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lilypixels · 3 years ago

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...............all of them.....?

It took me an hr to do this....🥲💀

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

Teacupsss

2. chocolate bars or lollipops?

Lollipops

3. bubblegum or cotton candy?

Uhhh cotton candy

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you?

Probably quiet and smart lol I did my school work and was friendly with everyone so I was a favorite and heard all the nice things 🙈

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

I kinda like bottles more but like the glass ones with the caps that could slice your fingers-

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

I’m for all but sports lol

7. earbuds or headphones?

Earbuds

8. movies or tv shows?

Shows cause I’m the type to watch an hr long episode vs hr long movie idk why but I’m rarely in mood for them

12. name of your favorite playlist?

Drop the beat (ie songs that are upbeat and I like most)

13. lanyard or key ring?

Hmm...I guess lanyard?

14. favorite non-chocolate candy?

Skittles or twizzlers

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?

I had lots I had to read in school but only ever finished a handful lol my favorite I think was maybe Macbeth? I would say Odyssey but I don’t think we read the full thing cause I remember being disappointed about something like that...

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

Sitting with my legs bent up in seat with me in some way

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes?

Converse and some nice but cheap sneakers from Walmart

18. ideal weather?

Not too hot, not too cold, mild like before/after a rain (most the time), idc if it’s raining or sunny but as long as temp is comfortable I’m fine

19. sleeping position?

On my side most often

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

Phone and notebook

21. obsession from childhood?

Oh gosh uhhh I guess my like of dolls maybe? Or obsession with anything ✨unexplained✨ like ghosts, aliens, cryptids, etc

22. role model?

Kim Namjoon lol just kidding (sorta)

23. strange habits?

Ok I know I have some and my friends would be more than happy to point them all out but hm let me think...idk if these count as habits but I’ll never place a mirror facing a bed (this is more superstitious I guess than habit,,,) I can’t stand my food touching, if I have a tray like in cafeteria I have a certain spot for everything and uh my mind just went blank-

24. favorite crystal?

Moonstone, lapis lazuli, and I feel obligated to say garnet cause it’s my birthstone

25. first song you remember hearing?

Circle of Life maybe who knows xD

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather?

Walk or clean,,I’m more active and about with warm/nice weather

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather?

...stay inside where it’s warm

28. five songs to describe you?

Not this again😭 uhhh idk you tell me ajdbd

29. best way to bond with you?

Indulge me when I go off about things I like or learn 😔✊ I know I’ll talk your ear off and I’m sorry but know I don’t often talk about these things with people so once I start it’s hard to stop,,and it makes me really happy when people do listen to me about these things and send me related items every so often or even look into it themselves to learn more 🥺

30. places that you find sacred?

For some reason this feels like a trick question...um cemeteries and anything with ages of history I guess

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

Oof do I really have a true outfit?? I have shoes for this which are just black platform sneakers I call stomping shoes

32. top five favorite vines?

I never,,,watched these,,,

33. most used phrase in your phone?

“Yes”...?

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

State Farm and McDonald’s, always

35. average time you fall asleep?

10-11...usually...

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing?

Uhhh that one with the ginger dude (I think it was someone’s yearbook photo??) I don’t remember much else about the meme but it was on ifunny, or whatever the app was, a lot

37. suitcase or duffel bag?

Suitcase

38. lemonade or tea?

Easy, tea

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie?

...neither

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

Dude these questions really testing my brain power here- for senior prank someone put cereal in some bathroom sinks I think

41. last person you texted?

My mom

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets?

I’m gonna say jacket since I wear those often

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

Hoodie or cardigan

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero?

Fantasy

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in?

Usually whatever shirt I’m wearing that day and some pj/lounge pants 🤷

47. favorite type of cheese?

Mozzarella

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be?

I-what kind of question is this? How does one even answer this?

49. what saying or quote do you live by?

What comes around goes around lol (yes I’m a heavy believer of karma)

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

Lol who knows, probably something dumb me and my siblings were doing or something we watched cause there’s been plenty times of that xD

51. current stresses?

Homework vs free time e-e

52. favorite font?

I like the gothic looking ones but it’s usually not practical to use so idk

53. what is the current state of your hands?

My hands...? They’re fine ??

54. what did you learn from your first job?

How to care for babies and little kids, how to put on a diaper lol

56. favorite tradition?

I can’t remember a particular one off hand but I’m trying to start few new ones like decorating cookies for Halloween uwu

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome?

Uhhhhh like personally or...? Cause we’ve overcome homelessness before, um finishing assignments idk😭 oh maybe bullying?? That’s all I can think of since I still struggle with a lot,,

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

Alright let’s do thisss: creativity (mostly in writing sense), I can bake/cook, I have amazing organization skills and many work places have used that lol (bonus is I don’t mind, I actually really enjoy it, very peaceful), surprisingly good balance all things considered, I’m a quick learner

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

“I’m too tired for this.”

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be?

Good question good question🤔 I don’t think I’d last in any of them/have a terrible side character role so 💀

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.?

“Life’s too short to hold grudges.”

62. seven characters you relate to?

Dude this is gonna get embarrassing I can feel it🤠

Itaru, Iori, Sogo, Belle, Simeon (obey me), Nozaki (he’s clueless about romance irl and doesn’t know when someone has a crush on him yet can write romance well enough and yeah it’s me lol), and uhh Swindler/Ordinary Person in Akudama Drive (still can’t believe no one really has names in that anime but the way she gets wrapped in everything felt like something that’d happen to me lol)

63. five songs that would play in your club?

Like nightclub...? I’m skipping this ajdbd

64. favorite website from your childhood?

Probably the Barbie site, me and my sister played all the dress up games almost daily istg

65. any permanent scars?

Appendectomy scars and then looks like I have one on a toe but it’s possible it still might heal...

66. favorite flower(s)?

Nightshade, foxglove, baby’s breath, bellflowers, roses

67. good luck charms?

I don’t think I have any...

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried?

Lemon

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned?

Let me think...I read something once about flowers having ears(?) but like not ear ears just something about having a part that picks up sound waves

70. left or right handed?

Right

71. least favorite pattern?

Lolll animal print I think

72. worst subject?

Physics...the worst science

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen?

6...?

75. when did you lose your first tooth?

I don’t remember, it probably happened when i was 6. I do remember losing one of my front teeth during my birthday one year and I was happy since the tooth had been loose for some time xD

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

Chips I guess or just like fried in skillet

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill?

