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So this is my introduction post:

My name is Alex and I am fairly new to the studyblr community. I am 15 and a sophomore at an arts high school in Arizona. 

About me:

Fluent in English and ASL and learning Spanish

Favorite subjects are sciences and maths

I hope to go into a career in astrophysics or biology

Tech theatre nerd 

Love books, reading, learning, drawing/painting, science etc

I love aesthetic notes but I have a hard time making my own nice and neat

I have awful handwriting

Started a bullet journal 

I am also a trans guy and my pronouns are he/him/his

I am blown away by the kindness and openness of this community. Thank you to @studyign @studyquill and @studyingdayandnight for inspiration and friendlyness 

I'm super proud of myself this semester. I worked really hard and got straight A's

school mindset

essays - make each essay you write better than the last


 small assignments - aim for 100s, expect 100s, get 100s


 homework - pretend they’re assignments


 homework that’s not graded - pretend! they’re! assignments!


 tests - study for 100s, expect less


 long term projects - act like it’s due in four days -even when it’s not- until you’re done with it


 group projects - do not get angry


 presentations - pretend you’re obama

disclaimer - this works for me, it may not work for everybody, do not push yourself too hard!!

When to use flash cards: memorizing words/vocab, numbers, equations, names, dates, and verbatim facts or lines.

When to use mnemonic devices: memorizing steps of a process or sets of facts/information/people, especially in an order.

When to use concept maps or drawings: learning (rather than memorizing) relationships, processes, concepts, systems, etc.

When to use tables or charts: learning or memorizing systems (eg. conjugation in a foreign language), sets of sets of information (eg. people and when they lived and what they did), and other large/complex groups of information.

When to use songs: for learning or memorizing anything.

Disclaimer: this is a general guideline. If something else works for you, do it!

24.08.17.

ahh the stuff i ordered came in today and i am sooo hyped i cant wait to use all of this

“she decided to start living the life she has imagined.”

Finished the Aeneid and I loved it. Can't wait to start Dante's Inferno

Best advice I’ve received so far

the time you take being jealous of other people’s success is the time you could be using to build your own

you’re never going to “feel like it”

doing and practicing now is better than waiting for the perfect moment

eliminate people with toxic habits from your life

you are in control. Everything you’ve done up to this moment led you here. Therefore, your future is determined by what you do now.

everything is as it should be and only later in life you can connect the dots.

self discipline will give you freedom. consistency will give you results

everything is temporary. You should find freedom in this concept

the rich stay rich acting poor and the poor stay poor acting rich

being healthy means finding a balance between the good and the bad

the people that outranked you have outworked you.

you can’t be grateful and negative at the same time.

Meditate on these statements. They are so very powerful! Xxx

bad study habits to leave in 2017

cramming the night before. do a little every day and get a good night sleep before the test

procrastinating. promise yourself you’ll do 5 minutes of a task you’ve been putting off for a while. you’ll be surprised how quickly that 5 minutes turns into 10 and 10 into an hour and before you know it you’ll be done and able to enjoy guilt-free leisure time

not asking for help. make the most of your teachers and classmates who want you to succeed. don’t suffer in silence

saying yes to everything. it’s important to try new things but it’s also important to have enough spare time to see your friends and get enough sleep

being distracted. turn off the tv. turn off your phone. focus on studying so you can get your assignments done as efficiently as possible so you can enjoy your free time

not having a planner. this doesn’t have to be a beautiful bullet journal. just make sure you have a way of keeping on top of everything you have to do so you don’t get overwhelmed whether that’s in a store-bought diary or in you phone’s calendar

eating (too much) junk. fuel your body and your mind with fruit and veg. if you’re at university try cooking in bulk to keep costs down. you’ll be able to concentrate better if you’re eating well

not taking breaks. your brain needs to take breaks, even if you have a big test coming up. for every hour you spend studying take a 10 minute break and stretch/make a snack/take a shower/call a friend 

not rewarding yourself. take time to be proud of everything you’ve achieved so far. enjoy the success you’ve worked so hard for

Be the hardest working person you can be. That’s how you separate yourself from the competition.

Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors Point Guard (via forbes)

college tips 

- do  not  take  8 am classes

- dont take 3 hr classes that only meet once a week

- sleep 

- when u write an essay pick out the quotes/examples u want and write the essay around it

- email ur teachers and meet with ur advisors regularly

- quizlet

- TRIPLE CHECK YOUR ALARMS 

- bring tupperware to the dining hall to smuggle out extra food

I’m constantly torn between “if it’s meant to be, it will be” and “if you want it, go and get it.”

