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26.01.18

✨25.02.18 ✨~ sunday

우린 변하지 않아 서로에 맘에 새겨져 있으니까 - thanks, svt

Obviously the school life portrayed in movies is nothing like the reality. Try more disorganisation, mounting stress and constantly messy hair. Nevertheless, we can attempt to forget the reality! I’ve put together this list of high school and college related movies to get you maybe just a little more motivated for school. I’ve put an asterisk (*) next to some of my favourites. Happy watching!

High school related movies:

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)*

17 Again (2009)

21 Jump Street (2012)*

A Cinderella Story (2004)

A Girl Like Her (2015)*

Accepted (2006)

American Beauty (1999)*

An Education (2009)*

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)*

Bad Hair Day (2015)

Beastly (2011)

Bratz: The Movie (2007)

Bring It On (2000)

Bring It On Again (2004)

Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006)

Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (2009)

Bring It On: In It to Win It (2007)

Can’t Hardly Wait (1998)

Carrie (2013)

Chronicle (2012)

Clueless (1995)*

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)

Cyberbully (2011)

Dazed and Confused (1993)

Dead Poets Society (1989)

Dirty Deeds (2005)

Easy A (2010)*

Election (1999)

Endless Love (2014)*

Expelled (2014)

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Fired Up! (2009)

Flipped (2010)*

Freaky Friday (2003)

G.B.F. (2013)

Geek Charming (2011)

Geography Club (2013)

Get a Clue (2002)

Girl in Progress (2012)

Grease (1978)*

Hairspray (2007)

Heathers (1988)

High School Musical (2006)

High School Musical 2 (2007)

High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)

Ice Princess (2005)

Into the Storm (2014)

It’s a Boy Girl Thing (2006)*

Jennifer’s Body (2009)

John Tucker Must Die (2006)*

Juno (2007)

Just One of the Guys (1985)

Keith (2008)

LOL (2012)

Mean Girls (2004)*

Mean Girls 2 (2011)

Mono (2016)

Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

Never Been Kissed (1999)

New York Minute (2004)

Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

Paper Towns (2015)

Picture This (2009)

Pink in Pink (1986)

Project X (2012)*

Prom (2011)

Raise Your Voice (2004)

Read It and Weep (2006)

Remember the Titans (2000)

Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

Save the Last Dance (2001)

School of Rock (2003)

She’s All That (1999)

She’s The Man (2006)

Sixteen Candles (1984)

Sleepover (2004)

St. Trinian’s (2007)

Step Up (2006)

Struck by Lightning (2012)

Submarine (2010)

Superbad (2007)*

The Bling Ring (2013)

The Breakfast Club (1985)

The Clique (2008)

The DUFF (2015)*

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

The First Time (2012)*

The Girl Next Door (2004)*

The History Boys (2006)

The Hot Chick (2002)

The Jerk Theory (2009)

The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)

The Perfect Score (2004)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)*

The Spectacular Now (2013)

The To Do List (2013)*

The Virgin Suicides (1999)*

Trojan War (1997)

Twilight (2008)

Wild Child (2008)*

College/university related movies:

21 (2008)

21 and Over (2013)*

22 Jump Street (2014)*

After the Dark (2013)*

Bad Neighbours (2014)*

College (2008)

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Legally Blonde (2001)*

Liberal Arts (2012)

Like Crazy (2011)

Monsters University (2013)

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)

Pitch Perfect (2012)*

Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

So Undercover (2012)

Sorority Wars (2009)

Sydney White (2007)

The House Bunny (2008)

The Social Network (2010)

High school and college/university related TV shows:

Awkward (2011 - 2016)

Bad Education (2012 - 2014)

Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990 - 2000)

Community (2009 - 2015)

Daria (1997 - 2001)

Educating Essex (2011)

Educating Yorkshire (2013)

Faking It (2014 - 2016)

Freaks and Geeks (1999 - 2000)

Friday Night Lights (2006 - 2011)

Gilmore Girls (2000 - 2007)

Glee (2009 - 2015)

Gossip Girl (2007 - 2012)

How to Get Away with Murder (2014 - present)

Ja’mie Private School Girl (2013)

Pretty Little Liars (2010 - present)

Puberty Blues (2012 - 2014)*

Riverdale (2017 - present)*

Saved by the Bell (1989 - 1992)

Scream Queens (2015 - present)

Skins (2007 - 2013)

Summer Heights High (2008)