A succulent probably

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store?

Neither ew

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo?

They are both about equally terrible

80. earth tones or jewel tones?

Earth

81. fireflies or lightning bugs?

Fireflies

82. pc or console?

I am on pc side now

83. writing or drawing?

Writing

84. podcasts or talk radio?

Podcasts I guess

84. barbie or polly pocket?

Barbie

85. fairy tales or mythology?

Mythology, it’s too fun and chaotic lol

86. cookies or cupcakes?

Hm...cupcakes

87. your greatest fear?

Uh,,,I don’t have many fears but I guess one would be falling from a great height? So I would get scared of crossing a bridge and it collapsing or riding a plane and it falling easily

88. your greatest wish?

World peace🥲

89. who would you put before everyone else?

My mom maybe...?

90. luckiest mistake?

I honestly don’t remember but something I do remember is I out semicolon instead of period and turned out to be correct grammar lol

91. boxes or bags?

Boxes

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights?

Sunlight or fairy lights, I don’t require much either way and prefer more natural lighting

93. nicknames?

Lassie, twinkle toes, Ash, poody butt (by 3 yr old I sometimes watch and play with lol he means it affectionately; I call him monkey butt and it’s catching on slowly instead)

94. favorite season?

Starting to be fall just a little more but I like transition times most

95. favorite app on your phone?

Let’s go with twitter

96. desktop background?

It is a moriarty and gang pic

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized?

2: mine and my moms

98. favorite historical era?

Ooo tough one but I’ll say renaissance as some of the coolest things came from that time

#if there’s something messed up in this string of text #ignore it cause I’m not proofreading again ajdbd #I did not realize there were so many questions pls #asks #jade why 😔💜

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grossmenina · 4 years ago

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So we just gonna keep pretending that things are back to normal & i can keep up with all this... i’m literally 10,000% more organized and productive rn than i was sophomore year and i’m still not able to do all my readings. Like am i overreacting or is this a lot:

12 credit hours (not too many but all classes are extremely reading heavy, average 100+ pages/night total if i was keeping up) so my total time in class or doing school work is 7ish hours a day except friday (28 hrs/week)

8 hours work at the writing center/week if I don’t pick up extra shifts

At LEAST 6 hours j street u/week

2ish hours saepi/week

So that’s 44ish hours per week not including time to make art, read, talk to friends & family, cook, etc..which is the stuff i do to recharge

I just feel burnt out!! And like i can’t give 100% to anything so I’m letting ppl down and stressing so hard AND i’m not able to get all of my homework done

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rigelmejo · 4 years ago

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I was looking up how long it takes to learn Chinese. I found the usual FSI estimate of 2200 hours.

tldr: I think roughly 4 years for most people who are determined and just study a reasonable amount is probably the most achievable estimate of how long its gonna take. With some partial-proficiency earlier on, depending what you’re studying and developing at the time. And maybe 2 years if you really are studying 5+ hours a day but I have not seen many real life examples of people who study chinese this much.

much longer version:

(This is all based on the FSI suggestion of 2200 hrs to learn chinese to proficiency, and I’m mostly just turning ideas in my head so if you’re into something like concrete and proven please look up this stuff and see what’s out there, this is mainly just my contemplation about all of it as it relates to my goals/experience and what I’ve heard from some other experiences)

Lets say that’s the minimum amount of hours study you need. Since there’s been a lot of debate from actual learners studying, as to whether they can really pick up enough in the FSI required hours to be B2 or C1.

I’m going to use 2200 hours though. Now, sources that use FSI usually like to break that down to like ‘days or months or years it will take based on studying either 5 hours a day in a class, 8 hours a day partially in a class and partially in homework, or maybe 10 hours a day.’ In the articles people wrote based off the 2200 hr estimate from FSI, the articles liked to base their suggestions of months or years it will take based on them assuming people will study 5-10 hours a day.

I wanted to make a little estimate for those of us who are way more casual then that, or have way less time in a day to study. Or maybe even who do study a lot, but don’t think all of it is ‘quality’ study and so want to estimate how long it will take us to learn if we assume we study ‘less’ per day.

2200 hrs/365 days a year = around 6 hours. So, theoretically, if you study Chinese 6 hours a day you’ll be proficient in a year. A year seems like a pretty short amount of time... but maybe it is possible, I haven’t met anyone who’s had the time to do it 6 hrs a day, maybe they do make progress fast.

2200 hr/730 days = around 3 hours. So if you study 3 hours a day, it should take 2 years. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone who learned spoken and writing proficiency in Chinese in 2 years. Again, maybe it is possible though, if the learner has a lot of quality study time in those 3 hours a day. Or if a learner has maybe a class supporting/guiding them that goes through a lot in 2 years, along with 1-2 hours of the learner’s own study outside of a class. I could imagine a college chinese studier who goes through several chinese semesters progressively and also studies in some spare time, might be able to hit proficiency in 2 years.

This estimate though... it makes me wonder if the 2200 hr suggestion is underselling how much time it takes to learn chinese. However... I will give it this - I probably study roughly 3 hours on average sometimes, and I do think I might be able to pass HSK 6 within 2 years. It took a little under a year to hit HSK 4 knowledge for me. So if a learner is gauging proficiency based on HSK (or maybe some similarly designed standard test to measure), then 2 years seems possible. Likewise, 6 hours a day if aiming for a specific test measure, seems possible. I personally am aiming for ability to have conversations, discussions through text, read novels, watch shows. Based on my experience so far, I would say HSK gets you pretty far, but there are things you may need to learn in order to do this stuff that isn’t strictly taught within HSK levels (for me it’s been just, reading skills and vocab that’s novel specific instead of more life-task specific, and weibo specific stuff etc).

2200 hrs/1095 days = about 2 hours. So about 2 hours of study, for 3 years, in order to reach proficiency. I think this one is the closest to realistic for most people. And I think depending on how proficiency is being gauged/measured, its realistic for some people. If 2 quality study hours per day on average are being done, I think HSK 6 would definitely be passable in 3 years. (That’s what I’m basing my estimates of how long it will take me to know enough for HSK 6 - accounting for me not always studying as much, accounting for me prioritizing other things over HSK content sometimes). Since HSK 4 can take about a year of consistent study to get to, then if you give yourself a year each for HSK 5 and 6, then roughly 3 years seems realistic. Now, because each HSK seems to get bigger then the last, you might give yourself 1 year to cover HSK 5 content, and 2 years to cover HSK 6 content - so 4 years total of study.

