#school hacks

[scipunk]

Hackers (1995)

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[fluffyamphibian]

ADHD life hack!

(School related)

I often find myself needing to be around other people studying or needing just another person around to keep myself accountable and on task. But that's not always possible...

Today a study livestream was recommended to me when I put on my study playlist. I clicked on it and it helped tremendously! There's just something about seeing another person do school work that helps me stay focused...

To do this, I...

Opened my study playlist

Had the live stream on another tab and muted it

I had only the livestream visible while I worked on my homework

The cool thing was that if I needed to work on another tab to do homework I totally could(I could still focus) because I knew I could simply click back over to the livestream and see someone across the world was doing their homework too! 🙂 At the same time as me! (Relatively)

Typing that out now I sound crazy but I hope this helps someone...

TL;DR

Livestream study sessions on YouTube help me focus and do homework with my ADHD and they might help you too

The three streams I watched today:

AhsanNess (the one recommended to me)

Jay skullz

차밀린 Millin (which is currently still streaming as I'm typing this)

#adhd hacks #school #school hacks #living with adhd #my adhd #life hacks #useful #study hard #studyinspo #study space #study notes #useful advice #adhd problems #problem solving #til #the more u kno #the more ya know #bangladesh #livestream #adhd tag #adhd stuff #adhd student #adhd study tips #cool #usefulyoutube #youtube #life saver #neverquit #never be alone

[metaltism]

studying for english class by reblogging and joining thr hamlet fandom

#hamlet #english #school hacks

[aleck-le-mec]

Listening to classical music while I do my math homework makes me feel like I’m saving the world with some kind of big brain mathematics.

#funny #idk #shitposting #shit post #classical music #old music #music #mathematics #math #math homework #pre calculus #school hacks #academic weapon

[worldsbiggestnerd101]

ok for those of you who are in school but wanna access blocked websites, this is for you! i've tried all of these methods, they work pretty well

for microsoft/windows/edge/teams users

method 1: highlight something. anything. (this means hold down your mouse and drag it over words to make them highlighted in blue.) a little menu should pop up once you do so and let go. press the magnifying glass or the "search with bing" option. this should create a little sidebar for you. you can access anything on here, and i mean ANYTHING once you're off school wifi. certain things may be blocked by the wifi but most will be accessible.

method 2: (this method only works for a few things! i have only ever used it to get minecraft education edition and netflix on here!) go to the microsoft store. search for what you want. if your school didn't cover their bases, whatever you searched for should be unblocked. install it, pin it to start, and you're all set.

for google/chrome/classroom users

method 1: go to google.com. right click anywhere just on this page, the main google page. there should be an option to open in sidebar. click it. boom. it's essentially the same as the bing sidebar i mentioned above with the added ability of being extendable to almost cover the whole screen. (this also works on microsoft computers! i am using it to make this post right now!)

method 2: search up what you want to access, for example just search netflix. see that first result that shows you the "netflix.com" url in tiny print above the page title? highlight that as best you can and copy it. now go to google translate. paste this into the "detect language" slot. copy it from the output section to the right. paste this new, google-translated url into your search bar in a new tab. it should work. (note: when i went to a school that used google, they used software called aristotle to block things. i am not sure how this would play out with goguardian. the others work with goguardian enabled.)

those are my tips and tricks! please reblog or reply with more and specify if it works for windows or chrome. thanks for reading y'all!!

#em rambles #school #school tips #school tricks #school hacks #life hack #by the time y'all see this i will be in double period english but that's ok

[bambisnemo]

Last minute life hack

I learned the best way to score well with just one day prep is by learning the answer scheme.

Do practise questions and rewrite or review the answers provided.

While taking your exam, make sure you attempt everything. Even if you don't know the answer, just write down whatever comes to mind regarding the question. Before you realise it, you would have got the target required.

Honestly, I'm counting on better planning for my next exams so I'm prepared way ahead of time.

With that being said, here's what I did today:

1. Completed Biology portions

2. Completed an entire chapter on chemistry

Didn't get to do a lot but thankfully I'll be able to complete the portions tomorrow morning.

#indian studyblr #student life #student #study aesthetic #study hard #study #study blog #study inspiration #study motivation #exam season #exam preparation #exams #cramming #exam study #school #school tips #school hacks

[simplestudentplanning]

Self-Improvement & Productivity Youtubers/Playlists

If you have any other recommendations, please leave a link to the YouTuber’s channel, and the category they fit in the most in the comments.

