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How to study like Hermione Granger ?

Be prepared and start early

Hermione is not the kind who would venture to a lecture without having read the required class material. In fact, she always read the class manuals and learn everything she can during her holydays, before classes even start! You could do the same by doing the required work your teachers give you. If you don’t get any, look up what you’ll study and learn more about it. Don’t ever come to class unprepared.

Read a lot and broadly

The brightest witch of her age likes to read. In fact, it’s one of her favourite distraction all throughout the saga. She seems to always have a book under her nose. She reads broadly: from boring history books, to children’s tales. She is the kind to read extra books for class, not just the required one. By doing this, she sure gets a broad culture and knowledge.

Get organised

Hermione knows her to success depends on good organisation. She is shown to have a study plan for her exams, weeks before they happen. A good organisation helps her to always be prepared for what’s coming and to get spare time to do extra work. She would never be the kind to pull an all-nighter in order to finish a project the night before it’s due because she had forgotten about it.

Teach others

Ron and Harry always need her and Hermione kindly help them in many situations. Teaching other (without doing all the work for them) is a great way to make sure you understand everything about a subject. It forces you to simplify and visualise clearly what you’re talking about. So, don’t think helping others is a waste of time, it helps you as well.

Pay attention in class and participate

Even though she is mocked for this trait, Hermione can’t help but paying attention and be active in class. She always has her hand in the air when a question is asked. She knowns paying attention in class is the most important way to understand and learn about a subject. Don’t be afraid to answer your teacher’s questions, just like Hermione does.

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“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.”

- Madeline Miller, Song of Achilles

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studyblr bio update!

hey, it's alzz! this is another studyblr introduction, one that's improved and updated:)) a lot has happened in my academic life since i first started here and I'm very excited to share it all to you, academics of studyblr!

who are you, anyways?

u can call me: alzz<33

19 yrs of age

she/her

lesbeeean (still, a closeted gay)

asian; fil

scorpio

a slytherin!!

ambivert

a tourism management student !!

hobbies and interests

reading fanfics

sports (badminton, vball, bball, and swimming)

harry potter and mcu

women

dead poets society

reading poetry on the balcony with the sunset as my background

making friends :D

what's with the studyblr? this studyblr will have content about:

travelling

tourism

management

reflections (journaling)

creative writing (inspired by the places i've visited and ppl i've met)

language learning (so far I've got english, filipino, and currently working on french)

poetry reading and writing

dark and chaotic academia (im vv chaotic, might as well make it an academia aesthetic)

very excited to be here, again:)) pls send me a howler whenever im inactive. im aiming to post at least twice a month as a start:))  i’ll be tracking the tag #gostudyalzz c: have a superb day, academics !!

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“I am a child with an old soul. I see magic in everything. But at the same time , everything tires me because I feel everything so very deeply.”

–Juansendizon

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rainy days. cold nights. lazy study sesh. finding motivation. study ig stories for clout (lmao). gradient sunsets. cuddles. the blend of color between the day and night sky. steamy cups. the start of hogwarts. jose mari chan. 

Blog Update

Yooo, tumblrr! and the ppl of tumblr!! I’ve missed you! I haven’t been able to post anything -at all- since my last update (which was about a year ago). But here I am!! and like what they say in my mother tongue, “Ako’y nagbabalik-loob sa’yo” ;)) so much has changed so let me use this opportunity to share some friendly chika [story] to y’all.

See, I’m a new person now:)) or at least I’m in the early process of reinventing myself. I am currently neck-deep into the world of productivity and self-improvement, coupling it up with my 2022 theme of: Identity. What I intend to do for the remaining days of this year is to figure out who I am - my values, habits, and hobbies- and who I aim to be for the following chapters of my life. and I would really love to share my journey to this loving and supportive platform - to the Studyblr community.

With the start of “Ber” Months, I’ve also decided to start blogging. When I first started blogging back in June of 2021, I’d describe myself as someone who was clueless and aimless, swimming afloat the busy community of intellectual Studyblr bloggers. This time, however, I sense different energy in me.

I believe I am now driven and more motivated, backed up with a plan and specific timeframe. I am pretty excited to be here with the opportunity to share with ya’ll the knowledge and experience I’ve accumulated throughout the years. As a second-year, irregular college student - studying Hospitality Management, and the eldest daughter in a Christian, Asian household, I’d like to think that my stories and learnings would be of substance.