Which brings me to the last estimate - how about 4 years total of study? From what I’ve seen online, for a large portion of people who are taking studying chinese as a serious goal, they’re taking about 4 years at minimum to DO what I would consider tasks that indicate proficiency - being able to read (many of them with a dictionary), being able to have varied conversations and follow conversations, being able to have discussions and write decent amounts to express something, to watch shows. Some of them seem to have some struggles in some areas - like they wish their pronunciation was better, or can type but not write as well, or reading is harder or listening is a bit harder but they CAN do the task with a dictionary aid or some guesswork/some lost comprehension of the material. 2200 hours to learn chinese/1460 days in 4 years = about 1.5 hours of quality study a day on average.

IF you’re curious about how long it takes, this explanation from Deathblade at wuxiaworld I found really useful in the past. It took him 4 years at 1-3 hours of study. I usually estimate my own goals and when I’ll reach them based on his timeline, since I study around the same amount. I imagine, if I keep progressing as expected, I might be able to start tackling chinese novels without a dictionary (to follow main ideas and most key details) by 4 years of study. I’m already much further along then I expected. In his article, he mentions that he also thinks even with a lot of study he thinks 2 years might be the earliest to achieve that level of reading skill. I think that’s a fair estimate. I’ve seen a number of people do HSK 1-4 within a year (8 months for one person, probably about 8 months for me too tbh). HSK 5-6 are so much bigger, so giving them combined at least another year seems a fair Minimum.

Also, reading skills require more vocabulary then just HSK so a minimum of that second year to also develop THOSE skills seems realistic. I think the estimate they give is a really fair minimum estimate of years it would take to learn to read chinese comfortably without needing a dictionary for most meaning. I think with me... even if somehow I’m studying more efficienty then Deathblade (which I doubt, since I’m a chaotic studier), 1-2 more years of study to read without a dictionary seems fair. I personally think if I’m very lucky and study well, by 2 years of chinese study I’ll be able to read easier webnovels without a dictionary and read harder ones for the main gist more Comfortably, and by 3 years of study I’ll be able to read the harder ones and mostly understand even without a dictionary.

I still honestly think 4 years to catch most-details without a dictionary in harder writing is probably... the best guess for how long my goals will take. But by year 2 I should at least be able to enjoy reading more without a dictionary when I choose to. Right now its like easy: graded readers, challenging: easy webnovels, hard: priest novels. I am hoping by year 2 it is ideally - easy: easy webnovels, challenging: priest novels, hard: writing in specialized topics I don’t know well (that I can use as intensive reading to learn vocab). That’s ideal of course. I’d consider challenging to be: I can usually roughly follow the story without a dictionary, and catch some details fully, but I’d understand EVERYTHING with one. And hard to be: I can maybe understand bits of it, but need a dictionary for a clear main idea a decent amount, and I need a dictionary for a large portion of details.

I think this estimate is probably the most realistic for a number of learners. 4 years is how long it seems to have taken a majority of people I’ve seen dedicated to studying chinese, to reach a level of proficiency they saw as at least somewhat proficient. (Because for a number of them, they still at this point sometimes saw skills they wanted more improvement in - often reading or listening or speed of speaking etc depending on what I’m guessing they focused on less as they had studied before). Also, 1.5 hours is something most people can actually manage to find time for. It’s like adding an amount of gym exercise to your day - its a decent chunk of time, but if you can manage to enjoy it then it’s more like the time you’d spend dedicating on a hobby.

For me, this also gets a bit easier to ‘make time for’ as you progress - for me, I put more of my study time into reading chinese (which is fun, but lets me study, and would just take the place of me reading something in english), into watching a chinese show and looking up words (fun, and puts it into a timeslot i’d otherwise spend on an english show), and talking to people on chinese exchange apps and social media (talking to people is fun but i’m getting my mistakes pointed out so it’s kind of like error-check convo time in a traditional classroom but less structured, and i can just spend time doing this instead of browsing an english social media). I wouldn’t count all these as ‘quality study’ time necessarily, but they do add up, and its easy for me to do 3 hours of this a day just because its mostly tasks I enjoy and would do in english anyway. I see that a number of the polyglots I check out on youtube like to do this for their languages too - some watch youtube videos to learn, pick up new vocab/listening from there, and read novels in their target language, and then the only study activity that seems ‘hardcore’ study is the time they spend either organizing their notes/flashcards of new vocab/grammar or reading textbooks/websites and doing exercises. My point is... they manage to make a decent portion of their study time into something they find fun and something they’d pretty much be doing in english too.

For me, it’s easier to have some days where I do 1-3 hours on really focused study tasks like flashcards or reading textbooks or practicing shadowing/writing, and others where I spend half my time or even all of my time on ‘fun’ activities in the language where I may do a little focused study (like lookup words on occasion) but mostly just engage with the language and practice comprehension skills or practice conversation. Although these less intense study times where I just have fun in the language don’t actively have me studying as much, I do think these activities help me get more comfortable USING what I study and reinforcing it in my memory, and help me get more familiar with understanding what I have studied more QUICKLY in my daily life. I don’t know if it actually speeds up how quick I’m going to get proficient (although some approaches like the mass immersion approach would say it does). But I do think it helps me get more comfortable doing things in the language sooner, and helps me remember what I’ve studied.

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So uh accounting for everything I do, I probably average at 1-3 hours studying the language a day, depending on the week. Like yesterday, I watched 1 chinese show (40 minutes), read some of sherlock in chinese (20 minutes on and off through the day on my phone), and i did some flashcards for probably 40 minutes (20 to finish my 2000 most common word deck, then 20 to start a new sentence deck and try to speed through the parts I knew, also on and off throughout day). So that’s around 1 hour and 40 minutes I spent yesterday. I binged Ancient Detective one day and did 3 hrs of a show, then 20 minutes reading a novel, so that day was 3 hrs 20 minutes. Etc. Some days I’ve only done flashcards, 20 min to 1 hr. Other days all I did was read novels, or just read textbooks. I’m not sure how much I’d count as real quality study, but I do think it adds up.

