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How to Study Like a Harvard Student

Taken from Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, daughter of the Tiger Mother

Preliminary Steps 1. Choose classes that interest you. That way studying doesn’t feel like slave labor. If you don’t want to learn, then I can’t help you. 2. Make some friends. See steps 12, 13, 23, 24. General Principles 3. Study less, but study better. 4. Avoid Autopilot Brain at all costs. 5. Vague is bad. Vague is a waste of your time. 6. Write it down. 7. Suck it up, buckle down, get it done. Plan of Attack Phase I: Class 8. Show up. Everything will make a lot more sense that way, and you will save yourself a lot of time in the long run. 9. Take notes by hand. I don’t know the science behind it, but doing anything by hand is a way of carving it into your memory. Also, if you get bored you will doodle, which is still a thousand times better than ending up on stumbleupon or something. Phase II: Study Time 10. Get out of the library. The sheer fact of being in a library doesn’t fill you with knowledge. Eight hours of Facebooking in the library is still eight hours of Facebooking. Also, people who bring food and blankets to the library and just stay there during finals week start to smell weird. Go home and bathe. You can quiz yourself while you wash your hair. 11. Do a little every day, but don’t let it be your whole day. “This afternoon, I will read a chapter of something and do half a problem set. Then, I will watch an episode of South Park and go to the gym” ALWAYS BEATS “Starting right now, I am going to read as much as I possibly can…oh wow, now it’s midnight, I’m on page five, and my room reeks of ramen and dysfunction.” 12. Give yourself incentive. There’s nothing worse than a gaping abyss of study time. If you know you’re going out in six hours, you’re more likely to get something done. 13. Allow friends to confiscate your phone when they catch you playing Angry Birds. Oh and if you think you need a break, you probably don’t. Phase III: Assignments 14. Stop highlighting. Underlining is supposed to keep you focused, but it’s actually a one-way ticket to Autopilot Brain. You zone out, look down, and suddenly you have five pages of neon green that you don’t remember reading. Write notes in the margins instead. 15. Do all your own work. You get nothing out of copying a problem set. It’s also shady. 16. Read as much as you can. No way around it. Stop trying to cheat with Sparknotes. 17. Be a smart reader, not a robot (lol). Ask yourself: What is the author trying to prove? What is the logical progression of the argument? You can usually answer these questions by reading the introduction and conclusion of every chapter. Then, pick any two examples/anecdotes and commit them to memory (write them down). They will help you reconstruct the author’s argument later on. 18. Don’t read everything, but understand everything that you read. Better to have a deep understanding of a limited amount of material, than to have a vague understanding of an entire course. Once again: Vague is bad. Vague is a waste of your time. 19. Bullet points. For essays, summarizing, everything. Phase IV: Reading Period (Review Week) 20. Once again: do not move into the library. Eat, sleep, and bathe. 21. If you don’t understand it, it will definitely be on the exam. Solution: textbooks; the internet. 22. Do all the practice problems. This one is totally tiger mom. 23. People are often contemptuous of rote learning. Newsflash: even at great intellectual bastions like Harvard, you will be required to memorize formulas, names and dates. To memorize effectively: stop reading your list over and over again. It doesn’t work. Say it out loud, write it down. Remember how you made friends? Have them quiz you, then return the favor. 24. Again with the friends: ask them to listen while you explain a difficult concept to them. This forces you to articulate your understanding. Remember, vague is bad. 25. Go for the big picture. Try to figure out where a specific concept fits into the course as a whole. This will help you tap into Big Themes – every class has Big Themes – which will streamline what you need to know. You can learn a million facts, but until you understand how they fit together, you’re missing the point. Phase V: Exam Day 26. Crush exam. Get A.

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what is the weather?

𝙇𝙚𝙩’𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙡𝙮𝙖 -- 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙂𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣.

༻✦༺ 　༻✧༺　༻✦༺ ༻✦༺ 　༻✧༺　༻✦༺ ༻✦༺ 　　

𝙒𝙞𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙒𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧? (𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳)

⊱ ━━━━━━━━━━━━.⋅ εïз ⋅.━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⊰

𝙀𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙝ö𝙣, (𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦)

𝙀𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙩. (𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘥)

𝙀𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙆𝙖𝙡𝙩. (𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥)

𝙀𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙢. (𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮)

𝙀𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙞ß. (𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘵)

𝙀𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙩. (𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨)

𝙀𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩. (𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨)

𝙀𝙨 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙩. (𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨)

𝙀𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙜. (𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘨𝘨𝘺)

𝙀s ist bewölkt. (𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘺)

𝙀𝙨 𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙯. (𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨)

𝙀𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙜. (𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺)

𝙀𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩ü𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙝. (𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘺)

𝙀𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙜. (𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘺)

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Asian films on YouTube

These are mainly south Asian, east asian and south east asian films that I’ve watched recently. This list is not a comprehensive list by any means but will be updated.

