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Here are a few simple steps to improve your academic average!

First off, a huge step in improving one’s grades is to actively want to do better.  So, well done! You have started your journey.

1) Actually, step 1 is to be prepared for your next day of class. So, this would entail reading the material for the next day, becoming familiar with terms and concepts and just gaining a basic understanding of what is going to be covered by the lecturer in the next lesson. 

This really does help! You will find yourself grasping concepts better in class and you will be able to follow along easier all because you know exactly what your lecturer is talking about and where they are getting the information from. It will just make your day easier! 

Even if you just have time to skim through your notes, just do it. This little method makes a big difference. 

2) After class or at least after a day of class, revise the work that has been done. This really helps you stay on top of your work and on your A-game! Get it? 

I understand that sometimes the workload means that you don’t get through all the work you did that day. That’s alright! Break it up. Break your workload into so many subjects today and so many tomorrow. The aim is to just keep on top of that work and revise while that information is still fresh in your head. 

3) Write down a to-do list each morning. The aim here is to increase productivity! Also, that sense of accomplishment and fulfilment when you tick something off your list? I wish you could bottle that feeling! 

This little step seems meaningless but it just allows you to plan your day a little bit and to write down what you want to do throughout the day.

4) Find your study method and stick to it! Everyone is different so the method that works for someone else may not entirely work for you and the trick is to find out your preferred method as early as you can. And do not let other methods influence when it’s 12am and you’re writing in 8 hours and you’re feeling stressed and now you’re cramming and nothing is going into your brain and now things are just going from bad to worse! Trust, we have all been there. Even if we don’t want to admit it out loud. 

5) Which leads me to the 5th tip. Study in advance! Cramming that work at 12am before your test in 8 hours will not cut the A grade average. It just will not.  Work out a good study plan if you struggle with this one. But stick to it! That’s the trick! 

Everyone is capable of doing well academically. It really takes perseverance and it takes dedication and hard work. Things don’t happen overnight. But take that feeling of a great test or assignment and let it motivate you for the next one. 

If you have tips and tricks that have worked for you, then let me know! I am really interested in engaging with the studyblr community and I hope these tips work for you! 

Have a productive and successful 2019!

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Howl’s Moving Castle

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Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

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Howl’s Moving Castle, 2004

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German books

I decided to make a post about books written by German/Swiss/Austrian writers :) Here we go! 

Classics

Die Physiker - Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Der Besuch der alten Dame - Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Der Richter und sein Henker - Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Die schwarze Spinne - Jeremias Gotthelf

Kleider machen Leute - Gottfried Keller

Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe - Gottfried Keller

Unterm Birnbaum - Theodor Fontane

Effi Briest - Theodor Fontane

Buddenbrooks - Thomas Mann

Schachnovelle - Stefan Zweig

Der Vorleser - Bernhard Schlink

Das Parfüm - Patrick Süskind

Der Steppenwolf - Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse

Faust - Goethe

Der Prozess - Franz Kafka

Die Verwandlung - Franz Kafka

Nathan der Weise - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Emilia Galotti - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Die Leiden des jungen Werthers - Goethe

Der Sandmann - E. T. A. Hoffmann

Der Schimmelreiter - Theodor Storm

Homo faber - Max Frisch

Andorra - Max Frisch

Kabale und Liebe - Schiller

Die Räuber - Schiller

Wilhelm Tell - Schiller

Der gute Mensch von Sezuan - Bertold Brecht

Im Westen nichts Neues - Erich Maria Remarque

Der zerbrochene Krug - Heinrich von Kleist

Ein fliehendes Pferd - Martin Walser

Der geteilte Himmel - Christa Wolf

Die Blechtrommel - Günter Grass

Frühlingserwachen - Frank Wedekind

Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum - Heinrich Böll

Biography

Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo - Kai Herrmann und Horst Rieck