I did this for French to some (much less intense) degree, and it definitely sped up my French from probably taking 4 years if I’d only taken classes, up to 2 ish years. I think if I’d actively studied more, think more writing with error corrections and more listening/speaking practice, then I might even have been able to be as proficient as i would have liked in 1-2 years. As it stands I’m somewhere in B1-B2, able to read which was my main goal, with my listening/speaking/writing skills probably hovering in A2 or the barest of B1, needing a decent amount of polishing. So if I started up study of French again, I’d learn from my lessons with Chinese and just target those skills better in more focused ways - I think I’d be able to drag them up pretty quick. My vocab is there, and I worked on my listening a bit once I realized it was an issue - so I think acquiring active vocabulary from my passive vocabulary would mainly be a matter of practice. My listening I think would mainly be a matter of practice. I think the biggest thing I’d have to focus on, would be improving my speaking/writing and conciously doing stuff to check for corrections - either with language partners who call me out, considerable practice, doing grammar/writing workbooks where I purposefully practice the correct patterns, shadowing audio, writing out novel sentences to practice production of correct patterns, etc. Production is the main skill I expect would require more work than just exposure.

In Chinese, I made less of the mistakes I made with French because I planned better, had more inclusive goals of more language skills, and I study way more regularly. With French, sometimes I studied 2-5 hours a day, sometimes 10 minutes, many days not at all. The first year I usually studied at least 1 hour on average, and then years 1-2 I literally either studied not at all or 2-3 hours mostly reading french, often days studying nothing until towards the end when my reading was GREAT and my listening was HORRIFIC and I started spending 10-20 minutes a day just on listening skills.

In Chinese I would say most of my skills are coming along at a nice rate that’s actually way better than I expected. My show skills are probably the best - but that’s mainly due to subtitle reading.

So, for subtitles and simple stuff like comics, I’d say my comprehension is at 80-98% depending on the line or scene or material. At worst case its around 70% for content way outside of genres I already know words for. In all cases, it’s enough for me to follow the gist of the plot without looking up anything if I choose to. And in some cases, enough for me to follow the fine details of the plot without looking anything up.

For shows with ONLY audio, and audio only materials like audiobooks - my comprehension is around 50% maybe. If I have SOMETHING to help me get context, like a visual scene, or some summary of what the audio is going to be about, then I can follow the gist of the plot of an audio Sometimes. I can sometimes follow just enough to get the main idea - easier for me to follow the main idea from a visual media like a show, or from an audiobook of something I’ve actually READ in text completely beforehand. If it is audio with completely no context given to me beforehand - no summary, no prior knowledge of the context, no visual cues - then sometimes I catch some phrases and words, sometimes I don’t, and often I can NOT follow what is going on. This is expected, for me, because I rarely practice listening comprehension as much as I can. But since listening comprehension is somewhat decent with context, and since I can read a bit better (so I do know more words then i ‘comprehend’ quickly when listening), I think I could boost my listening comprehension a bit just by practicing more. I have been practicing more and its been noticably improving.

For reading - like with subtitles, if its subtitles or comics I usually have 80-98% comprehension right now. The exceptions are genres I know few words in, in which case comprehension drops to maybe 70% and I can follow the main gist but need a dictionary to figure out finer details. These are probably my easiest ‘learning’ material at the moment, because they’re just easy enough I can pick up some new words and grammar from their context without a dictionary. Yesterday I picked up the word ‘tomb’ from The Lost Tomb without a dictionary - clearly because they just say that word so much! In Granting You a Dreamlike Life, I picked up the word for restaurant, bun, actor/performance, pretty fast. Again, because even without a dictionary the words come up enough for their meaning to become clear. I notice its easier for me to pickup these words when I know the hanzi characters that spell it - and I’m still wondering if broader hanzi knowledge would help me pick up more words from context quicker.

For reading novels - I’m not where my ultimate goal is, but I’m way ahead of where I expected to be. This skill highly depends on the reading level - with some more simple written novels like my Grimm’s Fairy Tales translated to chinese, like Sherlock translated, like tamendegushi, like some webnovels sometimes suggested to HSK 4 learners, I can follow the gist of the plot and catch some details without a dictionary (more like 70-90%). It greatly depends on writing style and words I know. Its rare for me to catch a majority of details (so show subtitles are easier). For these materials, if I do use a dictionary I can follow a majority of details along with the plot. So they’re usually my intensive reading materials for picking up new words. I can use them as extensive reading, but they’re challenging that way since my comprehension varies because of unclear details and unknown words. I am overall really happy with my progress here, because it is mind blowing to me I can read any chinese, let alone novels, and follow the plots even roughly! I did not expect to be this far along in 1 year.

For reading more complicated novels - so aimed for adults I suppose, or just with more complex writing styles (like Priest I suppose, but would apply in general to just me picking novels at random that I know aren’t often recommended to beginners): my skills are also way ahead of what I expected to be. If I have prior context (much like shows without subtitles, or audio materials), I can sometimes follow the gist of the plot. There are sometimes scenes or chapters I just do NOT know enough main words in the section to comprehend the main things going on. I cannot catch a majority of details - but I might occasionally catch some. In these materials, short actions, dialogues, and sentences containing words I already know are where I can follow the more specific details much more easily (and I probably rely on them a lot to figure out the broader general plot going on). In those sentences, I can occasionally pick up some new words from context. In the rest, I require a dictionary to pick up most new words. I can read these currently with a dictionary - which excites me and blows my mind, since earlier in the year even with a dictionary the grammar/structures would make it incomprehensible to me! But, I require a dictionary for so many details and for such a decent amount of comprehension, that I read them too slow with a dictionary. It might take 40 min to an hour a chapter with a dictionary. Whereas, when just reading for gist, it may take 10-30 minutes depending on how well i can just zoom though and follow the main ideas. Whereas, with simpler novels, I can read for gist and get done with a chapter in a few minutes like 5-10, and even when I look up every single unknown word for specific details it only makes a reading session take 20-30 minutes. So right now... I’m not engaging with harder novels very often, since they take a lot longer. But sometimes I can follow the main gist of a section, which blows my mind since I didn’t expect to be able to do that yet! And I can get through them with a dictionary if I really wanted to. So like, worst case say I wanted to read a novel only in chinese that has no existing english translation - I could go do it, if I wanted, and difficulty of writing would just affect how long it will take me to read.

Right now graded readers, especially those on the easier end, I can breeze through and pick up any unknown words from context. For some higher level graded readers (think 2000ish different words or more, targeting HSK 5 levels and up), they’re around the same difficulty for me as the easier webnovels.

