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Last page of August 😭😭😭

“Ber” month-period starts tomorrow 🤣🤣🤣. It means we’re nearing the end of the year 😭😭😭.

Time flies so fast indeed.

Read your Bible

•September 1, 2022•

Happy September!

My favorite month of the year!

My favorite season starts, it's my birthday month and so many books are published this month!

It's like a 3 for 1 deal!

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What month is your birthday in??

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•September TBR•

A Twist of the Blade by S.M. Gaither

The Call of the Voide by S.M. Gaither

The Revelation of Light and Dark by Sawyer Bennett

The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

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11:48am; 09.03.22

This is a summary of college only using two pictures; expensive as hell.

That’s my Sociology “book”. In fact what it is is a piece of paper with codes written on it to allow me to access an electronic version of a book. I was told by my professor that I could not buy any other paperback version, or use another code, so I was left with no option other than buying a piece of paper for over $200. Best part about all this is my professor wrote the books; there’s something hilariously sadistic about that. So I pretty much doled out $200 for a current edition of an online textbook that is no different than an older, paperback edition of the same book for $5; yeah, I checked. My mistake for listening to my professor.

This is why we download. 

 Alternatives to buying overpriced textbooks

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Reddit

Bookboon 

Textbookrevolution 

GaTech Math Textbooks

Ebookee 

Freebookspot 

Free-ebooks

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BookFinder

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-Staying up all night working through a problem, surrounded by pages and pages of failed attempts but unable to sleep until you’ve figured it out

-The delicious hunger of constantly feeling like everything you’re studying is at the very edge of your comprehension, slippery photons slowly taking shape in your imagination as the mathematics coalesces into a tangible concept

-Reading a section of the textbook saying, “this is all we know about this topic so far”, and the flash of fire, the need to know, the need to discover burning under your skin

-Forcing your way through derivations in a desperate attempt to understand the elegance in the equation that is printed on the page

-Forgetting the world while working on a particularly fascinating problem only to resurface hours later, suddenly aware of your empty stomach and dry eyes, wondering vaguely when the sun went down

-Half empty lecture halls populated by the same group of students who never miss class, whose eyes all have the same parched look, drinking in every mark the professor writes, starving ears devouring every word that echoes in the silent room

waking up and being genuinely thrilled to go to class because today is THAT CLASS you love so much you’d like it to never end

coffee breaks with friends, chatting and joking about this particularly hard essay and the prof’s mannerism

coffee breaks on your own, as you absent-mindedly watch the people around you, while thinking about what you’re working on

finding this book you’ve been dying to read for so long, and borrowing it from the library

the feeling of excitement that goes through you whenever you remember The Book is in your backpack

understanding everything during demanding classes and being genuinely interested in the subject

buying a New Special Pen and taking colorful notes that look super pretty

not being able to shut up about your school projects (no your friends dont really care about the intricate details of what you’re working on, they don’t even have the same major as you, but they’re happy to hear you rant with such a burning passion)

actually doing the extra reading and having your curiosity so piqued by what you’re reading that you go on and on and suddenly its 1am and what happened

printing the project you’ve spent so much time and energy on and feeling the paper’s warmth

actually submitting that project without feeling awful about it because you know you did your best and aren’t responsible for what happens next

when you finally finish this Super Hard And Important Essay at like 3am, open the window and feel the cold night air on your burning cheeks and everything is dark and quiet and you can see the moon and you’re at peace with everything for a few minutes

when this professor you admire says you did a great job and/or that you’re talented!!!!

realizing two concepts that seemed so far away from each other and that you discovered in wildly different contexts are actually interlinked, then Realizing™ things and linking concepts/works/articles to each other at the speed of light & being super excited about it

being so deeply immersed in your work that you didn’t realize two hours have passed

finding the Perfect Spot at the library

that Pure Joy moment when you FINALLY understand that super obscure sentence/text

when you feel anxious because you’re not done with your homework & the deadline is super tight & your friend tells you they aren’t done yet either

same but with an even more intense relief feeling when you realize you both haven’t even started yet

when the professor starts a new reasoning and you can predict what the next idea/the final conclusion will be

when the professor mention your favorite novel/author/fictional character in class and you feel like your internal screech of joy could shatter glass

