stu dies

"Sometimes we even need days off from being brave. Go gently, darling. You're in this for the long haul." - S.C. Lourie

I know that this is probably meaningless, but please tag your leaks separate from spoilers. Leaks = manga chapter has yet to be released = illegal, spoilers = story has not yet adapted to the anime but has already released officially = legal. Please differentiate it for us who don’t want to see leaks but post a lot of spoilers

In case anyone not aware; official int’l release of new jjk chapter is every Monday at 01.00 AM JST from Mangaplus. Anything you read before from other sites is leaks. 

“in this essay i will explore” memes piss me off because it implies y’all still using first person pronouns when writing academically. childish ass

In this essay, this writer will explore the implications of pretending that one’s own personal view is not part of one’s essay, and the inaccessibility of academia related to established custom of artificial detachment.

In this essay, I will demonstrate that the blanket ban on first-person pronouns in high-school and some university English classes is poorly understood and hastily adopted as a result. I will further illustrate that it is a mere substitute for explaining to inexperienced writers that excessive use of phrases like “I think” or “I believe” is unnecessary and rhetorically weakens academic writing, and that opinions expressed in an essay are already assumed to be those of the author. Finally, I will address strategies for effectively conveying that information to students, who often find it difficult to grasp.

In this essay, passive voice will be used throughout in order to distance the work done from any researchers, or, in reality, kind of imply all experiments were done by magical lab gremlins and the results were simply recorded. 

In this essay, I will use the first person pronoun as a bludgeoning weapon

also you can just ask for your library to order a book if they dont have it, or they can borrow it from neighboring libraries in your county or even other counties depending on the place! libraries are the best and when i was homeless they were one of the best resources i could have asked for with free ac, wifi, good bathrooms, and books books books ad well as so many other resources, groups, clubs, events … please support your local library! 

I try and try and try to explain to my mom that if she needs help finding information, there is a library 5 blocks from her house, with these living saints called librarians. I swear to god I nearly cry every time she says “but I wouldn’t want to bother them”… Never, in my whole life have I ever walked up to the desk in a library and had even the impression they couldn’t be bothered with my idiot interest of the week.

besides time management, if there’s one piece of advice I can give to students cramming for exams/ just having a lot on their plate its to put away your shit when you’re done with it. if you can, leave your work at work. tidy up your workspace when you’re ready to turn in for the night. close your textbooks and put your notes away. close all of the tabs on your computer after a long day of essay writing- even if you know you’re going to have to open them again tomorrow morning. at the end of your work/study session, the best way to relax is to clear out your physical, and in turn, mental space. as soon as it’s done, keep it out of sight and out of mind.