#does this count as a langblr post lol

[mayra-quijotescx]

kicking my feet rolling around squealing gleefully bc l'insegnante mi ha detto che posso passare a A2

la maggior parte del credito va a sayitaliano ed altre persone che hanno condiviso tante informazioni per noi che facciamo lo self-study ma eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[kanojo-ga-suki-moved]

@meztliel tagged me in something! A really long while ago, I believe! I’m a really slow person! Thanks a lot though like, really! I don’t really get tagged in anything much nowadays haha

nickname: Have you ever gone to a friend’s house and everyone in their family just calls you “Schnitzel”? It’s weird as fuck, I tell you. To be honest I don’t like going by many names, it gets confusing when some call you by your first, some by your second, and some by your nickname,,,,

Sign Leo

height: 5′5, I believe? Last time I checked, I was at least 1,65cm - not all that small, not all that tall

time right now: i mean to post this at 8 but now it’s 18 so ehhhhhh

last thing googled: idek

favorite music lately: I don’t really know my way around music tbh,, I just come to listen to whatever I discover somehow because I just am lame like that,,,,,

song stuck in your head: I still haven’t found words yet to describe how I feel about the German DBZ soundtrack but I love it’s sorta ‘early deutsche 2000er’ feel that got stuck in my head

last movie watched: I have literally no clue what the last movie I watched was. I really don’t know.

last TV show watched: I spent a while ago with a friend of mine and her cute sister, watching Hetalia, does that count?

what are you wearing right now: a fancy feeling blouse which isn’t really fancy at all~

when did you create your blog: probably like, 2 years ago? I think?? My memory is garbage but I think I’m right?  

what kind of stuff do you post: I post whatever stuff I like, I guess. Lately I’ve been getting more into Final Fantasy and Dragonball again but I really just reblog whichever posts I find that I like I suppose. Many Langblrs I follow have been a bit inactive lately, so that’s why I haven’t been posting much language stuff

do you have any other blogs: I do manage the blog for my hometown - The very inactive blog for my hometown,,,,

do you get asks regularly: It’s been like months, I’m sure, since I’ve last gotten an ask. I mean I can’t blame people, why’d anyone talk to me in particular about stuff 

why did you choose your URL: Bluemages are cool! I mean they’re one of my favorite job classes in FF games, and why wouldn’t they be? They can learn cool skills from enemies, that’s so cool!

favourite colours: I like light pastel colors! If I had to pick one, then I guess it’d may be green or blue! Or purple! Or orange or red! Or just any color, I still can’t decide

average hours of sleep: About 5 to 7, I suppose? My alarm rings at 5AM, at weekends I usually wake up early as well

lucky number: n o n e ?

hogwarts house: who even c a r e s

pokemon team: n o n e

how many blankets do you sleep with: 1

dream job: uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

following: 90?? something like that??? idk lol

tag 20: I’m not really sure whom to tag, sorry,,

[optomstudies]

Hello! It’s #optomstudies here again with another Sunday Study Tip on university life! This will be a multi-part series that hopefully will give a unique insight, since I can go on and on about university, and I love giving advice and helping others :)

PART 0: CHOOSING A DEGREE

Here I’ve put together a list of 20 things that you might not be told outright when choosing your university degree. @exeron

General Starting Tips During High School

It doesn’t matter what subjects you do in senior year, so don’t worry about bonus points, as long as you get a high enough ATAR so that you can keep your options open. Play to your strengths.

But! On the other hand, don’t take history and visual arts for your HSC and expect to be at the same level as your peers when you take a B Science (Advanced Mathematics) degree. You need that calculus knowledge. (Most of the time this isn’t a problem, because most people will choose a degree that aligns with their interests in high school). Again, play to your strengths.

Keep on top of your extra-curricular activities in case you need to go for an interview like with medicine.

Some degrees like optometry, medicine, law, etc. require additional exams like UMAT, so find out early, pay for the tests and mark it down on your calendar so that you don’t forget.

Up to you whether you want to pay extra for coaching, but anecdotally, I didn’t do any coaching and did fine. I had many friends who did coaching and ended up doing poorly. 

Choose a good university. Promise it actually counts at the end of the day. There are cases of people getting employed with low credit averages at big companies because they go to a good university.

Decide What Kind of Career You Want

Most importantly, it’s best if you pick your degree based on the job you want upon graduation. What you study at uni is just a means to an end. It’s a business decision that you are making - trading a few years to get a better career and better income at the end of the day.