General Self-Improvement

Better Ideas

Erin May Henry

Improvement Pill

Matt D’Avella

muchelleb

Nathaniel Drew

The Art of Improvement

The Bliss Bean

Bullet Journaling

AmandaRachLee

Bullet Journal

Seventeen: Bullet Journaling (Playlist)

Career

Cass Thompson Career Advice

Finance

Nate O'Brien

Sara Finance

Fitness

Chloe Ting

Lilly Sabri

Knowledge

AsapSCIENCE

CGP GREY

CrashCourse

Life Noggin

OverSimplified

Pursuit of Wonder

TEDx Talks

The School of Life

Mental Health

Dr. LeGrand - Optimal Mind Performance

How to ADHD

Rick Wants To Know

The Aspie World

Productivity

Ali Abdaal

Thomas Frank

School

durwyn lam

emilystudying

Janice Studies

Kai Notebook

Mariana’s Corner

revisign

Smart Student

studyquill

Study To Success

#self improvement #mental health #productivity #self love #youtubers #resources #useful stuff #references #for future reference #school advice #school life #school tips #tips and advice #tips and tricks #school hacks #study advice #study tips #study tricks #study hacks #study with me #study motivation #studyblr #neurodivergent #neurodivergency #adhd #autism #actually autistic #actually audhd

[badbatchenthusiast]

how to do well at school

(work smarter not harder)

i’m trying to compile a list of what’s been working for me academically especially with all the fun side effects of being autistic in the education system (and the variable motivation/executive functioning that comes with it). queuing this forever so i remember to apply these, but if they help you feel free to let me know how it goes!!

1.) Print out notes.

To be fair, this only really works if you have access to a reliable printer, but I imagine a sizeable percentage of people do. For me it was definitely worth investing in one. This is enormously helpful for several reasons:

no need to make notes in class - it’s all there, in front of you, like subtitles to the lesson. makes it so much easier to follow the class and if you miss a day because you’re ill/not coping/have zoned out for 30 mins, you’re not missing valuable content you’re going to need to read up on later

annotating pre-printed notes with little details the teacher is saying adds valuable context and information, and allows you to write in analogies/mnemonics/key evidence/links to other parts of the course in a really different style to the main notes so it doesn’t get confusing to read (annotating hand-written notes can get messy)

having a physically printed copy makes it feel more real, and therefore less likely to disappear in your mind, than just electronic notes. handling actual paper is also less tiring than sitting with a laptop/tablet in a lesson and typing (especially for me)

having that day/week’s notes pre-printed over the weekend makes you feel much more organised and is hours less work than doing pre-learning by handwriting notes

if you type up the notes yourself into a table on word with key word/subtitle/question on one side and definition/answer/explanation on the other, you’re transforming the textbook information into new information, which is very valuable revision and will help with keeping it in your mind; it’s like flashcards, but in note form, and helps chunk content into more manageable pieces

i struggle with processing speed. listening to information *and* comprehending it *and* taking notes at the same time is too much, especially when people talk much faster than i can write. having it all pre-written means i can focus on just understanding and consolidating, and by the time we’re set homework i don’t have note-completion and content-learning to do on top of it

it helps with understanding of the course, in terms of what you need to cover in which topics and what’s coming up next

the best thing about this is it allows for a lot of flexibility in terms of how much time/effort you put into it. on days where i have the energy to sit and learn, i’ll make detailed notes on an upcoming topic with bulletpoints from the textbook and added links to our wider reading, or google context to anything i don’t get. on days where it’s not happening, i’ll copy paste from a reliable revision source/scan a page of the book and be done.

2.) Copy out answers before attempting questions yourself.

definitely one of the least motivating things when doing questions is not knowing how to start, or how to get the answer. a quick way to fix that and get more confidence is to copy out/annotate pre-written example answers or solutions from the textbook or mark scheme. this gives you a sort of blueprint to follow, and makes your time less wasteful if you’re often going straight into questions only to get half of them wrong.

youtube videos with example problems are also really great for this. pause the video before the solution starts and try to work through as far as you can, and when you get stuck unpause and finish copying out the working. doing this before starting homework gets you a higher grade on them and means you’re not wasting time getting things wrong, learning it incorrectly, and only finding out when you get it back.

for essay-based subjects, asking for exemplary answers to annotate is also very helpful. note down use of structure, sentence starts used, anything that you find is good about it and helps it meet the criteria. then, try and write a response to a different question in the same or similar style. get that marked, get feedback, try again.