01/10/2017 :: Got a lot of work done this afternoon and went for a quick sprint session afterwards too.

Other studyblrs: My favorite subjects are pure chemistry and molecular biology. I’m currently doing my bachelors in astrophysics!!

Me: Idk I thought I liked History but I’m failing lmao. I also had a cactus once but it died

winter season series part 1/part 9

→ here are all of the notes resources i was able to compile over the course of about a week; there’s loads of links here but don’t feel overwhelmed! there are many different methods, tips, and even resources for different subjects.

METHODS & TIPS

organic chemistry notes

a quick tip for writers out there, who use Microsoft Word

how i rewrite my notes

masterpost of everything

note-taking tips

the complete study guide for every type of learner

how to study

how to study psychology

how to take effective notes

symbols & abbreviations for note taking

how to efficiently take notes

notes, studying, and self-study resources

how to make mindmaps!!

taking lecture notes

studying biology

how to use cornell note-taking method on onenote - a tutorial on how to take class notes

cornell note-taking method

how to illustrate your notes

how to maintain good notes

taking notes as a science student

decorative underlines for notes

studyquill’s summerstudy tag w/ lots of notes!!!

types in the classroom

masterpost: studying methods

physics resources and link, including notes!!!

tips you never knew you needed

study advice masterpost, including notes tips

+ i have a post coming soon in this series that deals with how i take my notes using my own modified cornell method so keep an eye out for that!

PRINTABLES

note-taking printables

organic chemistry printable

vocabulary list + others

formula list + others

definitions, formulas, etc.

SOME OF MY FAV NOTES POSTS FOR INSP

notes from a presentation

digital notes!!

more notes!!!

apush notes

notes over the abdomen

notes throughout of mice and men

the psychology of music

handwritten physics notes from grade 11

astrophysics

earth & the universe

more astrophysics!!!

uk and british politics

+ you can check out my /tagged/ref page for more of my fave posts :)

+ you can also check out my /tagged/notes page for more notes!!!

as always, hope you found this helpful and if you have any ideas/requests, please don’t hesitate to message/dm me!

26.8.16

Can’t believe school starts in about ten days (O∆O). I hope everyone has had a wonderful and relaxing summer (*´ｪ`*) !! You don’t have to worry about being productive because the point of holidays is to relax and I hope you feel fulfilled and full of energy for the school year!!

One of my close friends on Tumblr offered to give me information on Art/design universities and today she sent me a list of US ones and I’m so so so grateful and amazed at her kindness!! Also, I finally took a look at the SAT practice questions.

STUDY STUDY STUDY- The Few Days Before Exams

My first exam (modern history) is Wednesday. Today is Sunday. For the past few days my life has been about study, study and more study. Here’s the best tips I can give you:

Start NOW

Flashcards are the best way to study- you learn while making them AND by revising

Mindmaps are also good for connecting ideas

And because they can be messy

You don’t have time to be neat and meticulous (though go ahead if it helps you)

My advice is to just make it legible enough for YOU

Remember, this is for you

Practice papers are your friend

But let’s be real, you probably don’t have time

So instead of essays do essay plans, for example

Or practice introductions, that’s useful too. It helps you come up with ideas

Take care of yourself, you’re obviously busy, but take breaks for meals at the very least

Start with the hard stuff and then do the easy stuff

For example, I have been revising history during the day and annotating books at night as part of my nighttime reading

Try and get enough sleep while you can

Don’t forget the big picture

Talk to friends & family if you’re feeling anxious

Aim for 100%- Know as much as you possibly can, even if you don’t expect to get 100

Learn the structure of your exams, it’s so much less daunting on the day

Utilise your teachers if you need them

Breathe, it’ll be okay

You got this

Don’t forget to prepare the materials you’ll need

And go ace those exams :)

Some more physics notes.🐼

senioritis? after only two months of school? it’s more likely than you think

🙃 I had so much I wanted to get done over winter break and so far all I’ve done is replay life is strange and watch unsolved.

“My love for maths is like π- infinite and irrational.” -Anne

Structure of the radium atom. Drawing by Niels Bohr, 1922.

Hidden corners of my college library.

5.10.16 // the weather outside wasn’t too great today, so I decided to camp out and study in my dorm room today.