Film, year, original language, director, subtitle languages. Bold titles are highly recommended.

Tampopo (タンポポ), 1985, Japanese, dir. Juzo Itami, English, Dutch, French and Japanese subtitles

Yi Yi, 2000, Taiwanese, dir. Edward Yang, French and English subtitles

Nomad (烈火青春), 1982, Cantonese, dir. Patrick Tam, English subtitles

The Scent of Green Papaya (Mùi đu đủ xanh), 1993, Vietnamese, dir. Tran Anh Hung, English

Tokyo Story (東京物語), 1953, Japanese, dir. Yasujiro Ozu, English, German, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish subtitles [8 more Yasujiro Ozu films here]

Emotion, 1966, Japanese, dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi, English

Raise the Red Lantern (大红灯笼高高挂), 1991, Mandarin, dir. Zhang Yimou, English

Jodha Akbar, 2007, Hindi, dir. Ashutosh Gowarikar, no subtitles

Comrades: Almost a Love Story (甜蜜蜜 /tián mì mì), 1996, Cantonese, dir. Peter Chan, English

Mughal-E-Azam, 1960, Hindi, dir. K. Asif, no subtitles

Eternal Summer (盛夏光年), [divided into two parts I & II], 2006, Mandarin, dir. Leste Chen, English

Sholay, 1975, Hindi, dir. Ramesh Sippy, no subtitles

In The Mood For Love (花樣年華), 2000, Cantonese, dir. Wong Kar Wai, English, French and Portuguese subtitles

Bazaar (बाज़ार), 1982, Hindi, dir. Sagar Sarhadi, no subtitles

Umbartha (उंबरठा), 1982, Marathi, dir. Jabbar Patel, no subtitles

Rent A Cat (レンタネコ), 2012, Japanese, dir. Naoko Ogigami, Spanish subtitles

Goodbye South, Goodbye, 1996, Mandarin, dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien, English, Chinese & French subtitles

I Saw The Devil (악마를 보았다), 2010, dir. Kim Jee-woon

Blind Shaft (盲井) 2002, Mandarin, dir. Li Yang, Chinese subtitles

Yellow Earth (黃土地), 1984, Mandarin, dir. Chen Kaige, English subtitles

Little Forest, 2018, Korean, dir. Yim Soon-rye, English subs

Afterlife (ワンダフルライフ), 1998, Japanese, dir. Hirokazu Koreeda, English subs

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do you have any movies or shows in german that you recommend to watch? also do you think that listening to music in your target language helps at all? thank you!! 💚

tv shows on Netflix: - Dark (currently watching, and i love it! if you liked The Outsider, Castle Rock or even American Horror Story you will love it) - Freud (a very weird, thrilling & interesting show)

movies: - Fak ju Göhte (it is an easy comedy movie) - A Coffee in Berlin (must watch) - Das Leben der Anderen (a very serious movie, i personally loved it) and yes, i do believe that music helps a lot with learning! try to find translations of the songs you are listening to this way you recognize the words whenever you hear the song! I learned soo many expressions and even slang this way. you can find many translations on this website: https://lyricstranslate.com/

some of my favorite german musicians: - Annen May Kantereit - Faber - JEREMIAS - Provinz - Cro my german playlist on Spotify > click < i hope this answers your questions and it is somewhat helpful!! and good luck with learning german <33

#im learning german now #this is super helpful #thank you

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We had a delicate little picnic last week!

IG: iridessence

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Today is a revision day! My semester ends in August so I have to revise:

1.- English Grammar

2.- Phonetics

These are my most important courses this semester so I need to practice a lot 💪🏻 hope you have a nice day/night!

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hi! new studyblr on the block

hi guys! i am alya, 23 and a law student from india. techincally i am not new to scene but i decided to fully immerse myself into this vibrant community to keep myself productive and maybe make like minded friends. :)

a little about me:

i am in lawschool and currently am in my 4th year or 7th semester. i have opted for two of my favorite law fields as my honours so let’s see how that works out.

i love watching documentaries on just about anything, true crime to nature, i will watch anything. also, i love podcasts!

currently i am learning german too! i have just started with it after studying it in school years back, so please be patient with me.

sanrio is my love and my favorite charachter is cinnamoroll <3

and yeah, i have two cats and i love animals too :>

please like and/or reblog this to be mutuals here :)

･｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ─── ─── ･｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ─── ─── ･｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆

𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢

1:05 ───|────── 2:53

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reminder to:

straighten your back

go pee goddAMN IT STOP HOLDING IT

go take your meds if you need to

drink some water

go get a snack if you havent eaten in a while

maybe wander around the house/stretch a little if you’ve been sat at the computer a while (artists especially: sTRETCH THOSE WRISTS)

reply to that text/message from earlier you’d forgotten about

maybe send a nice lil message to someone having a bad day?