3.) Practice questions are worth more than anything.

don’t waste time making hundreds of versions of your notes or exclusively rereading flashcards/the textbook. this might be helpful for content learning early on, but long-term retention and exam technique only come with practice. it’s annoying, sure, but works like a charm. so:

test yourself regularly - identify gaps in your knowledge and work to patch them, then test yourself again

get a feel for what kind of questions are usually asked in exams and write your own, then answer them - this, with time, will make exams predictable, or at the very least make you better at understanding what questions want from you

if your teacher lets you have extra practice questions marked, use them as an incredibly helpful source of feedback for improvement so there’s not such a steep learning curve with the first few assignments. if they don’t, use assignments intelligently to see what gets you marks and what doesn’t, then use the feedback on that to revise your technique and improve. if you do badly and don’t learn from it, this is a waste.

for the most part, teachers are on your side and want you to learn. if you’re stuck and don’t know how to answer questions/get correct answers, chances are there’s someone you can go to.

4.) Interesting information is your friend.

draw diagrams. make mindmaps. add pictures to your notes. colour code by topic. highlight things. annotate little fun facts. anything to prevent notes from becoming walls of off-grey text that you can’t be bothered to read. this also has the added benefit of being more interesting to do. so if you have a process to learn, make a flow chart with funky shapes. if it’s context you’re adding, make a timeline or spider diagram. type in memorable little comments or jokes that will help you understand things. copy out graphs and models and doodle important people’s faces. this sticks.

and if you’re feeling really outlandish, make some memes! even if they’re really bad. but for information you absolutely need to know and simply have to memorise, a bad rhyme or punchline will make it much easier to keep in your head, especially when it’s associated with something you enjoy and already think about a lot. finding creative ways to transform information helps the learning process tremendously, even if you just end up writing fanfiction of your favourite characters learning it too.

5.) Have a routine.

set out clear and consistent times to do work, where it’s hard to get distracted. any time spend working (if you’re working smart) stacks up, so that 20 minute train ride where you’d otherwise be scrolling? do some reading. organise your notes. do a problem or two.

consistency is key with learning. our brains aren’t made for storing irrelevant information, so keep everything relevant. to be fair, sometimes this does require an interest in learning not everyone has, but if you can engage with your subject critically and start thinking about it in your day-to-day life, getting into the habit of noticing things and going “oh, this key thinker would’ve hated this magazine” or “woah, i know the equation for the motion of this pen i just chucked” i think makes a real difference between doing well and excelling.

using spaces where you won’t be tempted to other things is also useful. if you have responsibilities when you get home, spend an hour at the library. meet your friends after 5, until then you’ve got homework. keep mealtimes, sleep and work schedules consistent and it’ll be harder for you to forget or have other things come in your way. this doesn’t need to be hours and hours, either; an hour a day that you can sit and reread your notes when you have a spare moment, bullet point an answer to an exam question to test yourself, annotate information you missed, do some wider reading, watch a youtube video on a topic you didn’t get — this all stacks up, and quickly. working smart is using the time you have as usefully as possible, and that starts with finding time you’re currently not doing much with.

#anyways #personal #revision #school hacks #work smarter not harder #learning to learn #this is a psa to me #education #how to revise #how to learn #actually autistic #may add to this at some point

[bigslimeprofessorbiscuit]

school tip

the secret to academic success is to consider at least two of your main professors as parental figures you refuse to disappoint, one as the cool cousin you want to impress, one as the judgmental cousin you want to impress even more and one as your nemesis. pick them in your most important courses and then every other professor is simply here to give you cool facts about their subject

#college hacks #school hacks #i have so much more of these

[midi4ri0love]

i tried to comment and question everything in class today

to make the 10 presentations into 50 min conversation

bc i didn't have the homework, and didn't want the teacher to know

and i just got out of class and the teacher suspects nothing, and i have an amazing grade for today's lesson

I MANAGED TO TRICK THE TEACHER MUAJAJAJA

#diary #diario #escuela #school #girlblog #life of a teen girl #school hacks

[missdragon42]

For those of you who are in school and are writing essays I’ve got something to make your life easier

Like all you need to do is put in either a url or an isbn of a book and it will give you the citation in any format you choose

Like goddamn I wish I knew about this earlier

And it’s completely free

And it has at least mla and apa style as well as a few others

You don’t even need an account

#school hacks #essay tips

[insomniacs-things]

the magic site

https://brainly.com/

idk how to make it directly link but it is what is

#adhd #anxitey #school hacks

[bibliophile-goth]

how to skip classes

wait until the transition between classes

body conceal a phone or small book somewhere under your clothes (my liftblr folk know what I mean)

go to the nurse, chill in there for a few mins bc you have a headache. then say it got better, and ask for a note so your teacher won't get mad

chill in the bathroom w/ your phone until the very end of the period, then go to class for the last few mins and give your teacher the note

#goth #emo #school #skipping school #skipping class #school hacks #life hacks #teen #teenager #teenagers

[cnonymousturtleduck]

update: for kids!!!

there is a version of the website written kitten for kids -- the main difference is changing the word count. rewards more frequently can be a bonus for everyone!!