the Academic Salt™ that has you like 👀👀

when the professor tears apart an author or scholar you hate and you’re like YES I WANT BLOOD GIVE ME BLOOD

when you learn that Cool New Fact that makes you reconsider your whole life

leaving the library after a long productive day and feeling like nothing is real but experiencing everything more intensely

leaving the library at night after a long study session and everybody has left already and its just you and the long neon-lit corridors then stepping outside and smelling the crisp night wind

when you’re anxious af for a class and the professor is actually super friendly and you feel confident enough to ask questions

and suddently thank to this one professor EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE

understanding that One Difficult Point and suddently you feel like you UNDERSTAND THE FABRIC OF THE UNIVERSE

sometimes you can feel like you have too much in your bag but then one friend has a problem and they are pleasently surprised when you have Just The Right Thing

Walking out of exams with your head up because you know you put the work in

Understanding a topic you struggled with and then teaching it successfully to someone else

Watching as people you’re tutoring/teaching actually understand what you’re saying (Teaching Assistant mode)

Taking that break you don’t think you deserve because you’re so stressed and behind but then it actually helps

Taking that break and it doesn’t help but in the moment it was amazing

(btw this is applies more to colds, flus, etc. rather than more serious illnesses)

1. prioritize rest + food! if you keep staying up until 2 am every night barely eating anything, you’ll never get better. make sure you are eating well and getting rest!

2. do your best to still attend class (unless you’re very contagious or very sick). if you just have a cold that makes it hard to want to get out of bed you’ll probably want to skip all of your classes. only do this if you really have to, but if you realistically think you’ll be able to get through class, you should definitely go so you don’t get behind. (if you think it’s more worth it to stay home, do that instead)

3. if you do miss class, email your professor and text your friends. this way, your professor knows you aren’t simply skipping and your friends can text you the notes!

4. do your work in increments. when you’re sick, it’s v hard to do a bunch of work in one sitting because you get tired way more easily. try doing your work in bits and take lots of rest breaks so you don’t tire yourself out!

5. watch youtube videos rather than reading. like i said in #4, it’s so easy to get tired while you’re sick. while studying, try watching youtube videos that summarize the topic and limit your reading, because it is much easier to watch videos for an hour than to read for an hour!

6. study during times you’ll already be up. study during lunch, while you’re waiting for class to begin, etc. this way, you’ll still be studying the content without having to force yourself out of bed to do it!

7. if you know you won’t retain the information, just don’t study. if you’re forcing yourself to study in order to stay productive but you keep getting distracted and can’t remember what you just read, you’re much better off getting the rest you need.

japanese word of the day 🇯🇵

こうふく (pronounced ko-u-fu-ku)

Bitches love to put things into lists. Moreover, bitches love numbered shit. Here’s some numbered shit in list format to help you not suck in higher education. You’re welcome.

1. Go to class. Like 210% serious. I don’t give a shit if you’re a get by on nothing, A+ slacker. You’re fucking paying for this crap so you might as well get the services owed to you. Take your ass to class even if you zone out 99% of the time. You know 1% more than you did when you walked up in there. Congrats, asshole.

2. All that free time you have during your first week of classes? Make it your bitch. Don’t just print the goddamn syllabus and be like all done. No motherfucker. Take a good fucking look at that assignment list. What’s due next week? Yeah, do that shit now bc I know you don’t have anything else to do. Then when you’re coughing up a lung six weeks into the semester and don’t feel like getting your ass up to do that calculus homework, you’ll remember this week. You’ll remember that you’ve been a week ahead this whole damn semester. Pat yourself on the back, ass wipe.

3. Prepare yo self. No seriously. You got notes to print for class? Sure you could be like all those other bitches and just shove them into your backpack, or you could actually /prepare/ for class. I’m talking looking that shit over, identifying key concepts, getting a decent grasp of the material before your ass is even in class. You a STEM major? Yeah, make this kinda shit your life because now class is like one bomb ass group review session. Again, you’re welcome.

4. Snack like a motherfucker, but save that junk food shit for the weekends. From now on, you are a fucking health guru during the week or if you’re a slacker like me, at least on the days you have class. Fruits? Hell yeah. Pack some of those. Mind wandering in class? Snack on some apple slices. Can’t stay awake? Keep eating some almonds or some shit, but don’t be that bitch with the potato chips. Just don’t.

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