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oh wow my desk today feels so dreamy oo & also, follow my ig!
4.2.22.sa
The semester has been so busy! Sorry I’m so slow with posts! I got into the Advanced Honors College this week, and started making my schedule for next semester so there’s a light at the end of the tunnel at least.
Some of my favorite fashion history notes this semester :)
2.19.22
Sorry for being so inactive! I got elected to residence hall council this semester and joined the debate team so that’s all eating my time up. A lot of my class work is writing this semester so I’m really enjoying it.
How are your class going so far?
Take care of yourselves!
2.8.2022.tu
old notes, but the semester’s started! I’m taking
-cultural anthropology
-fashion history
-historical writing
-american political theory
-Asian civilizations II
a lot of history this semester! I also got elected to my resident hall counsel as a senator, so that’s keeping me pretty busy.
I hope y’all’s spring semester is off to a good start!
Everyone has their own quirks. And you know what those are for you better than anyone else. And when it comes down to me, I have a few things I do.
- Don’t take notes in class. Well, not unless it’s completely necessary, like an equation with some key example that I can use for further reference. The reason why this works for me is that I see lectures like a conversation with my professor. If you’re in a conversation with your friend, you’re not going to type or write everything down. Instead, you try to follow what your friend is saying, right? You’re not going to remember everything, but you’re gonna remember the key aspects that make the story. I used to take notes in class but I noticed that I focused too much on taking notes instead of the actual content.
- Take notes a day or two after your class. This will force you to recall what your professor said. According to a psychologist, Jeffrey Karpicke, simply practising and recalling the material, students learn far more and at a much deeper level by recalling than using any other approach. First I like to write what I remember down on a page. After, I start reading the textbook and make notes at the margins of other examples or anecdotes the professor used. If I paid attention, all these things will pop up into my mind. Just trust your brain on this one, you’ll be surprised by how much you actually remember. (I certainly was!) And then I take these 2 notes and make my final notes on the subject.
- Get your pets and talk to them (Or yourself). After I am done with the notes, I like to wait a day or two before I go back to them. I often open the book on the index page, where you see the chapter’s title, paragraph and sub-paragraphs and use this as a shortcut page to my presentation. I stand up before a whiteboard. I make sure Burger (my cute-ass doggo) and Mr Fantastic (my grumpy cat) are on my bed. I take a deep breath and I start explaining the concepts to them. The idea here is to recall and make sure you put the concepts into your own words. What do you remember? What is it about? Can you explain this with an example? What are the practical uses of said concept? Most importantly, use that whiteboard. It’ll make you feel like a professor and that you know your shit. Once I start talking, I’ll realise what information I truly don’t know. Then I’ll pick up my final notes and go through them and see if I talked about everything. After I’m done with my talk, Burger looks at me like “Shirou, where’s ma food?” and Mr Fantastic is fast asleep or looking at me like she truly can’t be bothered.
So experiment! See what works for you and what doesn’t. Not sure where to start? Then I truly recommend you to check the free online course on Coursera “Learning how to learn”. It truly helped me to lay a basis of getting my shit together.
I am your average business student fed up with being played at by my college. Now, during this summer vacation, I have decided to get my shit together in order to go head to head against college and succeed in my third year like a champ.
I’m vegetarian and try my best to live zero waste. Therefore, I am always armoured with my phone, laptop, and stylus. Although, occasionally, you can see me using analogue methods.
Together with my dog Burger and my cat Mr Fantastic (which is actually female), I’ll be sharing how I have managed to survive the challenge of going to college, coming of age and learning self-love.
Additional information
Age: 18
Major: Entrepreneurship and Management, Senior.
Languages: Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamentu, and Cantonese.
Hobbies: Cooking, Windsurfing, Kayak, Digital Art, Webtoons, Reading, Binge-Watching Animes.
Goal: Make friends here on Tumblr and motivate each other to become the best version of ourselves!