🌻 Life Lately Has Been Good!

🌻 Life Lately Has Been Good!
🌻 Life Lately Has Been Good!
🌻 Life Lately Has Been Good!
🌻 Life Lately Has Been Good!
🌻 Life Lately Has Been Good!
🌻 Life Lately Has Been Good!

🌻 life lately has been good!

🌻 i've been trying my hand at green smoothies. unfortunately, out blender isn't powerful enough, so there were still some tiny spinach pieces in my smoothie haha. still tasted yummy and felt healthy tho!

🌻 also, i've been trying to stick a bit more to a skincare / health routine, including probiotics for my ibs, lotion after showering, niacinamide in the morning, and retinol in the evening.

🌻 mischa and i recently went to ikea with his mom. our plans to move in tgt are slowly taking more shape, we're looking for apartments that will be free anytime after november, and are thinking about which furniture we need. ikea was super fun, we saw and noted some pieces we liked, and had köttbullar :) also, i got some cute cacti!!!

🌻 i'm still working hard on my ma thesis, but i'm trying not to stress out too much over it. next due date to hand in my final draft is aug 30th!

🌻 tomorrow night, mischa and i will be flying to london for one last time until monday, where i'll be handing in my apt key. i'm really looking forward to hitting up brunch places, going to the saatchi gallery, and browsing brick lane market :)

More Posts from Charlies-day-off and Others

4 years ago

every 1 is honestly beautiful and tragic like sometimes i can't look people in the eye because im like i know something is making you deeply irreversibly sad and you're just here talking to me about the weather and im going to let you

9 years ago
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Yay let’s all be friends who hate our lives and take AP Lit together! 

How to apply:

follow me 

reblog this 

fill out this

track #aplitgroup

What is this?

A group to motivate us bc motivating us can be hard sometimes 

and help us learn stuff

yeah u get it 


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8 years ago

philosophy resources post

written information

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: the philosophy version of Wikipedia, except it’s ok to source it. 

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: if you can decipher some of the more advanced articles it’s a great source of information. 

Philosophy Pages: an easier, more summary-like version with Western philosophers. 

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: articles on most things concerning philosophy. 

audio

The Philosopher’s Zone: podcast style, covers countless topics

Philosophy Bites: not as easy to navigate, podcasts cover a lot of things with top philosophers

on writing essays

this site tells you do’s and don’t’s for your paper. 

this is the longest and most informative guide on how to write a philosophy essay I’ve ever read. (note: avoid when/if too much info feels almost counter-productive)

this is a neat, clear guide from Harvard on writing philosophy papers. 

extra

Why did the chicken cross the road - philosophy style. 

9 years ago

Char

flickering bonfires at the beach, the crashing of waves against the shore, charcoal smudging your fingertips, the fading remnants of summer, burnt orange

–> the name game!!


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4 years ago

DO IT FOR HER

(her being you )

5 years ago

College Note-Taking System

College Note-Taking System

Having cohesive and effective notes is one of the key skills I think one should have, especially in an academic setting. When you’re receiving a ton of information each day, you want to be able to keep track of that and remember what you’ve learned. I’m constantly trying out ways to make my note-taking more effective and tailored to my needs. Here’s what my note-taking system looks like so far.

Quick note: click on the images for better quality!

Class Notes

Taking notes in class is an invaluable way to keep track of the new knowledge you’ve gained. However, depending on the mode in which the lecture material is conveyed, I take my notes differently. Here’s a summary of how I take my notes for each type of lecture, as well as some examples from the classes I’m taking now.

College Note-Taking System

Slides (e.g. Macroeconomics)

Macroeconomics is a class in which you should be able to intuitively understand a lot of concepts but also remember a lot of things. Because of this, I’ve tailored my note-taking method and habits to achieve that goal.

I write my notes by hand because handwriting is more effective in committing things to memory.

As for what I actually do - and this is what I’ve done for other classes in which the professor/lecturer uses slides:

Read/skim over the slide.

Read each bullet point as the professor goes through them.

Copy it down if it’s straightforward or write it down in a structure and diction that I understand better (not necessarily in my own words - sometimes it’s just restructuring, e.g. splitting things up or joining different bullet points together).

Take note of any other important details the professor says about any particular point unless I think it’s intuitive or common sense.

Here’s an example from a Macroeconomics lecture.

College Note-Taking System

Oral Presentation (e.g. Anthropology)

During classes in which the professor just speaks and doesn’t use much visual material, I listen before I write instead of attempting to write down every single detail mentioned.

Also, I type up my notes instead of handwriting them since the exams are all open-book so I don’t really have to commit things to memory.

Here’s what I do:

Listen for a cue that tells you what this particular part of the lecture will be about (and write it as a heading).

Write down main ideas and their supporting facts/details. If the facts/details come before the main ideas, then I’d usually draw an arrow.

Write down ideas and details from readings in their own section/subsection.