My blog would include topics about studying, adulting, and desperately surviving. The contents found here are not only limited to academics and practical shit, but include the mental, emotional, and life-changing journey I plan on embarking on as well:)) these will be separated by tags ofc;)

Just a bit of an early warning, I may provide messy content - which is not quite like the typical studyblr we have on here as I still do not have my whole life together:) However, I believe we are all the same in just trying to survive and make our way in this cruel, but beautiful world. We need a bit more transparency, the realistic mess, and the cleaning we must do as we find the worth to breathe another day.

basically, i will be brain-dumping depressive shit on here so brace urselves, girlies

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Skip Google for Research

As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse.  It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms 

As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable.  As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.

Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.

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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

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and i ship

Underrated Dark Academics:

Part 2

• The Rebellious Dark Academic

Paperbacks? Nah, this academic prefers to get pirated copies of their school books because after all education should be free. Challenges the system, reads romantic poetry, updated with the news, joins the marches and confuses the professors with their questions. Arrives early to their favourite class, skips the others, has a debate with a random stranger, fiercely protective of their friends, black nailpolish, classical music playlist interspersed with punk rock songs. Black blazers, late nights, brown boots, tired eyes, going to bed after sunrise and dreaming about the revolution.

• The Vanilla Dark Academic

Loves softness and scented candles, carefully turns the pages of their hardcover books, presses flowers between their pages, brown warm sweaters (oversized to make sweater paws). Wears golden jewellery and pendants, messy bun, silent observer, wonderful listener with strong opinions. Fan of Mozart, loves playing piano or listening to it. Loves kissing their lovers in the rain, fluently quotes verses from poetry, writes long letters and secretly has a crush on the rebellious dark academic.

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Dark Academia REALISTIC Study Tips :

You think Dark Academia can only exist in fictions and movies? You're welcome for this post then.

Light up your favourite candle, or put on the sound of soft rain or piano music.

Make small notes above the lines of your book, write down your observations in the margins.

Write and rewrite your notes if that's what helps you learn, in a dark loopy handwriting, not caring if it's messy.

Have questions. Question what you're reading and strike up a conversation with your professor about it.

If that doesn't quench your thirst for knowledge, pour over the books in the library or research on your laptop at late night.

Read. Read. Read. Because dark academia is all about gaining knowledge. Read the books on your shelf that you haven't read before.

Search up funny facts or secrets about romantic poets or mythological figures and share them.

Have a group of friends who are interested in discussing literature or debating over ancient theories over a cup of coffee.

Romanticize studying to help you get in the mood, get dressed up and imagine that you're doing research for your secret poetic society.

Change your environment of studying. Take a walk and read your books on a meadow during sunset or write your essays in the cozy corner of your favourite cafe.

Try to read up materials before your professor teaches them and answer all the questions in class, enjoy being a know-it-all.

Record yourself explaining a certain topic that you've studied recently and pretend as if you're teaching someone.

Take book recs from pinterest, tumblr, your friends and professors and write them on the messy palm of your hand.

Make your notes funny. Use swear words and innuendos if that's what helps you remember. Just enjoy learning.

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I’ve seen a lot of curious people wanting to dive into classical music but don’t know where to start, so I have written out a list of pieces to listen to depending on mood. I’ve only put out a few, but please add more if you want to. hope this helps y’all out. :)

stereotypical delightful classical music:

battalia a 10 in d major (biber)

brandenburg concerto no. 5

brandenburg concerto no. 3

symphony no. 45 - “farewell” (haydn)

if you need to chill:

rondo alla turca

fur elise

anitra’s dance

in the steppes of central asia (borodin) (added by viola-ology)

if you need to sleep:

moonlight sonata

swan lake

corral nocturne

sleep (eric whitacre) (added by thelonecomposer)

if you need to wake up:

morning mood

summer (from the four seasons)

buckaroo holiday (if you’ve played this in orch you might end up screaming instead of waking up joyfully)

if you are feeling very proud:

pomp and circumstance

symphony no. 9 (beethoven; this is where ode to joy came from)