Teen Wolf (2011 - present)

The Carrie Diaries (2013 - 2014)

The Inbetweeners (2008 - 2010)

The O.C. (2003 - 2007)

The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2011 - 2013)

The Vampire Diaries (2010 - 2017)

Waterloo Road (2006 - 2015)

Hey! Here are a few things that might help:

set a bedtime - seems super obvious but if you can set yourself a goal and find a way to track it you’ll be more inclined to complete it! Try telling yourself you’ll go to be bed an hour earlier than usual. In this printable pack, there is a monthly habit tracker so you can follow your progress!

use an app - downloading ‘sleep alarm’ was great for me. It tracks your sleep and monitors you. Not sure on accuracy but I felt much better when I could see that I’d have 8-10 hours sleep compared to 6-7 because I’d been on my phone all night! It also wakes you up between two times when you’re most awake so you don’t get that groggy/sleepy feeling!

use night shift on your phone and laptop - I find this incredibly useful! At about 7pm, my laptop and phone begin to change the displays brightness/tone so it doesn’t impact my eyes as much and I don’t feel more awake than I should. It definitely helps if I’m on my phone before bed because I don’t feel I’m alert as much. This means I fall asleep sooner and don’t feel as tired to get up early.

plan your day the night before - this is something I try to do regularly. I feel it helps get your organise and excited about the day ahead. You’re not worrying about being disorganised in the morning because things are planned and prepped.

Hey, here are some:

Microsoft (free on some laptops/for students)

Microsoft OneNote

Pages (free on Mac)

Bear

SimpleNote

BoxNotes

Google Docs

Quip

Zoho Notebook

Hi! For organisation, here are a few things:

have a binder for each of your subjects, use plastics sleeves to separate each topic

organise your desk regularly, archive any files you don’t need to look at for a while, throw away papers you don’t need! Do the same with your computer!

purchase a planner or a bullet journal to keep a record of everything you need to do, use it daily!! If you prefer using a computer, use the calendar option or create a digital planner on Word/OneNote

organise your emails, pick a time to check and reply to emails once a day

make your computer folders super simple to organise - make when for 2017, then one for each of your classes, then one for each of your topics (remember to date the files)

make study notes throughout the year - at the end of a topic or chapter make some summary notes, flash cards or a quick powerpoint presentation

try new ways of studying such as with friends, using flash cards, making a recording of yourself, etc

breakdown your tasks - this can help you see what you’ve got to do and prioritising

try to avoid procrastinating!! use applications such as Forest (phone) or RescueTime (computer) to limit your abilities to use your technology whilst you study

organise for an assignment when you first get it - write the due due and the week before so you’re reminded before hand. Annotate the question when you first get it. When you see the question for the first time you’re usually instantly reminded of things from your course, so at that point annotate it and write everything you could possibly use. Then I generally will do a more detailed plan with my final points, any supporting evidence/citations/readings I know can help, and the approximate word limit. Then when I come to write it I know exactly what I am doing and don’t have to stress about figuring out what to do!

try to improve your productivity - here is a post I wrote with a few small tips that might help!

Hey! Here are a few things you could try:

type them - perhaps not an option for you, but I wanted to include it anyway. For me, when I’m writing study notes I personally prefer typed. I would rather have the speed and editability for those long-winded notes so when it comes to actually revising from them I can annotate or simplify. This also matches what you’re saying, I felt I took last time reviewing/making notes and then could focus on actually implementing them into other study methods. It also allows you to add colour without it taking more time.

change pens - I write very differently depending on the pen I use. I’d personally recommend ballpoint! These notes took me so much less time just because of the pen!!

employ the bullet point method - I have used this for several years and think it is great. It helps keep my notes sorter and simpler. You can also use it to not write in full sentences!

don’t add colour - I love colour coding but it can be time-consuming if I’m wanting to do quick notes. You could just use black or blue! Underline areas that you’d usually colour.

use the Cornell Method - here is a description :-) This is an easy way to divide your notes to pull out the key information.

set yourself a limit with your notes - perhaps try to only write 10-20 points or only a single page. If you’re only allowing yourself a small amount, you’ll be more inclined to pick the key information.

refer to bits and pieces, rather than writing them - obviously, this doesn’t mean skip big sections but if there is something that you don’t want to copy (say a diagram), you can write “refer to … [textbook/lecture/tutorial]” and then briefly make a note of what it is.