If you do happen to learn the way I do, I greatly recommend diving into some easier webnovels when you’re around HSK 3 to HSK 4. I was reading graded readers in HSK 3 and finding them RIDICULOUSLY hard to get through, for whatever reason I jumped to webnovels instead which seemed to me equally hard but more interesting and they motivated me to learn more vocab. Then I went back to graded readers, and they just somehow had become monumentally easier. I think a big reason the graded readers were initially hard, was because I had little reading practice or skill. Jumping to a webnovel pushed me through the ‘i literally just don’t know HOW to apply reading skills yet’ phase, so when I went back to graded readers I only had to deal with the difficulty of new words at that point. Which was much easier to deal with then the actual difficulty of not having any reading skills built up yet. For me, my brain just really tends to like extra challenging material to help it ‘learn to do’ something. Likewise, I sort of did the same trick to make low-difficulty webnovels easier - I sat down and made myself read some Priest novels. Even though I only read maybe 15-20 pages of priest, when I went back to the easier webnovels... they’d become MUCH easier to read through quickly. So, for me, when I hit a difficulty curve, I kind of swing between using some EVEN HARDER materials and then using some extra-easy materials (aka swing from final difficulty goal novels, to easy graded readers) for a short period, then go back to my current goal reading level material (which for me rn is HSK 4ish webnovels). For some reason doing this swing back and forth makes the actual goal task easier for me to do. If I had to guess it might be because the intensive harder-reading boosts my vocab a little and comfort with difficulty-reading, then my extensive easier-reading boost my reading speed and comfort with already known words/grammar so it makes me stumble less.

My weakest skills are production. But I have a decent study plan for working on that, so I’m not too worried (unlike in french). I type in chinese sometimes (and will do so more once this is a focus), and I chat sometimes (although usually its more to explain to myself how i’d say something in chinese). I’d prefer a bigger passive-vocab and phrases word base before I do this. As it stands, I can currently maybe talk about what you’d expect HSK 1-3 level conversations to be - some daily life situations, some questions, I can talk about some hobbies and topics basically like politics and hobbies and art. I struggle to follow more specialized discussion and use dictionaries once conversations veer toward specialized areas (like I can talk vaguely about the place a church, but once someone uses words spirituality/faith/beliefs/branch of faith etc I start getting lost without a dictionary). My production skills also have more errors then I’d like - and I think that’s mainly a matter of drills and more practice needed. It’s still as much or MORE then I can do in french at 2 years, so getting to this stage in 1 year of chinese is a decent success to me!

#rant #chinese langblr #sorry this is so long #its mostly thoughts. its not facts #id love to see if anyone learned chinese in 2 yrs #or shorter/longer #if u have links #this is just kinda a musing of the articles and experiences ive seen #and my own

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goalkepa · 5 years ago

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Tag Game

so I was tagged by @marcus-armstrongg @callumilott & @leclercgifs thanks guys I haven't done this for a while ☺️

nickname: I don't really have nickname in real life (most of my friends just call my name yea) but I'm being called 🦉by a specific person here if that counts :^)

zodiac: pisces

height: 1.56 m 😩

time: 21:45 now and I supposed to do some homework but ummm here I am :)

favourite band/artist: recently obsessed with Bastille I've listened to their new (?) album for months

song stuck in my head: juve storia di un grande amore 🖤

last movie i saw: The Queen's Corgi :3

last thing i googled: singapore marina bay circuit (ummmm 🙃)

Other blogs: this is the one and only 😁

Why this username: mainly because I support this person

following: 90 I guess

average amount of sleep: after uni starts only 6~7 hrs a day 🤧

lucky number: I dont believe in this but currently I like the number 7 &16

what i’m wearing: blue shorts and black shirt

dream job: working at the big four

dream trips: anywhere with people I love (alright maybe somewhere that holds the Grand Prix or football matches)

favourite food: bubble milk tea is the only right choice

instruments i play: piano (but haven't touched it for years)

eye colour: black

hair color: black and a bit brown

aesthetics: footballers kissing the trophy or their goal celebrations

languages i speak: Chinese and English

most iconic song: ramez la coupe à la maison 🤓

random fact: after I became a fan of football and f1, literally every week my family member would ask “is there any match/race today?” even tho they dont really know anything about these sports, they show that they care about what I love and sometimes they even watch it with me and ask me a lot of questions about rules and stuffs. I really feel lucky to have this group of supportive people in my life 💙

so I'd like to bother : @thegreatgasly @blueforthejerseyandhiseyes @abrahamtammy @schumini @elpuppies @ctolisso @dybaclerc @scrgegnabry feel free to do it tho 💗

#tag game

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cuddliestbear · 4 years ago

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Not to mention those who go home to a "family" that will NOT allow them to eat freely. The "family" for whatever reason, doesn't allow them to eat enough to try and make up for the lack during the day. I'm not talking about families that can't afford lots of food. I am talking about families that can and just don't allow their kids to actually have full meals. It exists. I lived like that all through high school. In addition to this, the amount of hours in school vs out of school are way lopsided. Not only the sleep thing, but what about studying? Or homework? Some teachers in high school make it a point to assign several hours worth of homework due the next day, and then where does that leave the student? It leaves them to stay up until ten or eleven at night trying to finish up their work, then what if they have chores? Mine was dishes and cleaning the kitchen and I lived with assholes who made sure the kitchen was dirty for me. So I would spend a other hour on that. Lets calculate.

One school day.

Bus picks up student at 6 or 7. Lets say 6:30 a.m.

Then, class starts at 8. Ends at 430 pm. If they have extracurriculars. Add another hour or two. So then its 530 or 630 pm.

So after 10-12 hours at school, they go home and start on homework, that will take them, lets guess at 3 hrs. Thats how long mine would take. So now, thats 13 to 15 hours awake spent on school related things. At that point it is 730 to 930 pm. Somewhere in there they sneak in dinner which adds about 30 mins. Now you have 8pm to 10 pm. Then you've got an hour of chores. 9pm to 11pm.

If they go to sleep at exactly 9pm(student with no extracurriculars), which is unlikely, but if they do. They will get about 9 hrs of sleep which is good. But thats if they leave no extra room for downtime after all their stuff is done for the day. Most teens will spend at least two hours of downtime in the evening. Or at least I did. So add two hours to 9pm and you get 11pm. So then they get 7 hrs of sleep. Less then optimal, but not horrible.

