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5. 10. 2020 - Most of my courses are only starting next week, so today was lecture-free for me. But I already started with readings I do know about, because I'm so excited for it all.😅🥰 These are some notes from Alan Brinkley's The Unfinished Nation, second chapter Transplantations and Borderlands about the first English settlements in America. I never really learned about this in high school, so it's all very new and interesting to me.✌
9. 10. 2020 - Finished my first lecture notes this morning: for reference, the scribbles on the right is what my class notes look like. I could never study from these so I rewrite my notes, but these help me a lot in organizing the material in a way that makes sense to me since my prof. jumps around the topic.🙂 How about you, are you fast enough to just take notes in class?
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Lately, I’ve loved grid notebook paper to take all of my notes. I think it looks a bit more organized.
Here are just a couple of Chinese Mandarin notes on some kitchen vocab
These are 40 of the most common chinese characters
Alright, this is part 2 of most the common (and useful) chinese characters. Anyways, so here are 60 new characters for you! (The final 50 most common characters are coming soon for this series, we've got this!!<3)
Always feel free to send me a message or ask any questions ♡♡♡
AYO! It's the final part of the "Most common Chinese characters" series! Here are the final 50, but I used to pen with awful ink for the hanzi this time so please lmk if you want me to redo it-
Don't give up, we've got this!<3<3<3
Hello hello!
Today's Chinese lesson is on some of the most common Chinese phrases; today specifically looking at some common expressions and sayings!
I should be posting more soon enough, however my energy levels are quite low at the moment so we'll see.
Study hard everyone! We can do this!<3
Due to unforseen circumstances, today's study session may be a little delayed...
A study session from the other day! You know I gotta glamorize it to make it appear worth while-
Here is a mini lesson on Mandarin Chinese food vocab. Just a few nouns and adjectives today but we'll shortly be posting a big list of useful food and kitchen related terminology and phrases!
I believe in us, we've got this!
Cya again soon <3
A little light studying and exploring
IT'S NOW THE HOLIDAYS AND I HAVE TIME TO POST STUFF AGAIN, WOOOH!
So yeah, I plan on posting a minimum of 3 posts a day starting tomorrow. Words can't express how much I've missed you all the past few weeks!
I did dome sewing, bought new Mildliners (I have a stationary addiction), and pretended to study while really just taking a picture of my biology homework from 2 years ago and sneaking it in this post to appear productive.
How to actually sit down and study📚💻🖨☕️📖📓
You've got the textbook and notebook open, the highlighter uncapped, the coffee steaming and laptop switched on.
Now what? Do I just highlight random keywords and write out key concepts whilst repeating important sounding phrases out loud?
While this may have worked in middle school or maybe even highschool, most college and university courses are an entirely different breed. Weekly pop quizzes and an in depth recap each class?
Highly unlikely, at least in my experience.
Uni very much leaves students to fend for themselves, with studying and learning the material taught in class as your own responsibility.
So what's a student to do? As someone who had to get her act together when starting the IB program, and then tackling university, here's my advice on how to actually study productively.
Create a study plan by breaking down the workload
Break down the workload:
Say you have a French vocab set to learn, an English paper due and an econ group project.
Study and write out your vocab, and then meet with your study group for practice.
Plan your paper research: what is the thesis, find relevant literary sources and highlight pontential useful concepts, do an outline of the points you want to cover, and then plan the dates and time that you'll actually sit down and write it out.
Go over the main econ project points, do your bit and then schedule a meeting with your coursemates to do the whole thing.
3. Create and maintain your study space.
If your space is messy and full of distractions, then your study sessions are probably not going to be as productive as they could be. Eliminate any distractions or at least try to minimize them
4. Join or create study groups!
They can be really useful when you actually study instead of hanging out (i'm guilty as charged unfortunately).
Divide concepts and have each member create a cheat-sheet or a short but detailed guide to share, so that you can cover more ground.
5. Use practise and past papers
You need to know how to actually approach the exam questions so that you can make the best use of your exam time, so familiarize yourself with the paper structure and the type of questions e.g. essay-based, scenario questions, numerical.
6. Take breaks!
Studying is important, but so is your well-being.
Schedule 10-15 min breaks for a quick snack and a stroll, but also 1hr-1.5 hr breaks for a proper meal, to catch up wth friends or to watch a show.
Overall, a study plan and a study group can go a long way in helping you get the most out of your study sessions, so do what's best for you!
August Reading List 🌴🌺🍍📚🍹🌥
In progress: ⛔⏳
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
A Room with a View (E.M Forster)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
Done: ✅☑️🏁
The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong
Scarlet Women: The Scandalous Lives of Courtesans (Ian Graham)
The Runaway Jury (John Grisham)
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Wolkenhunde (Galsan Tschinag)
The Twins (Saskia Sarginson)