons why (show, haven't read book)

abnormal psychology (neurodiversity)

avengers + avengers adjacent (mcu, haven't read comics)

avpm, avps, avpsy (musicals)

bo burnham (musician + comedian)

c418 (composer)

circe (book)

cream crew (content creator group)

crywank (musician)

dream smp (livestream series; i don't support dream/dream team)

e7i (musician)

epic (musical)

generation loss (interactive livestream + adjacent media)

good will hunting (movie)

greek mythology

hamilton (musical)

harry potter (fuck jkr)

hazbin hotel (tv show; i don't support the creator)

heartstopper (show, haven't gotten to read the graphic novels yet)

heathers (musical and movie)

heroes of olympus/percy jackson (books, still watching series)

how to train your dragon (movies + show)

how to train your dragon soundtrack

hozier (musician)

jacob collier (musician)

james marriott (musician + streamer)

john powell (film composer)

magnus chase and the gods of asgard (books)

modern baseball (band)

mom jeans. (band)

my hero academia (show, haven't read manga)

nimona (movie, haven't read graphic novel/web-series)

origami angel (band)

rainbow kitten surprise (band)

sherlock (bbc show)

sleepy bois inc. (content creator group; fuck wilbur soot)

song of achilles (book)

soundtracking & symbolism in music

star wars

studio ghibli (movies by the animation company)

the 1975 (band)

the star and the sun (book; still reading)

the oh hellos (band)

toby fox (music, haven't played his games yet)

qsmp (livestreamed minecraft server)

why don't we (band; old fan)

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ᯓ☆ extras!

⤷ as mentioned, i'm the host of an osdd-1b system @ourstarsys ⤷ my co-host, Misty, also has a side blog @wolfdogmisty ⤷ i also own @jesterjac (agere)

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[vacant--alleyways]

the worst part of being in ib year 2 is that on top of all the coursework, IAs, cas, etc., you also have to do college apps.

[eruditelite]

to do list

> humanities - script - item - costume

> mathematics - practice test - mathswatch

> science poster - background info - hypothesis - data analysis - data representation - conclusion

[rabidwordjumbles]

Haiiii just putting this out there, are there any transgender UWC Wales students who’d be willing to have a quick chat with me about their experience with general trans things like medical transitioning and stuff while they were/are at the school? I’m considering it but given the recent UK trans politics I’m not sure lol

[nenelonomh]

hello, loves

good morning! happy weekend!

this morning has gone smoothly so far, but the weather is still sad and rainy. storm and flood warnings were issued yesterday, so my parents are making me stay home.

yesterday my brother and i played in the pouring rain. it was super run and i felt so little and carefree. one of the reasons i hear people say "get out of the rain!" is that it will make you sick, but we wore our swimmers and i had a warm shower afterwards. just because it has the potential to make you sick does not mean that you have to avoid it. you just have to be smart.

it's 6:43am now, and i have been up since 5. i've done a bunch of contextual research for my english ct2a. this term the book i'm focusing on is 'the hate u give' by angie thomas. it's gotta be one of my favourites and it for sure beats 'to kill a mockingbird' (the other option for this term).

since i'm going to be inside for most of the day, i am going to try and smash out my holiday homework and the study that i didn't get finished this week. something that i've been proud of over this school break is my consistency in practising spanish. i am set on participating in homestay at the end of next year, so i'm trying to do everything to help my chances of acceptance.

i hope you all have a wonderful day (and i hope that your weather is happier than mine).

❤️ joanne

(images are from pinterest)

[ibchemist]

Wednesday, October 18th

Hello my lovelies! I've missed you guys so much, and I'm so sorry that I've been gone for more than a month (😦). Being completely honest with you, I have been so full of things and so overwhelmed... nonetheless this last week I had fall vacays and it was amazing, I had a break and I could put order to my brain. Went on a trip with my bf and it was really nice! Nonetheless, school is back on track which means I must keep doing the IB... it's horrible. Rn my average is on 6 but I have had to sacrifice my mental health.

Anyways, kids, don't follow my example.

Something really important I would like to ask is if anyone wants to create a whatsapp gc to motivate each other to study! I really want to give and have support and would love to see you all make part of it.

🎧 - fina (bad bunny)

📚 - Perfume by Patrick S.

[calverr]

the feeling when you finally decide on the topic of your extended essay>>>>>>

[greythehedge]

Tasks I need to finish this weekend

Biology lab report

Chemistry experiment design

Blog post + studyblr updates

Post on the mental health instagram

Optional/Extra work

Reading ahead for psychology

Spanish revision

Maths practice

Practice sight reading and rhythm clapping for my exam this thursday

[spunchthegoblin]

Review of each IB class as an international baccalaureate diploma haver (IB is just AP but more european)

HL English - One of the less stressful classes. I like reading and writing, I remember finishing assignments earlier than expected. I got a 5

Oral exam - Did this in junior year, I did it on V for Vendetta (the movie) and Small Gods by Terry Pratchett because I was smoking fucking crack apparently

Paper - I barely remember this one, I think I did it on Ajax. Easy

Exams - Easy shit. I even had time to draw on the back

HL History - Having a good teacher helped. Not caring about WW1 did not help. I got a 5

Paper - Actual garbage. Worst thing I've ever written. Wrote it in junior year then had to edit it a year later and it was so bad

Exams - More stressful than the english ones, my hand fucking hurt, still had time to draw on the back because I'm the goat

SL Biology - Yayy :3 aminals and cell :3 slime :3 (I got a 5)

Paper - did it on slime mold hehe. Make sure you have your plan together early on in this assignment in case you need to order materials

Exams - If you make up enough things about science you might accidentally stumble into the right answer!

SL Math - I'm one of those sick fucks who like math. If you're a normal person then I'd consider getting a tutor to lessen the stress. I got a 5

Paper - finished this in like 2 days easy

Exam - Literally fuck my entire life

HL Theatre - If you're willing to embarrass yourself, lie, cheat, and steal, then this is an easy HL class. I got a 5

Papers - there's no exam for this class, only papers and recorded performances. The directors notebook was fun (didn't require any acting, I could draw pretty pictures). The research project was ok, make sure that your subject has more than one source describing it (I did mine on Kabuki theater so pretty easy). The group project... I don't want to think about that. The solo project was almost fun I got to writhe on the floor like a worm.

SL Spanish - literal dante's inferno type journey. I got a 4

Oral exam - on GOD don't be autistic

Exams - If I had a gun I'd kill myself

Extended Essay - don't forget to have fun and be yourself :) I got a D. If I could pass with that dogshit essay then SO CAN YOU!!

CAS - If you're bad at lying on IB assignments at this point I don't know how to help you. I actually don't know if they grade this? I'm not checking

CAS project - Make sure to do this completely last minute ok? :3

CAS presentation? - The thing you record all your CAS stuff on. People say that the Service part was the most difficult but that was easy for me since my town has a lot of volunteer opportunities, yours does too if you look hard enough. I had trouble on the Active because I do not go outside.

Ok I think that's everything but just make sure that you get deeply invested into a new video game two weeks before the exam this step is crucial also make sure you get into a college that only accepts 45 of your IB credits even though you got 55 LITERALLY KILL YOURSELF WESTERN WASHINGTON SUCK MY BALLS