1812 overture

symphony no. 5, finale (tchaikovsky) (added by viola-ology)

american (dvořák)

if you feel really excited:

hoedown (copland)

bacchanale

spring (from the four seasons) (be careful, if you listen to this too much you’ll start hating it)

la gazza ladra

death and the maiden (schubert)

if you are angry and you want to take a baseball bat and start hitting a bush:

dance of the knights (from the romeo and juliet suite by prokofiev)

winter, mvt. 1 (from the four seasons)

symphony no. 10 mvt. 2 (shostakovich)

symphony no. 5 (beethoven)

totentanz (liszt)

quartet no. 8, mvt. 2 (shostakovich) (added by viola-ology)

young person’s guide to the orchestra, fugue (britten) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

symphony no. 5 mvt. 4 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)

marche slave (tchaikovsky) (added by eternal-cadenza)

if you want to cry for a really long time:

fantasia based on russian themes (rimsky-korsakov)

adagio for strings (barber)

violin concerto in e minor (mendelssohn)

aase’s death

andante festivo

vocalise (rachmaninoff) (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

if you want to feel like you’re on an adventure:

an american in paris (gershwin)

if you want chills:

danse macabre

russian easter overture

egmont overture (added by shayshay526)

if you want to study:

eine kleine nachtmusik

bolero (ravel)

serenade for strings (elgar)

scheherazade (rimsky-korsakov) (added by viola-ology)

pines of rome, mvt. 4 (resphigi) (added by viola-ology)

if you really want to dance:

capriccio espagnol (rimsky-korsakov)

blue danube

le cid (massenet) (added by viola-ology)

radetzky march

if you want to start bouncing in your chair:

hopak (mussorgsky)

les toreadors (from carmen suite no.1)

if you’re about to pass out and you need energy:

hungarian dance no. 1

hungarian dance no. 5

if you want to hear suspense within music:

firebird

in the hall of the mountain king

ride of the valkyries

night on bald mountain (mussorgsky) (added by viola-ology)

if you want a jazzy/classical feel:

rhapsody in blue

jazz suite no. 2 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)

if you want to feel emotional with no explanation:

introduction and rondo capriccioso

unfinished symphony (schubert)

symphony no. 7, allegretto (beethoven) (added by viola-ology)

canon in d (pachelbel)

if you want to sit back and have a nice cup of tea:

st. paul’s suite

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

l’arlésienne suite

concierto de aranjuez (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

pieces that don’t really have a valid explanation:

symphony no. 40 (mozart)

cello suite no. 1 (bach)

polovtsian dances

enigma variations (elgar) (added by viola-ology)

perpetuum mobile

moto perpetuo (paganini)

pieces that just sound really cool:

scherzo tarantelle

dance of the goblins

caprice no. 24 (paganini)

new world symphony, allegro con fuoco (dvorak) (added by viola-ology​)

le tombeau de couperin (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

carnival of the animals (added by shadowraven45662)

if you feel like listening to concertos all day (I do not recommend doing that):

concerto for two violins (bach)

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

violin concerto in a minor (vivaldi)

violin concerto (tchaikovsky) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

violin concerto in d minor (sibelius) (added by eternal-cadenza)

cello concerto in c (haydn)

piano concerto, mvt. 1 (pierne) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

harp concerto in E-flat major, mvt. 1 (added by iwillsavemyworld)

and if you really just hate classical music in general:

4′33″ (cage)

a lot of these pieces apply in multiple categories, but I sorted them by which I think they match the most. have fun exploring classical music!

also, thank you to viola-ology, iwillsavemyworld, shayshay526, eternal-cadenza, tropicalmunchakoopas, shadowraven45662, and thelonecomposer for adding on! if you would like to add on your own suggestions, please reblog and add on or message me so I can give you credit for the suggestion!

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"I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it- to be fed so much love I couldn't take it any more. "

Norwegian Wood, Harukiu Murakami

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i think we need to remember that learning isn't always 'aesthetic'. learning is sometimes so hard that you want to quit (and sometimes you do); learning can leave you drained of all of your energy; learning has its highs, but its lows as well, and not understanding something straight away can make you feel like a failure; learning is notes that you can understand, regardless of whether or not anyone else can; learning is for yourself, and yourself only.

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