What is dark matter? It is an invisible matter that is known for its lens effect and its anisotropy, the anisotropy itself is a strong evidence for the existence of orderly molecular arrangement in crystals.  but no one knows what it is. Science uses relativity to explain its lens effect, but it cannot explain its nature.

me: i just got off break AP student: break? 🤓 the only breaks i get 📖📄 are between paragraphs 📝👓☑ i never rest 🙋☕💀 just grind 💯📈📚for those fives 🖊🎓

It’s sad how much of what is taught in school is useless to over 99% of the population.

There are literally math concepts taught in high school and middle school that are only used in extremely specialized fields or that are even so outdated they aren’t used anymore!

Study identifies new target to preserve nerve function

Scientists in the Vollum Institute at OHSU have identified an enzyme that plays a crucial role in the degeneration of axons, the threadlike portions of a nerve cell that transmit signals within the nervous system. Axon loss occurs in all neurodegenerative diseases, so this discovery could open new pathways to treating or preventing a wide array of brain diseases.

The research team discovered a new role of the enzyme Axundead - or Axed - in promoting the self-destruction of axons. They found that when Axed function was blocked, injured axons not only maintained their integrity but remained capable of transmitting signals within the brain’s complex circuitry for weeks. Their research was published July 5 in the journal Neuron.

“If you target this pathway, you have a really good chance of preserving the functional aspects of neurons after a variety of types of trauma or injury,” said senior author Marc Freeman, Ph.D., director of the Vollum Institute at OHSU. “It’s a very attractive therapeutic target.”

Freeman conducted the work in the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He has since been recruited to head the Vollum Institute, which conducts cutting-edge basic research into how the nervous system works at a molecular level.

Severing axons, or axotomy, is a simple way to study the molecular basis of neurodegeneration as it leads to the activation of explosive axonal degeneration. In the laboratory, researchers using this technique can identify pro-degenerative genes with great specificity, especially when using sophisticated genetic approaches in the fruit fly Drosophila, Freeman’s primary research model organism. Drosophila shares these same pathways with humans. Previous work by Freeman’s lab identified another enzyme, a gene called SARM, which was the first shown to activate a process that causes axons to disintegrate when damaged.

In the current study, Freeman and colleagues identified Axed, showed that it functions downstream of SARM to execute axonal degeneration, and, surprisingly, that the protection afforded by blocking Axed was even stronger than SARM.

“There was really nothing we could do to kill axons where Axed function was blocked,” Freeman said.

From an evolutionary perspective, Freeman said SARM and Axed function are likely important in the peripheral nervous system after injury because programmed axon death allows for efficient packaging of damaged cellular materials for removal by immune cells. This process thereby clears the pathway for new neuronal processes to regrow, reinnervate tissues, and recover function.

From a therapeutic perspective, the goal of the work is to understand at the molecular level how axons degenerate, and block those pathways in patients to preserve nervous system function. In many nervous system injuries axons are not severed but become stretched or crushed, which activates the SARM-dependent death program and drives axon loss. In those cases, it’s imperative to block SARM and Axed signaling to preserve axon integrity, and in turn neuronal function. At the same time, Freeman and others have shown that SARM-dependent signaling pathways also drive axon loss in neurodegenerative conditions including glaucoma, traumatic brain injury and peripheral neuropathy. This suggests the notion of an ancient and conserved axon death signaling pathway that is widely activated to drive axon loss. Since axon loss is a universal feature of neurodegenerative diseases, it seems likely that blocking this pathway could have enormous therapeutic benefit.

“If we can find ways to block it, maybe we can preserve function in a wide array of patients who have lost axons through neurodegenerative diseases or other neural trauma,” Freeman said.

To all the high school students out there with mental illnesses

The thought of your future, especially when you struggle with mental illness, can be a scary thing. I remember feeling like I’d never make it to college, that I’d never make it out of high school, and if I did, I’d certainly never be able to survive college.

Let me tell you, I not only survived high school, but I got into the college of my dreams, and I am surviving here too. College can actually be so much better than high school in terms of accommodations for mental illness. I’ve got an adviser that helps me by getting me extended time on tests or excused absences or things as simple as letting me pet his therapy dog.

College isn’t necessarily for everyone, but don’t let your mental illness deter you from following your dreams, and don’t assume that college will be as unforgiving to your illness as high school can be sometimes. And if I can survive high school, then you certainly can! I believe in you! YOU CAN DO THIS! :D

Can you believe it? [Twitter/Tolerance via @unofficially-nasa]