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Is there a skill you’ve always wanted to master someday, but kept procrastinating on? A language you started learning – then abandoned? A topic in class you’ve never quite grasped? Or maybe you just want to expand your horizon and try something new? Distract yourself from your usual studies?

This challenge is the perfect opportunity to achieve that! Pick a skill and see how much you can improve and grow in 30 days – or really start working on your to-read list (I know those books have been piling up), your portfolio for that dream job in Illustration you want, or your blog you’ve been meaning to post more original content on.

Self-growth and development are so, so important, which is the main reason why I created this challenge.

The idea of this challenge is that people from all communities come together to gain knowledge, add skills and just have fun with the amazing amount of resources out there. This way, we can all support and motivate each other, whatever field you might be interested in.

Post an introduction with the hashtag #30dol with your goals and expectations for the month, and what your current level is. (Of course, you can join in later as well, but it’s fun to start a the same time!) In the end, you’ll be able to compare and see how much has changed!

Rules:

choose a topic or field you want to concentrate on

post an introduction to #30dol

define your goals or aspirations

update daily or weekly, we want to hear from you! ♥

post a picture, a sketch, or audio, whatever you deem fitting to show us all your progress for the day/week

Here are some ideas for you:

bullet journaling (read about it here on @emmastudies, here’s an amazing online course on it)

books/reading (if you don’t have a personal to-read list, here is one with the best books of the 20th century, best series with a gay plot/subplot, and books everyone should have read at least once)

coding (here are some sites to learn html, css, data science, python 3, java, etc.: x x x x)

design/illustration ( stickers and illustration, character illustration, Ink Illustration, 45 best adobe illustrator tutorials,

business/freelance/open your own shop (tips on how to open your own sticker shop, digital skills: web analytics and marketing)

languages (apps like lingodeer, duolingo, lingvist, busuu, blogs like @lovelybluepanda. there are also so many pdfs and amazing websites out there depending on your target language!)

online mass education courses (edx, coursera, skillshare, futurelearn where universities and professionals teach you about their subject - be that astronomy, engineering, ancient greek history, artificial intelligence or medicine!)

social media (learn to take iphone photos for your tumblr or instagram, and here’s a great post by @studyquill on how to start and maintain a studyblr!)

photography (travel street photography, find photographers you admire like annie leibovitz or henri cartier bresson and read about their path, or browse youtube channels like negative feedback which specialize on photography)

creative writing (there are tons of workshops online - you could also try to set yourself a piece or word limit similar to nanowrimo)

culinary (check recipe websites, or challenge yourself to try one new recipe a day, or dedicate the month to a specific cuisine)

music (learn music production, andrew huang has also made a video on how to start making music here)

film and filmmaking (karsten runquist’s channel is wonderful for film analysis, learn about cinematography basics here and film history here)

painting (acrylic painting, sketchbook illustration. you could challenge yourself to fill an entire sketchbook/create a piece every day or week, or to improve a specific technique)

Every resource linked is free (if you click on the links you can get Skillshare for free for two months and cancel anytime), so all you need is some free time and lots of motivation!!

I’m very happy to be announcing this to you all, and will be working on my Japanese for this challenge – so excited to see what you all and I will do and how far we can come!

Use #30dol as the general tag, and add your field (your specific subject, or writing, painting, lang(uages), pho(tography), film, book, design) to find people doing something similar! Though honestly one of the things I’m most excited about is the multidisciplinary aspect - we are such a brilliant and colorful community :)

Have fun guys!!

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Studyblr Intro

Hello guys, I'm Shedy. I'm new to the studyblr community and I'll be inactive this week to focus on my summer final exam. Might as well do this rite of passage or "formal intro" before I go inside my studying cave:

About me:

🔹Nicknames: She, Shed, Shedy.

🔹25 years old

🔹Studying Law in Philippines 🇵🇭

🔹Hufflepuff

🔹Aquarius ♒

Academics:

🔹An irregular law student in the Philippines 🇵🇭

🔹I only have 3 semesters left and a one month internship to graduate

🔹I want to be lawyer to protect the environment and the sexually abused women and children, help the poor to receive justice. So maybe a prosecutor or an NBI agent or just a simple lawyer with free services.

Goal for this blog:

🔹To be part of this supportive community.

🔹To conquer self-doubt.

🔹To gain friends.

🔹To be externally motivated to study.

🔹To be inspired by other studyblrs.

Interests:

🔹Traveling /backpacking

🔹Hiking and swimming

🔹Criminal law

🔹I like watching youtubers

🔹I like the color blue