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Took me until about halfway through college before I realized “study” means “play with the material in a variety of ways until you understand it” and not just “read the assigned chapters and do the homework” and I think that probably should have been discussed at some point prior to that.

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Skip Google for Research

As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse.  It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms 

As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable.  As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.

Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.

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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

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Building Your LinkedIn Profile 

From the Top:

Professional “Headline”: After your name, this is the first line viewers see. Go beyond simply putting “student.” (Examples: Marketing Intern, X University College Junior or X University Graduate Student Seeking Digital Advertising Positions or Junior Environmental Studies Major at X College).

Photo: This is the first image a viewer will have of you. Be mindful of how you want to project yourself and be sure that it is appropriate for the audience.

LinkedIn URL: Claim your personalized URL and consider including the public URL at the top of your resume, just under your name with your email and phone number.

Summary: Highlight your key work experiences and accomplishments. Include specialties and skills. Keep it concise, specific and keyword rich.

Sample Summary:

As a student, I have devoted my studies to ______, and am seeking employment in the following areas: _______ and _____ . My work as a _____ and ______ complemented my academic coursework at X University and allowed me to develop an understanding of ________. I am excited to apply my strengths in _______ and ________ to the field of ________.

Experience: Include experiences relevant to your career goals. Give a brief description of each position, the dates you worked and the name of the organization, similar to what you have on your resume.

Education: Include, in reverse chronological order, X University and any other schools or programs.

Additional Sections & Information: Add additional sections to your profile, or incorporate this information in your education, experience or summary sections, such as languages, volunteer experiences, courses, certifications, publications, honors & awards, groups and associations, interests, skills and expertise.

Applications: LinkedIn Applications enable you to enrich your profile, such as Creative Portfolio Display, Blog Link, WordPress, Company Buzz.

LinkedIn Groups: Join groups that are of interest to you and you will receive periodic emails and be able to engage with others in the group.

Populate your profile with connections: First search for people you know and send them an invitation to connect. Be sure to customize your invitation as most people won’t accept a generic invitation. Keep in mind online networking does not replace in-person relationship building.

LinkedIn Checklist

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i can only survive the sat and 3 ap exams by pretending i’m rory gilmore at chilton trying to beat paris for top of the class

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the best studying advice i can ever give you ever is to just pretend you’re in one of those intense all night research montages in horror and mystery movies

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ap physics FRQ practice :) i haven’t been on here lately but life has been so good. just a few days ago i got a likely letter to one of my dream schools and i’m feeling great!! once college app szn is over and all my decisions are back i’ll make a big post about my acceptances and my overall experience throughout the process.

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How to study grammar in a foreign language

I have studied grammar in French, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese and Russian, so I’m basing this off of my experiences with that. I’m going to preface this by saying that in order to study grammar fairly quickly and effectively, you’re going to need to put the work in. Yes, you can learn grammar through conversation and making mistakes, but frankly, it will take a lot longer, and will be a lot more confusing. Grammar is hard and often boring, but it’s necessary.

Do practice questions! This is honestly your best option. Get a workbook (you can probably find loads of PDFs online, like on Z-library), and work through the questions without checking your notes.

Make your notes as minimal as you can! Just write down the essentials, which is usually the structure, when you use the structure and some example sentences. It’s tempting to write down what the textbook says word for word, but it’s a waste of time.

Make your own example sentences! Use your own vocabulary, even if it’s limited, to make your own sentences in the language. If you can do this accurately, then that’s a sign that you do know the structure.

Get corrections! You can use HiNative, or ask a native speaker. It’s important to know where you’re going wrong, so you can target your weaknesses later.

Write! This is the best, honestly. Writing is a fairly complex and necessary way of demonstrating your understanding of grammar, and it’s easy to see where you are going wrong when you write. You can use a site like Journaly to get corrections.

Do translations! Get an article or short story, and try translating a paragraph into your target language (make sure to get corrections). Look up vocabulary you don’t know, as that isn’t the most important thing in this exercise.

Drill your irregular verbs! Use flashcards, write them over and over again, however you do it, just get them stuck in your head.

Make a cheat sheet! I did this with French and it worked wonders. I recommend just doing it to review rules that you at least have a vague idea about. 

Ask questions! If you have a teacher, or a native friend, ask them for help understanding grammar. You can also use online forums. 

Use formulae! If you have a fairly logical brain, then it might make sense for you to write your notes using this format.

Read more! Input is EVERYTHING. Reading more books and articles in your target language will expose you more to grammar in it’s natural state, and that will really improve your grammar.

Be aware of when you use certain grammar rules! Ask questions, make your notes and practice loads. It’s really important to be solid in your knowledge of the usage of a grammar rule.

Regularly review! You can look at your notes, or do some online quizzes. Just make sure you’re regularly refreshing your memory.

Thanks for reading this post! I hope it was somewhat useful to you!