Consider practical aspects of the job you want. For example, some of the things that I like about optometry is the fact that you aren’t sitting down the whole day, it’s a job that’s great for locum-ing and part-time work if I have kids in the future, and it makes for a good conversation starter when people ask you about optometric myths (no, looking at green grass does not help your eyes, nor do eating carrots, and having a nightlight doesn’t make you more short-sighted). These are all things that aren’t written down on a piece of paper somewhere, but are things that you can figure out by thinking about the everyday facets of the job itself.

Figure out your career values. These are things that you don’t want to compromise on due to personal integrity, as opposed to areas of interest. Some examples are:

Autonomy and independence

Achievement and advancement prospects

Creativity

Security

Altruism

Prestige, status and respect

Risk-taking and excitement

Material benefits a.k.a. $$$

Power

Team membership

Variety

Learning

Structure and organisation

Problem Solving

Leadership

Work-Life Balance

Don’t “follow your passion”, just “get good”. A lot of people also tell you that you should “follow your passion”, but most of the time you have limited experience concerning the types of occupations in the world, and most of the time there isn’t anything that you’ve developed a strong passion for. You might have a bunch of interests like me; when I was in high school, I enjoyed every single subject, because I just enjoyed learning in general, so the only thing I could think of was literally to become a full time uni student. This video really sums everything up quite well, so I’ll quote from it.

When you work hard at something you become good at it. When you become good at something you enjoy doing it more.  When you enjoy doing something, there is a good chance you will become passionate about it.

Start By Choosing a Good University and Faculty

Choose a Commonwealth-supported university. Don’t saddle yourself with excess debt from a private university unless your grades were so bad that you needed to pay money for a university degree. If you have the choice, don’t opt for these.

Go to open days! I seriously think I wouldn’t have chosen optometry if I didn’t go to the UNSW Open Day. The guy was just really persuasive about the benefits of the career.

Ask graduates! If you’ve got a retail job and have the opportunity to chat with people about their jobs, see what they like about their job and how they got there.

Opt to specialise. For example, if you are aiming to be a financial data scientist, then go for a B Economics and major in econometrics. Sounds simple, but people always argue about choosing a general degree like Commerce so that you have a broader choice and keep your doors open. This is only good if you don’t have an end goal in sight. Specialising shows employers that you have direction and are driven.

However, if you have absolutely no idea what you want to study then at least choose a faculty that you find palatable, try and do your research, or take some core courses that allow you to discern your major. If all else fails, just get the UAC book of degrees and cross out what you don’t want to do LOL

After Starting the Degree

If you start a degree and you find the first semester or two isn’t what you were imagining, unfortunately that’s what happens to a lot of people. Uni isn’t a vocational school that jumps straight into the professional skills. So if you want to be a pediatrician who nurses cute children to health at the end of the day, sorry but you’ll have to start with basic sciences. I’ve seen a lot of people jump ship just cause they didn’t like the first few courses.

Go for Honours if your degree has the option. Just looks a lot better in the eyes of an employer that you’ve tried challenging yourself with a research honours project. A 1 year trade off in studying is worth it.

Don’t worry about the length of the degree. Three years will be over before you know it, trust me! And honestly, university is actually a really great time period. Many of my older cousins reflect on it and say that in a way, it was some of the best times of their lives, because you don’t have the responsibility of the household bills and full time work just yet.

Don’t be afraid to change your degree after the first year. Some microeconomics - it’s a sunk cost.

Don’t think: “Oh I’ve already spent this much time studying this degree, it will be a waste if I change degrees”. Think: “if I spend any more time in this degree that I don’t actually want to study, then I’ll be wasting my future”. 

You aren’t “wasting” your ATAR by choosing a degree that has a much lower cut-off point. For example, if you wanted to shape the future of children by becoming a teacher, you aren’t “wasting” your 98 ATAR by going into teaching, even if the cut-off is 81.

Don’t let other people influence your options. Look, if you’re going to change your uni choice just because someone you don’t like is going there… you’ll barely see anyone except for the people in the same degree as you after 1st year is over. Likewise, parents give advice, they don’tshouldn’t mandate life choices like what you study. 

Good luck with your university applications. Hope you all get into the degree that you’re hoping for! Hit me up if you have any questions :) 

MY STUDY TIPS

Please see my #optomstudies tag or my study tips directory (web only) for the full list of study tips + see my langblr posts + stationery + bujo spreads! ^_^

UNIVERSITY STUDY TIPS SERIES

Part 0 Choosing a Degree - what’s right for you? popular!!