Now lets look at someone who has one hour of extracurriculars at school. They leave school at 530 pm, go home and spend the three hours on homework. Thats 830 pm. Add the half hour for dinner. And thats 9 pm. Add another hour for chores, and thats 10pm. Again, if they sleep right away, then they get 8hrs of sleep. But they won't fall asleep immediately, they'll stay up to have some downtime. 1 to 2 hours. We'll average it higher so two hours. 12a.m. now. Only six hours of sleep.

Lets do this one more time, but with someone who has two hours of extracurriculars. They get out at 630, spend three hours on homework, plus a half hour for dinner. Thats 10 pm. Then an hour for chores. Now it is 11pm. If they slept right then. They would get 7 hrs of sleep. Not optimal but they could manage. Add two hours of down time though? Only five hours of sleep until they have to wake up at 6, get to the bus stop after hopefully eating breakfast and rinse and repeat.

As opposed to having a normal, 9 to 5 job adults get? Well, you get 8 hrs at the job, then you go home. Do whatever chores need to be done. So add 3 hrs. Then time for dinner, cooking and eating. 1 and 1/2. Thats 930 pm. And they still have down time left over. No homework to do, only time to spend. If they are responsible, they will probably go to sleep around 11pm. Giving them a total of 9 hrs of sleep to wake up at 8 to get to work for 9.

Comparatively? Teenagers get fuck all sleep because they will stay up until the wee hours of the morning just so that they have their down time. Those three examples of what amount of sleep a teen would get are a little arbitrary, they are based on a supposed average I calculated myself. Because in reality, there will also be time lost to games and friends if they are allowed to have a social life outside of school. In short. Stop putting so much on kids. They are still kids.

Stop giving kids 3 fucking hours of afterschool work.

The dude who invented it, literally made it to PUNISH STUDENTS.

"An Italian pedagog Roberto Nevilis is considered the real “inventor” of homework. He was the person who invented homework in far 1905 and made it a punishment to his students" and then the article goes on to say how it has improved education. How? By reviewing material? Okay, I can get that. But. In reality, why should students need three hours after just LEAVING THE PLACE THEY LEARNED THAT SHIT, to review it? An hour, maybe, two hours, eh. But still. We are overworking students and CHILDREN in the country with this nonsensical school day start time and length. I've seen legit elementary schoolers who ALSO get three hours of home work? Why are we giving three extra brain numbing hours of review to someone who is 8 years old? What are they studying, rocket science?

I'm not saying ,"ah, fuck homework!" Because I, like many other high schook graduates, fucking HATE homework, but because the amount that all schools give you is ludicrous. Education is very important, but so is taking care of your mental, emotional, and physical health. And parents WONDER why teens get snappy at them for asking them to do what they consider menial tasks.

Like, bitch he got 6 hrs of sleep last night because he had to write a 1,000 word essay on westward expansion as well as pre cal, biology, and english homework and you wanted him to scrub the bathroom and kitchen down until it was spotless last night. Of course he is going to be fucking grouchy, you would be too, but no if you dont get enough sleep and you become a bitch, you get to take it out on him and if he complains, he's the asshole. Even though your lack of sleep is all your fault not his.

But, *sips tea* that's none of my business.

school schedules are designed in such a way that kids are deprived of adequate food and sleep. the sleep piece has been written on extensively, but it’s quite plain that requiring young people to wake up at 6am during the developmental phase when they need the most sleep and tend to stay up later is a terrible public health move.

from an eating perspective, it’s just as bad. say a middle or high schooler eats breakfast (if they even eat breakfast) at 7am, then doesn’t eat lunch until 11-12 (and lunch is often inadequate), then has after-school activities, etc. and may not get home until late afternoon, or eat dinner until evening. and kids in school are not generally allowed to snack in class or given time to snack between classes. these gaps between eating times are way too big for adolescents! they need a lot of food–more than adults–to support the growth process, just as they need more sleep.

it’s no wonder many kids start eating reactively in their teens, especially after school or at night–they’re not being adequately fed during the day. even if kids aren’t restricted from eating freely/fully at home, their daily lives regularly involve periods of energy deficiency. add to that the social pressures around body size, and it’s a recipe for disorder at an epidemic level

#school is hell #sleep who is she #never heard of her

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macgyvermedical · 7 years ago

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Would it be possible to give a list or explanation on the college classes you took for your bs in nursing? I have a character that wants to be a nurse, but I have very limited info on what he would be taking/studying. Thanks for your help.

In many majors, you have a set of major-specific classes, maybe one or two per semester for underclassmen and 3-4 as upperclassmen. Outside of these, there’s generally ample time to pursue classes of interest outside of the specific major, maybe get a minor or two without too much difficulty fitting everything in. There’s some choice, and some wiggle room in case you don’t quite get the grade you were expecting the first time taking a class.

Nursing school is not like that.

While things are different school-to-school and program to program, having graduated from one of the tougher ones, here’s how it went for me:

At my school, the BSN was designed as a four-year program. Each semester you went to your advisor and she told you what classes you would be taking and in what order. If you wanted a minor, you basically had to either go over the credit cap your entire college career (which I did for a minor in Public Health) or stick around another semester or year. Note that “core” classes mentioned below are graduation requirements and there’s not a lot of choice in which ones you take either.

But anyway…

The first year was designated “pre-nursing.” Basically, you had two semesters to compete with 500-700 other candidates for 120 spots in the actual program.

Semester 1 was Biological Structure and Function, Chemistry, Algebra, Psychology, and “Intro to Professional Nursing” which was basically the history and traditions associated with the nursing profession. Intro was also a bit of a scare tactic. We learned techniques for performing with little sleep, dealing with stress, studying way more than the human brain was designed for, and were warned of the toxic realities of hospital life- violence against healthcare workers, the concept of older nurses “eating their young” and the fact that C.Diff was a way of life and that we would be shoveling a lot of it in the coming years. If that didn’t get to you, Structure and Function was also the academic “weed-out” class. If you weren’t up to what was coming, this class would quickly show you where you stood.

Semester 2 was Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Sociology, and two Core classes (for most people something like college writing, history, or literature).

At the end of Semester 2, you were ranked against everyone who was still in the running, and the top 120 by GPA alone would go on to sophomore year. Usually the GPA requirement was about 3.8 and higher.

If you got there, Semester 3 was where the actual nursing fun got started.

