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Introduction to studyblr :)

So I figured that keeping up with a blog might help me relax and stop dreading to study, I also feel like it’s a fun habit. Given that I am completely new here I decided to do a tag, I found this one on the blog of jaysstudyplace

What’s your degree/major?

I am not attending a college or university, I’m still in high school. I live in the Netherlands where you can choose a selection of classes that fit you and/or your dream study after high school. I choose ‘culture and society’, I have 2 classes about society, philosophy, German, Art (I do AP art), geography, history, and the basic subjects every student has including: English, P.E, Dutch and an art theory class called CKV. I am not attending all classes yet because I am in my third year and these selections are ‘available’ in your fourth year, I did make my choice this year.

What does a typical day look like?

If I can go to school physically I wake up between 6:30 am and 7:00 am, do my morning routine and bike to school around 8:00 am, then I have classes from 8:30 am until 4:00 pm. After classes I hang out with my friends and do some homework, well TRY to do some homework, until around 6:00 pm, then I go home for dinner, sit with my family, take a shower and go to bed between 9:30 pm and 10:30 pm. I do most of my homework on the weekends or during the evening when I’m with parents.

Weakest subject?

Mathematics, hands down my weakest subject. Last semester I got a 30% on both of the tests I took, afterwards my teacher told me I only got a 30% because she didn’t grade lower..... I was able to drop maths for next year so at least I won’t have to take an exam in it.

What is your strongest subject?

Either English or history. English is my second language but I do speak it fluently and did higher level English ever since the 7th grade (brugklas), it has finally come to the point where the classes are being thaught at a higher level and I really enjoy actually learning something in English hahaha. For history it all just makes sense to me, the way things play out just falls in place and the causes and consequenses are very easy for me to see/find.

What is your favourite subject?

History, as I said before it all just makes sense to me and I really want to learn about the history of the world, how did we end up the way we did? I think it is truly fascinating to read about that. My teacher is also very passionate about the subject so his excitement really makes history classes my favourite.

Are you a doodler?

Yes, I take AP art and when I am bored I try to come up with new ideas for these classes. My notes consist for about 30% of doodles, when I am studying for a test I try not to get distracted so those notes aren’t filled with doodles.

When do you plan to graduate?

If everything goes to plan I will graduate in the (school)year of  2022-2023.

Do you plan to do a post-grad?

I do not attend a college so I will not get the chance to do a post-grad in the near future. We’ll see when we get there :)

Are you a morning or night studier?

I’m a night-owl. I find that I focus better when the rest of the house/ world around me is asleep, it makes me feel free.

How often do you go out and party?

Right now I obviously don’t, not that I did before, I am underage and so are all my friends so we don’t really go clubbing and we never really hang out in the weekends because all of us have busy lifes. All of us do a separate study besides the regular one, I do an art study with 3 other friends and the other 2 do a sport study, so we all have work to do on the weekends.

Do you pull all-nighters?

Only during testweek, I want to able to actively participate in my classes during the day so I try to sleep at least 5 hours a night. DISCLAIMER: I have insomnia due to other mental problems and take medication to sleep, that’s why I only sleep about 5 hours. I do not reccomend only sleeping 5 hours since the amount the human body needs is about 7/8 hours.

What’s your proudest academic achievement?

This is a really hard one but if I have to think one it’s the time when we did a group project for English and geography and my group was the first group ever to get a 100% mark (for the English part) in all the years the project existed.

I hope you all got to know me a bit better and if you want answer the questions in the comments or tag me in your posts, I would love to hear about your (academic) life :)