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do you have any tips for the multiple choice section of ap tests? specifically ap euro, i'm stressing abt it lol. i hope your studies are going well!

hi!!! so sorry for the late response, i’ve been offline for a bit lol.

i haven’t taken the euro exam yet but i’ve made 5’s on apush and and ap world so i’ll speak on my strategies for those.

first, it’s important to note that so many questions are stimulus based. however, sometimes they can be hard to read or understand because of the language, so i think it’s very important to revise old exams and just read various primary sources so that you become familiar with the language. idk if your school uses ap classroom but if you do, some of the ap daily videos analyze primary sources and i think it’s really helpful.

i feel like about half of the time, however, the stimulus is either a little helpful or completely unnecessary. i like to look at the stimulus as something that triggers my background knowledge. for example, if i look at the source of the document and it says “France 1756,” i realize that this is probably a french revolution question so i should think in that context when answering. while the stimulus can point you in the direction of a right answer, more times than not that’s it’s only purpose. the stimulus will not give you the answer so it’s important to understand how to draw conclusions based on both the content/context of the stimulus and your own prior knowledge.

if i can’t answer a question in a few seconds, i normally mark out the choices that i can immediately rule out and move on. since the test moves pretty fast, i try to answer as many questions as i can first and then come back to those that i struggled with so that i can maximize points.

overall, i feel like the multiple choice is there to see if you know the content, how good you are at understanding the info given, and how well you can put those things together. if you’re struggling with content, use flash cards and study some more. if you’re studying with interpretation, work on breaking down the information given to you, starting with the historical context, point of view, and overall purpose. if you’re struggling to combine the two, practice is key.

i hope that helps. let me know if you have anymore questions, and best of luck to you!!

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What a stressful exam week :((((

Can't wait for them to get done so I can stress about other exams :))))

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You might need a few pages or the whole thing. It’ll tell you if you listen. Books are hours, months, years and sometimes entire lifetimes worth of someone’s existence pressed neatly between two covers, each crease between pages or doggy-eared pages is a liminal space where transformation can occur. Books are fucking magick. Ignore people who tell you otherwise - Bossy Bruja

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im back! my last semester of high school is in full effect.

this semester, i am taking spanish 3, business communications, and ap physics 1. most of my time this semester will probably be spent on physics, as you can see by these kinematics notes.

im currently quarantined, but i am not sick at all and i feel great. definitely looking forward to going back to school though, learning physics virtually is hard!

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Email Etiquette

Having good netiqutte is a great way to stand out especially if you are in college, so here are some tips and advice.

First things first create an email signature a lot of college students don’t bother with email signatures so you’ll have a chance to stand out.

Your email signature should have your name, school, major and year. I provided some examples just in case.

Other email signature add ons

Hyperlink your name to your linked in account 

Add your time zone, I started doing this recently. With a lot of people being remote there is a chance you aren’t in the same time zone adding your time zone to avoid any confusion with scheduling etc

You should have a “conclusion” it’s how you end the email ex. Thanks, kind regards , yours sincerely etc.

Displaying pronouns I added mine because I go to a fairly liberal school still elitist nonetheless (optional)

Having a professional email icon / profile picture it’s a great way to put a face to the name especially with COVID’s resurgence (optional)

Add a quote at the end of your signature this is ( completely optional )

Other Netiqutte

Your subject line should include the reason for the email, your course name and section number

Always state what file(s) you are attaching to the email

Only email with in work hours as a courtesy unless it’s an emergency or you’ve been given alternative hours

To avoid sending unfinished emails set your undo button to 30 seconds it’ll give you more time to retrieve the email before it’s sent

Get to the point of the email within the first one to three sentences 

Don’t cc unnecessary people

Type in the recipient email last so you don’t send any email before it’s ready

Try to avoid sending long emails/ paragraphs (be reasonable)

For the working girlies your job probably already has an expected email signature so that might be automatic but for if not, the last example provided is a solid work email signature.

Some people might already know this but a lot of people don’t so this is for y’all.

If you have any other advice drop them down below

- Mrs.Degree

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Everything comes to you at the right time, be patient .

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Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

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finishing up all my college essays TODAY.

#posting this here so i can speak it into existence #im gonna get into every school i apply to #manifesting this for me and all my beautiful friends who also haven’t finished their apps

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My only advice?

Persist.

You don't see evidence? I don't care. Persist.

You want to get a better job? Persist in knowing it will happen and live your already awesome life.

You want to be a writer, a singer, a YouTuber? Keep writing, singing, posting, making videos every day.

Just persist. You have got this. It is already yours.

Stop waiting. Stop checking. Stop asking. Stop wondering. Most importantly, stop doubting yourself.

Persist, my love 💖

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new planner for 2022! didn’t realize that the rings were bent but it’ll be fine. got it at 5 below for $5!!! what a steal honestly lol. for the new year i want to definitely use my planner more so we’ll see how that goes.

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