Semester 3 included Human Physiology, Interpersonal and Communication Skills for Healthcare Professionals, Human Growth and Development, another Core class, and the first real practical nursing class: Foundations of Assessment. Foundations of Assessment was where the fun began. You’ve all seen pictures of happy nursing students practicing looking into each other’s ears? That’s this class. Its where we learn to find what’s wrong with people, how to listen to heart and lung sounds, take vitals, how to do focused assessments on specific body systems and what findings meant, and how to communicate those findings to the healthcare team.

Semester 4 featured Human Genetics, Basic Pharmacology, Nutrition, another Core, and Foundations of Nursing Interventions. Interventions was where we learned how to do blood draws, use equipment, and other necessary practical parts of nursing. It was also the first class with a clinical component. Once a week for about 8 hours we’d go to a hospital with a group of 5 or 6 other students, each get a patient, and be told to take care of them. In this clinical we’d focus on patient care- hygiene, comfort, assessment skills, maybe a blood draw, foley, or IV here and there as the need arose. We weren’t on our own- the patient always had their real nurse, but sometimes we’d do (painstakingly detailed- like “looking up a patient’s liver enzymes before giving tylenol” painstaking) med passes and other care.

It was also a psychological weed-out class.

Nursing school has this way of convincing you that there are lots of other people who want your spot in the program, and that if you don’t want it a million times more, you’ll never make it. My instructor took each one of us aside independently after we’d made mistakes and told us we’d kill someone if we stayed in nursing, and that we should go home that day and see our advisors about changing our major. Going back to clinical after that day was one of the hardest things I’d ever done. And I’ve literally changed my gender.

Clinical classes were set up pretty similarly to each other- you had a 3-4 hour lecture once or twice per week, went to clinical in that class’s specialty once or twice per week, and at some point during clinical you’d pick an interesting patient and write a 15-50 page paper on them depending on how nice your clinical instructor was. That paper, no matter how long, counted for maybe 15% of your grade, but if you didn’t turn it, or literally any other part of the class in, you’d get a 0% for the class. You had 3 major tests, and if you didn’t average 73% (which, you’re laughing, but these were “NCLEX Style” tests where you’re basically trying to find the best correct answer out of 3-4 correct answers. Getting above 90% was bragging rights.), none of your other papers, homework, or simulation grades counted. If you got a 72.9% you had to re-take the course and if you got a 72.9% in another class you failed out of the program. You’d also be taking and re-taking standardized (ATI) tests on your own time to get a high enough grade in those to pass the course.

From here on, Clinical classes were broken down by populations:

Semester 5 was Nursing of Adults (with 12hr/wk clinical), Nursing of Geriatric Patients (with 12hr/wk clinical), and 2 Cores. This is the first time the semester was split down the middle and all clinical classes became 7-week classes (note the above paragraph, but now in 7 weeks instead of 15).

Semester 6 was Nursing of Parents and Newborns (12hr), Nursing of Children (12hr), Nursing Informatics (how to use EPIC 101), Biostats (I sh*t you not this was the hardest class I ever took. The final was 7 questions and took 11 hours), and an elective (unless you had a minor).

Semester 7 was Community Health Nursing (8hr), Psychiatric Nursing (8hr), Nursing Research, and another 2 electives (unless you had a minor).

Semester 8 was Professional Nursing Development (with 180 hour practicum), Nursing of the critically ill (12 hr), Integration of nursing leadership and management, and two more electives.

That’s pretty much it. If anyone else had a different experience, feel free to share!

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#nursing #nursing school #writing reference #whump reference #not to scare you but #it kinda sucked #but I was also working the whole time and transitioning too so #yea

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Hi love idk why not safari isn't working & it hasn't for the last 2 days & the only apps that work are tumblr & candy crush& Siri aint working 😭but I have homework & the question is "The society created by Stalin in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1939 led to positive improvements in the lives of civilians. To what extent do you agree?" IM DESPERATE I WONT HAVE ACCESS TO SAFARI UNTIL IM AT SCHOOL IN 11 HRS. IM ALSO 2 HRS AWAY FROM EVERYONE. PLS HELP IN ANY WAY YOU CAN IM IN A MAJOR PANIC😭❤

HI DARLING IM ON MOBILE AND AT WORK BUT I'll help anyway I can! This is the source and info I found as far as positive reactions to Stalin's rule: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/russia-1900-to-1939/life-in-ussr-under-stalin/"For a short time under Lenin, women had enjoyed a much freer status in that life for them was a lot more liberal when compared to the ‘old days’. Among other things, divorce was made a lot more easy under Lenin. Stalin changed all this. He put the emphasis on the family. There was a reason for this. Many children had been born out of marriage and Moscow by 1930 was awash with a very high number of homeless children who had no family and, as such, were a stain on the perfect communist society that Stalin was trying to create.The state paid families a child allowance if their were a married couple. It became a lot harder to get a divorce and restrictions were placed on abortions. Ceremonial weddings made a comeback. In the work place, women maintained their status and there was effective equality with men. In theory, all jobs were open to women. The only real change took place in the image the state created for women. By the end of the 1930’s, the image of women at work had softened so that the hard edge of working became less apparent.Living standards: these generally rose in the 1930’s despite the obvious problems with food production and shortages elsewhere. Some people did very well out of the system especially party officials and skilled factory workers. Health care was greatly expanded. In the past, the poorer people of Russia could not have expected qualified medical help in times of illness. Now that facility was available though demand for it was extremely high. The number of doctors rose greatly but there is evidence that they were so scared of doing wrong, that they had to go by the rule book and make appointments for operations which people did not require!!Housing remained a great problem for Stalin’s Russia. In Moscow, only 6% of households had more than one room. Those apartments that were put up quickly, were shoddy by western standards. In was not unusual for flat complexes to be built without electric sockets despite electricity being available – building firms were simply not used to such things.Leisure for the average Russian person was based around fitness and sport. Every Russian was entitled to have a holiday each year – this had been unheard of in the tsar’s days. Clubs, sports facilities etc. were provided by the state. The state also controlled the cinema, radio etc. but an emphasis was placed on educating yourself via the media as it was then."HOPE THAT HELPS GOOD LUCK!!!! 🙌🏻

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amazingly-sarcastic · 7 years ago