#update #for kids #written kitten #life hacks #writing hacks #school hacks #writing #kids tools #helpful tools #for everyone!

[aleck-le-mec]

I love manipulating my stupid monkey brain into memorizing things with the story method.

#the story method #memorization #monkey brain #school hacks #school help

[cybermonet]

☆ ☆ ☆ Taking Notes 101 ☆ ☆ ☆

I know studying is hard but it's also beautiful and we can do this. 

This is my tested method to take notes and review that will bring your study sessions down to half of the time and your enjoyment and motivation up to the stars.

It goes for every type of class/grade/school/college/university as it can be personalized a lot.

You don't need to be particularly skilled at calligraphy or anything like that, nor you need any expensive stationery and shit (although if you want your notes to be beautiful then go for it) the only imperative is to be consistent, but this is something you can practice over time: maybe start with just a subject then when you'll see the results you will be inclined to use this method more.

Let's begin!

Go to class and write down what the prof is saying. That sounds obvious but let me explain: for this method you want to be present and concentrated so you want to be attending classes and not always get the notes from slides or proficient classmates (I mean I do this as well, sometimes it just be like that, but we are TRYING OK?) actually! Taking notes while your professor is speaking - just a black pen and a notebook, nothing more - helps you stay concentrated and not let your mind wander outside the window. When you start having every lesson written down you wouldn't want to break the wonderful stream of knowledge that you are creating on you notebook, so you are more motivated to actually go to classes. See? A win-win situation.

Use symbols and asterisks to pinpoint when you are missing something. An explanation you did not understand, a definition that you couldn't write down correctly, one of the above mentioned schemes that you will need to print later on. When you will be studying those notes (or preferably as soon as you come home, but I know you don't always want to) you can integrate them with the above mentioned slides or even just wiki definitions. Do not feel guilty to use internet, it's a great tool and sometimes explains better than the professor. Just be sure to double check the attendibilità of the website.

Slides and proficient classmates are your friends. I know I just said you shouldn't completely relie on them, but every bit of help must be sfruttato. You could be sick, tired, literally just distracted, and find holes in your notes that can be filled with these two sources. It's also kind to give back, so be open to share your notes with your proficient classmates as well, they need rest too. As for the professor's slides, these are great tools not only to fill gaps in your notebooks, but also for examples, grids, complicated schemes: sometimes its just better to print a page out and stick it to your notebook than loosing precious class time trying to messily replicate them.

Back to the main root: while you are writing down stuff in class, I can't stress this enough, you will only need a pen and a notebook, everything else come later on. Become comfortable with abbreviations and siglae, you can make them up yourself and even write a reference sheet at the beginning of your notebook, as you want to get the most information in the shortest amount of time possible. Some ideas might be: using math symbols instead of words like = (same as); something / something (to compare two alternatives or an equivalent word); < (less then); > (more then); little arrows ➡ (to indicate the consequences to something); ! (something that is very important); DEF. (definition); E. (example); and so on. You can use anything as long as you can still read your notes clearly without finding yourself in front of a Rosetta Steele.

After you come back home, or when you find yourself studying those notes because we know we lazy, it's time to bring the colors in. It can be fancy Stabilo highliters or cheap store-bought lampostil, the only thing that it matters is that you have some colors to use. While you read your notes, start with highlighting or putting in to squares all the titles and paragraphs subtitles with your boldest color - this will give you order and will mentally pace your study. Then, with a lighter color, underline all the definitions and fundamental parts. BE PICKY. Sometimes you just have to underline a word, not the whole phrase. Things you want to highlight: definitions, rules, keywords, formulas. Things you do not want to highlight: examples, redundant explanations, giro di parole, curiosities. With an even lighter color, ora finer liner, you can also circle or put into big parenthesis the main paragraphs - for those who really cant resist highlighting the whole page, or when many paragraphs actually requires attention, this is a great alternative. Doing this underlining and highlighting process mindfully will require that you read your notes thoroughly and that you understand them. Look! you tricked yourself into studying, how cute is that.

FINALLY TIME TO REVIEW YOUR NOTES. The test is getting closer and these notes need to be inside your brain. First thing you will notice is that if you followed the previous advices you wil probably find yourself with a good grasp of the subject. Paying attention in class, writing down concepts, reading the notes and choose the fundamental parts is already a good studying method. But something that will really take your studying game up a notch is repeating the subjects to yourself, and to do that something that i find helpful is visualizing schematized concept - something like flash cards. Outlining your notes is easier than you think: remember the highlighting process? if you did that right, your job is basically done. Go over your notes and on a new sheet of paper write down (using colors) titles, keywords and definitions. 

#studyspo #note taking #study hacks #School hacks #University hacks