Sometimes, my professor also shows short clips in class, in which case I’d write down the message that I think the clip was meant to convey, as well as things that the professor points out that I didn’t think of on my own.

I’d also look up concepts/ideas/people/events (in real time) that are important to my understanding of the lecture material.

Here’s an example of a Google Docs document from an Anthropology lecture.

College Note-Taking System

Demonstrations and Sample Problems (e.g. Computer Science)

Classes in which the lecture is mainly going through demos and problems are kind of tricky, because you want to know and understand what the professor is doing, but you also don’t want to be writing down every single step that’s being executed. Here’s what I’ve found to be the most effective so far:

If there are any, I import the slides/handout onto OneNote and annotate directly on the slide. If not, I just write down things like definitions, important concepts, and syntax-related things.

I focus on understanding what the professor’s doing with the demo or problem.

I then summarize the steps they took and

Write down comments and points they brought up, e.g. common errors, desirable habits/practices.

Also, these kinds of classes are usually classes in which you’d learn better when you actually do problems yourself, so I definitely learn more when I do assignments and labs than when I’m in class.

Here’s an example from a Web Programming lecture.

College Note-Taking System

Here’s one from an Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures class. I often draw things to help me visualize the general points.

College Note-Taking System

Rewritten Notes

My rewritten notes have definitely changed a lot since high school. Since most of my classes don’t require a lot of memorization, I organize my notes in such a way that they’d be easy to index or find information from. Here are some of the ways I do that:

Establishing a Visual Hierarchy

Having a well-defined hierarchy helps me flow through my notes really well as i read them. It helps me organize information like a mind map without actually making a mind map - I know the big topics and their subtopics and sub-subtopics and details … basically it’s easier to see how these ideas fit together.

But why don’t I just make mind-maps? See, the thing is, a lot of my notes require sequential or linear thinking, e.g. in macroeconomics it might be the sequence of events following a change in the economy, or in computer science it might be a general algorithm for solving a certain type of problem, or it might be proving or deriving a certain equation. These sorts of things just generally don’t work well with mind maps. Instead, establishing a visual hierarchy in my notes helps me organize different ideas while retaining the linear nature of the information.

Here’s what the hierarchy looks like.

College Note-Taking System

Here is an example from my Web Programming class, which is a purely project-based class, so no prelims or exams. As you can see, I draw rectangles around important terminology so that I can easily find them while I’m working on a project. I also include examples from in-class activities as well as notes on syntax so I have an idea of how to implement certain things. These examples and notes are further grouped by terminology/concept.

College Note-Taking System

Structuring Them for Easier Flow

My syllabi for my college courses are nowhere near as detailed as the syllabi for my high school courses - those of you who take/have taken Cambridge exams would know. In college, my syllabi are only lists of topics and not what you’re expected to know for each topic. Because of this, I have to find a way to arrange information so that I can achieve the most comprehensive and cohesive understanding of that topic, i.e. so that the flow of my notes is similar to the flow of my thinking.

For example, in my economics notebook, I like to have the details first (e.g. the separate markets: the goods market, the assets market, and the labor market) and then the big picture later (IS-LM-FE). Some people prefer the other way around - seeing the big picture and then going into the details - which I can understand and have done myself for certain topics.

College Note-Taking System

Making Use of Proximity and Spacing

I very much dislike notes without good use of spacing and grouping things together. Keeping related ideas in visual proximity helps your brain (or at least mine) organize this information. It’s also a lot easier to find things and visualize your notes when they’re not just a huge chunk of text.

College Note-Taking System

One thing I should probably mention is that I don’t use colored pens anymore because it just takes a lot of time to switch pens and think of a color palette. I also don’t have much use for it. In the past, I used color to help me memorize and group things in different categories, but now, I’ve found that there aren’t a whole lot of categories I need to keep track of, and when I do, I can do so with just one pen but changing the style of the text.

And that’s what my note-taking system currently looks like. It’s working well so far, but I still think there are other things I could try out that might be a better fit.

So yeah, hope this was helpful, and as always, feel free to drop an ask if you have any questions, or even if you have any suggestions or would like to share your note-taking system. Have an awesome week!

9 years ago
I Wanted To Make A Revision Printable For Myself Now That I’m In VCE, So I Based It Off The Curve Of
I Wanted To Make A Revision Printable For Myself Now That I’m In VCE, So I Based It Off The Curve Of

I wanted to make a revision printable for myself now that I’m in VCE, so I based it off the curve of forgetting in order to combat it. :) Usually I do a bit more revision than this, but I like use this sheet as a minimum for revision and also as a way to keep track of what to revise.

 Here’s a downloadable link for anyone else who would like to use it too!

“Overcoming the Curve of Forgetting” Printable

HOW TO USE:

one subject per printable

tick boxes for what tasks to do each revision session (there are two blanks to add any other unique method you like to use)

sub topics to revise in each subject

a tick & the date in each box for completion 

Good luck revising! 


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Waddup my name is Charlie, im 21, and i never fucking learned how to study.

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