> Things to Consider Before Switching Degrees!

> Changing Degrees

Part 1 Administration - choosing majors, available services, choosing class times etc.

Part 2 Getting to Class - pros and cons of attending class, when you should choose not to attend, advice about choosing a backpack and other essential equipment.

> Laptop Considerations and Recommendations

Part 3 Studying - differences between high school and uni, basic tips on how to keep on track, class types like lectures, tutorials, etc.

Part 4 Extra-Curriculars - what clubs to join, what to do outside class, and other great things to discover around campus.

Part 5 Exams - everything to know about examiners, how to prepare, what happens during the whole examination process.

Part 6 Social Life - differences between high school and university, some hard learnt lessons, etc.

Part 7 Part Time Work

Part 8 Four Secrets The Uni Tells You

Part 9 Best Study Spots On Campus

Part 10 Saving Money 1 - Food, Transport, Entertainment

Part 10 Saving Money 2 - Textbooks, Tax, Scholarships

Part 11 Adapting to Uni Study - 3 big differences from studying in high school popular!!

Part 12 How to Study From Textbooks in Uni

Part 13 Dealing with Lazy Group Members popular!!

Transitioning from High School to University popular!!

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Study Spaces Masterpost

Studying and your Visual System

Catching Up with Your Studies  popular!!

Sleeping and Waking Up Early  popular!!

My 2017 Planner and Bullet Journal  popular!!

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i just realized i never really did an “introduction post” so here we go!!

my name is Savanna (사바나, Vanna, and some people even call me Sam) and im 19.

school: im almost done with my sophomore year of college and in the summer 2019 ill be graduating with my associates in Foreign Languages. then ill be transfering to a 4 year school, but i wont be staying. im going to take the classes need to get a certificate to Teach English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). after recieving that i will hopefully join the Teach and Learn in Korea (TaLK) program and be a paid afterschool english teacher for a year! (im going to make another post explaining the various teaching-english-programs in korea) my plan is to see if i really like teaching english and then want to get a completed bachelors in that, or if its not for me i will go the more interpreter/translator route

languages: so i have been studying korean for almost four years now, but i dont really count the first two because it was very lazy and i didnt make much progress. ive been told that i am conversational, but im not very good at forming my own sentences and listening yet (if you are korean or are really good at speaking korean and want to be language exchange partners please message me :)). that said i am very good at reading and writing. ive also studied russian and arabic for a semester, so i can read and write in both, but i really dont like gendered languages so i dropped both of them and havent continued my studies. ive also had the typical three years of spanish that most american kids have to take in highschool

hobbies/fun stuff: i absolutely love watching movies. i will watch the most simple kids movie and break it apart and look at the major themes and their use of colours and symbolism and the like. i love movies. also tv shows, though recently i havent been in much of a tv show mood (besides the comedies like the office, b99, parks and rec, and community. i can always watch those). i absolute love avatar the last airbender so please talk to me about that. im a big fan of BTS (thinking of doing a different post on them too lol). i like a lot of animes and will always take recommendations, love books but i havent had much time to read bc of school. but the books i absolutely love are percy jackson, harry potter, i am number four, the legend trilogy, any markus zusak book, and generally most YA fiction novels. the youtubers i love are jenna marbles and julien solomita, dan and phil, danny gonzales, and ryan trahan. i like others but these are the ones i watch all the time. i think the only other thing i do is draw and other art type things and am obsessed with tattoos. OH i am also a part of a show choir and love singing and learned like dancing. our show choir does more of like modern songs (like we do Mic Drop by BTS, For the 2000s mashup by Todrick Hall, and Africa by Toto)

personal: thought id lightly cover this because i am effected by them daily and may mention them in later posts. so i do have moderate social anxiety but that is much more under control that a couple years ago. i also have moderate depression which is so annoying because when it really hits i just have no motivation and i hate it. i wouldnt be surprised if i also have ADD but idk i havent ever gotten that like “diagnosed” i guess. ALRIGHT ENOUGH PERSONAL BLAH

why i made a langblr: so basically i need more motivation and exposure to korean because im getting bored with the school material and i dont feel like im making any progress. im not really sure what ill post here but im just gonna give it a try. also this account is much calmer than my main so its a nice break

wow this is hella long im impressed if you read all of that. but yeah thats me!! feel free to message me at any time i love to chat