When we all scroll through Tumblr pinterest Instagram etc we all see tidy desks, beautifully written lessons, revision sessions in nice cafes. But can we show the chaos that revision often represents? While romanticising our studies is enjoyable and can even be motivating, it's important to remember that most people don't work like that and still succeed. So here's my revision chaos 4 days before the start of my exams: binders everywhere, even on the floor, barely legible sheets of rough paper and my flat untidy due to lack of time. Yes, the greatest difficulty in studying is the lack of time, so don't focus on the aesthetics of your lessons, but above all on understanding them and making them interesting.
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How to stay disciplined while studying for an exam:
“I would rather suffer in studying than rather suffer in grades i don’t like.” -jang wonyoung .!
Studying for an exam can be challenging, but with the right mindset and strategies, you can achieve great results.
Here are some tips to help you stay disciplined and motivated:
1.Set specific goals: Break down your study material into manageable chunks and set specific goals for each study session. This will help you stay focused and track your progress.
2.Create a study schedule: Plan out your study sessions in advance and stick to a consistent schedule. This will help you build a routine and make studying a habit.
3.Eliminate distractions: Find a quiet and well-lit study space where you can focus without interruptions. Turn off your phone and other distractions to stay fully engaged in your study sessions.
4.Take breaks: It's important to give yourself regular breaks to rest and recharge. Use techniques like the Pomodoro Technique (study for 25 minutes, then take a 5-minute break) to stay productive.
5.Stay positive: Keep a positive mindset and believe in your ability to succeed. Use positive affirmations to boost your confidence and stay motivated throughout your study sessions.
6.Reward yourself: Set up a reward system for reaching study milestones or completing challenging tasks.Treat yourself to something you enjoy after a successful study session to stay motivated.
Remember, consistency is key when it comes to studying. Stay disciplined, stay focused, and keep pushing yourself towards your goal. You've got what it takes to succeed! 143 !
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I saw your tags on the post about trick or treaters not speaking and I am v interested in hearing more of your thoughts on the concept of “developmental delays”! I‘ve seen the idea that disability is a construct, but I’m not as familiar with the idea that development is also a construct. You have really great takes as an educator and someone who like, actually GETS how kids work, so I am interested in your thoughts!
I also know that posting on this subject might be poking the bear, so it is 1000% cool if you would rather not comment 💜 Tysm!
Oh I'm happy to talk about it! I love talking about this stuff, thank you for asking me to 💙
This isn't exactly new ground; there's been plenty of research into and writing on the subject, and deconstructing "development" as a static concept was, ironically, a huge part of my most recent development class.
The idea is that our understanding of "benchmarks" of development, which informs the larger concept of development as a whole, is heavily rooted in the assumption that Western culture is The Standard. We prioritize walking, talking, reading, and writing, which means we cultivate these skills in our children from a young age, which means they develop those skills more quickly than they do others.
To use one of my favorite examples from Rogoff, 2003, Orienting Concepts and Ways of Understanding the Cultural Nature of Human Development:
Although U.S. middle-class adults often do not trust children below about age 5 with knives, among the Efe of the Democratic Republic of Congo, infants routinely use machetes safely (Wilkie, personal communication, 1989). Likewise, Fore (New Guinea) infants handle knives and fire safely by the time they are able to walk (Sorenson, 1979). Aka parents of Central Africa teach 8- to 10-month-old infants how to throw small spears and use small pointed digging sticks and miniature axes with sharp metal blades:
"Training for autonomy begins in infancy. Infants are allowed to crawl or walk to whatever they want in camp and allowed to use knives, machetes, digging sticks, and clay pots around camp. Only if an infant begins to crawl into a fire or hits another child do parents or others interfere with the infant’s activity. It was not unusual, for instance, to see an eight month old with a six-inch knife chopping the branch frame of its family’s house. By three or four years of age children can cook themselves a meal on the fire, and by ten years of age Aka children know enough subsistence skills to live in the forest alone if need be. (Hewlett, 1991, p. 34)" (pg. 5)
In the US we would view "letting an 8-month-old handle a knife" as a sign of severe neglect, but the emphasis here is placed on the fact that these children are taught to do these things safely. They don't learn out of necessity, or stumble into knives when nobody is watching; they learn with care, support, and safety in mind, just like children here learn. It makes me wonder if Aka parents would view our children's lack of basic survival skills with the same concern and disdain as USAmerican parents would view their children's inability to read.
Do we disallow our children from handling knives because it is objectively, fundamentally unsafe for a child of that age to do so- because even teaching them is developmentally impossible- or is that just a cultural assumption?
What other cultural assumptions do we have about child development?
Which ties in neatly with various social-based models of disability, particularly learning and, of course, developmental disabilities. If your culture doesn't value the things you are good at, and you happen to struggle with the things it does value, what kinds of assumptions is it likely to make about you? How will it pathologize you? What happens to that culture if it understands those values to be arbitrary, in order to accommodate your unique existence?
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Ok, ok, ok- hear me out! The main trine of Seekers, but they're outliers and absolutely overpowered.
So, Starscream is immortal as usual. I mean it, he just cannot die. No matter how hard everyone (or himself) tries, he just doesn't die... or at least his Spark, and when I have the time, I'll elaborate and give him complications because yeah.
Thundercracker can control electricity, idk how idk why, but I need him to have a cooler power than just idk sonic booms. Let him live to his name. When there's a battle and there's a storm, I want him to be fkn overpowered. "Isn't it too much?" NO??? Just take a look at Trailbreaker or MEGATRON??? You can't stop me from giving my Boi cooler powers. Obviously, complications- but not now, now I need him to be cool and smile for the camera.
Now... now this one will sound crazy but! Skywarp. So, he can warp himself, now imagine him warping himself super fast at close distance. Not just fast, super fast, like for a VERY short amount of time it almost looks as if he cloned himself. Do you see where this is going? He can't do it for more than a few seconds or he's dead lol.
Now imagine you're a simple autobot on the battlefield, it starts raining, I mean like- a lor, very bad weather okay? Now you hear three jet-engines, and the sky is lit up by thunders.
Now you raise your head up to the sky and here they are. They're even worse than the tales that surround them. Thundercracker is redirecting thunders everywhere on the battlefield, Starscream is on a killing rampage and nothing is stopping him and then Skywarp starts diving towards you and suddenly there are like... 5 of them who shoot in your direction before becoming one once again.
You're fucked. You're all absolutely fucked.
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Did some Cora doodles today. I kept wanting to draw him but kept telling myself I couldn't cause I haven't actually met him in the show yet, but I caved today, and hot damn is he fun to draw. I love his design a lot.
Also I the last one was a quick height comparison initially between me (5'5) and him (9'7 1/2") and then realized there was a space between where I could draw a big eyed Law. (Also I didn't look up Cora's height before hand and thought it was just 9ft so he should be a bit taller, damn!) (Also also also the thing over laws face is a feather I drew prior to drawing him)
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Full sketch in the middle was my first one ever and I was like "damn... He's so easy to draw" then upper right, upper left, bottom left, bottom middle, bottom right, and middle left.
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What are your current thoughts on Gaster’s motives with the Secret Bosses, if you had to give your best guess?
To be completely honest, I'm of the mind that he doesn't necessarily have malicious intent with breaking their senses of reality (if he is the one doing it), but he severely misjudges how they're going to take the information he gives them.
So he's less of a villainous force, and more of a cryptid that flits in the corner of your eye, and as soon as you turn your head like "What? What was that?" your croissant has gone missing.
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