Children/Young Adult

Die wilden Hühner 1-6 - Cornelia Funke

Tintenwelt-Trilogie - Cornelia Funke

Herr der Diebe - Cornelia Funke

Die unendliche Geschichte - Michael Ende

Momo - Michael Ende

Emil und die Detektive - Erich Kästner

Pünktchen und Anton - Erich Kästner

Das fliegende Klassenzimmer - Erich Kästner

Das doppelte Lottchen - Erich Kästner

Die rote Zora - Kurt Held

Die schwarzen Brüder - Kurt Held & Lisa Tetzner

Krabat - Otfried Preussler

Der kleine Wassermann - Otfried Preussler

Die kleine Hexe - Otfried Preussler

Der Räuber Hotzenplotz - Otfried Preussler

Das kleine Gespenst - Otfried Preussler

Mein Name ist Eugen - Klaus Schädelin

Tschick - Wolfgang Herrndorf

Ein Fall für dich und das Tiger-Team - Thomas Brezina

Knickerbockerbande - Thomas Brezina

Sieben Pfoten für Penny - Thomas Brezina

Psst! Unser Geheimnis - Thomas Brezina

TKKG - Stefan Wolf

Freche Mädchen, freche Bücher

Maya und Domenico - Susanne Wittpennig

Der rote Seidenschal - Federica de Cesco

Der Türkisvogel - Federica de Cesco

Heidi - Johanna Spyri

Das Sams - Paul Maar

Der kleine Vampir - Angela Sommer-Bodenburg

Hechtsommer - Jutta Richter

Vorstadtkrokodile - Max von der Grün

Blueprint - Charlotte Kerner

Die Wolke - Gudrun Pausewang

Herzbrennen - Brigitte Blobel

Die Clique - Brigitte Blobel

Rote Linien - Brigitte Blobel

Liebe wie die Hölle - Brigitte Blobel

Edelstein-Trilogie - Kerstin Gier

Junkgirl - Anna Kuschnarowa

Anna annA - Lukas Hartmann

Crime

Die Apothekerin - Ingrid Noll

Der Hahn ist tot - Ingrid Noll

Die Häupter meiner Lieben - Ingrid Noll

Selige Witwen - Ingrid Noll

Kalt ist der Abendhauch - Ingrid Noll

Felidae - Akif Pirinçci

Der Augensammler - Sebastian Fitzek

Noah - Sebastian Fitzek

Amokspiel - Sebastian Fitzek

Schneewittchen muss sterben - Nele Neuhaus

Small World - Martin Suter

Der Teufel von Mailand - Martin Suter

Kommissär Hunkeler - Hansjörg Schneider

Fiction

Eine Billion Dollar - Andreas Eschbach

Lila, Lila - Martin Suter

Silbermuschel - Federica de Cesco

Rotkäppchen muss weinen - Beate Teresa Hanika

Sand in Gottes Mühlen - C.C. Bergius

Heißer Sand - C. C. Bergius

Oleander - Oleander - C. C. Bergius

Die Klavierspielerin - Elfriede Jelinek

Léon und Louise - Alex Capus

Der Fälscher, der Spion und der Bombenbauer - Alex Capus

Mein Nachbar Urs - Alex Capus

Abschied von Sansibar - Lukas Hartmann

Der große Kater - Thomas Hürlimann

Es klopft - Franz Hohler

Nachtzug nach Lissabon - Pascal Mercier

Zündels Abgang - Markus Werner

Am Hang - Markus Werner

Der Schwarm - Frank Schätzing

Fun

Das Superweib - Hera Lind

Mütter-Mafia - Kerstin Gier

Maria, ihm schmeckts nicht! - Jan Weiler

Er ist wieder da - Timur Vermes

Jesus liebt mich - David Safier

Mieses Karma - David Safier

Plötzlich Shakespeare - David Safier

Die Putzfraueninsel - Milena Moser

Schlampen-Yoga - Milena Moser

Sooo many books… I’m sure there are important ones who are missing - please tell me if you think I should add a certain book! :)

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Laughter and tears weaved into a song,

what kind of story will it tell?

From the standstill of yesterday,

guiding our spirits toward the future,

the footsteps of today will resonate

and reach tomorrow.

— Flavors of Youth (2018)

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❁~chamomile tea~ ❁

[Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen - episode 13]

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Rice Balls - Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card ep5