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Stress

The average teen needs 9 1/2; hrs of sleep but that’s impossible! During the school year I wake up at 5am. To get to the bus at 6:30am- I know I'll be leaving school at 5pm or 6pm bc of extra curricular activities (school gets out at 4:15pm) Once I get home, do my homework and chores It'll be like 9 or 10. By the time I shower and prep for the next day it would already be 11:30pm or so. Meaning I would only have 5 1/2; hrs of sleep. In order to be truly healthy I would need 4 extra hours of sleep but that's impossible! No wonder I'm heavy, don't function in class and I have anxiety/stress

#stress #sleep #teenage life

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siren-queen-of-the-abyss · 8 years ago

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Sexism in School’s Physical Education Programs

At my school, every student is required to do a year of PE in their sophomore year, and another year elsewhere- but this second year of credits can be fulfilled through one season of a different sport, with or outside of school, like a club sport. I talked to my teacher about getting credit- I am a ballet dancer and an actor. However, he did not think this should count for credit. I wrote this letter to prove him wrong. Here is a copy of what I wrote. I think I put together a pretty convincing argument.

Thank you for speaking to me recently about the possibility of dance being recognized as a sport by [my school] for the purposes of graduation credit. Your suggestion that I take a PE course which could in part be used as a time for me to do homework is appreciated, because I know your intent is to help me find balance. However, I believe this solution falls short both because it makes my schedule more difficult and because it does not recognize the very significant athletic efforts I have already completed, and plan to continue.

I believe that dance should be counted as a sport for PE credit for the following reasons:

The number of hours is as much, if not more than other sports. Dancers at [my school] dance on average about 9 hours a week, including training and conditioning. In addition, I have been in the musicals for 4 semesters so far at [my school], which rehearse every day after school. As a chorus dancer, most of these drama rehearsals are spent dancing. We put a lot of time and training into these activities- just as much as any student athlete does.

Dance is recognized as a sport by the International Olympic Committee. It is very clear that dancing is similar to football in that the athletes train, spend a lot of time practicing, and exert an incredible amount of energy.

Despite the usual misconceptions about dance, it is a very strenuous sport that involves both aerobic prowess, muscular strength, and incredible stamina. Dancers train for hours to reach the level of skill you see on professional stages. Not only do they train just as hard as other athletes, they are trained to make it look effortless, which takes an incredible amount of focus and talent. When I was doing ballet multiple days a week, one or two of those hours was typically just strength training- push ups, crunches, weight lifting, and running laps around the dance studio- just like how football player at [my school] would go to the weight room to train. The rest of the time was used to learn and practice dance moves that engaged and continued to strengthen those muscles.

Just like other sports, dance can be competitive, with teams competing against each other for a trophy- but whether or not it is of a competitive nature, the dancers are still getting exercise and enjoying all the internal benefits that a football player would. Isn’t that the whole point of physical education in high schools?

There is a history of things considered to be “women’s activities” not being taken seriously. Activities such as cheerleading and dance have often been overlooked and written off as easy, without recognizing how taxing they can really be. However, this school has recently approved giving PE credit to cheerleaders, which shows that our school does recognize to a certain degree the effort that drama students/cheerleaders/dancers have exerted in their respective sports. If cheerleaders are recognized in this manner, it is only fair that dance and drama students get the same considerations.

With drama in particular, I believe that certain participants should be able to get credit for their physical efforts.

There is a huge amount of dancing involved in the rehearsals and shows. It is true, not everyone involved in the shows dances everyday- the music and lights crew rarely leave their seats. However, the chorus members and dance-heavy leads should at least receive partial PE credit- case by case if needed. The drama coaches/directors can confirm that any requirements are met for this.

I hope you saw the recent musical Legally Blonde. If so, you will remember the number "Whipped into Shape" where I was one of many dancers who jumped rope, did kicks, and sang for over five minutes. This also reflected extensive rehearsal time and practice- working on it almost every day of rehearsals, and practicing outside of rehearsals to be ready for the number. In drama productions with heavy choreography, parts requiring sustained stage time use a lot of energy and strength to dance for such a long time. Even non-speaking parts need to train and stay fit to be able to do this choreography.

Of course the school needs a way to validate that the dance in question was of sufficient athletic exertion to count for PE credit. This might be done in one of the following ways:

Oversight by a school coach or advisor, such as the cheerleading advisor.

Oversight by an official non-school coach of a competitive program, such as a club soccer team coach, or private dance instructor.

Minimum number of practice hours should be set to resemble school sports already approved for PE credit.

Activities such as warm-ups, aerobic exercise, cool downs, and conditioning work should be approved in similar amounts to school sports already approved for PE credit.

In general, a standardized way for judging what can be considered a "sport" for PE purposes, with the main goal being sustained student participation in healthy athletic activities. By using a case by case, we can recognize the significant efforts by drama students and dancers, and other athletes that do not get the credit they deserve for their respective activities.

While I would like to see dance treated equally to other sports for the benefit of all students, I would specifically like to request approval in my case, for the following reasons:

For both freshman and sophomore year, I was practicing ballet 4 days a week, on average 2 hours for each rehearsal (however saturday rehearsals were 6 hrs long). In addition, each of the four musicals I have been in have rehearsed for 3 hours every day after school, 5 days a week. The time I have put into these activities goes above and beyond the one season requirement for PE- I have completed 5 “seasons” of activities, two of dance and three of drama. Not only that, I also plan to do both the fall musical and the spring musical next year.

I am planning to apply to colleges for their theater programs- I want to work towards a BA in musical theater and possibly minor in something like business. I need to take Drama 2/3 during my senior year, so that the school’s acting coach, can help me with my monologues and auditions for theater schools. Without the time to work on things in class, I will not get the preparation and help I need. However, this slot is currently filled by my PE class- a class I do not feel that I need, due to the amount of physical exercise I have already gone through because of dance and drama.

When talking about dance being considered for credit, I was told that there would be “plenty of study hall opportunities during yoga class.” While I appreciate the offer, I think there was a misunderstanding regarding the motivations behind my actions. If I receive PE credit for dancing and/or drama, that will open up a slot in my schedule that will give me the chance to take drama class, which will help me get into schools- that will help me work towards my future. In conclusion, [high school] drama students should be able to fulfill their PE credits by performing in dance-heavy musicals, and dancers should be able to get credit for the doing the same semester of athleticism as other student athletes- because dance is undoubtedly a sport.

#sexism #ballet #dance #drama #PE #misogyny #feminism #feminist #females getting things done

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