peaches to study

Hi guys! I am @studyhandbook and this is my side blog that I created mostly for personal studyblr because I don’t have much freedom using @studyhandbook which is a blog dedicated to study masterposts. Feel free to check it out ;)

I have been lurking around this studyblr community for over 5 years and still haven’t introduce myself so that’s what I will do now hehe…

About me: 

Name- feel free to call me whatever you want ○ Amelia (formal legal name) ○ Hani (family nickname) ○ Jessica (pen name I feel most comfortable with) 

Age and current year in school: 17 years old high school senior Where am I: Myanmar, Southeast Asia School system: US curriculum/ AP curriculum 

Courses I am currently taking at school: ○ World History, Precalculus, Physics, Religion, British Literature, English 12 Courses I am taking outside of school: ○ 8 APs: self-studying - English Language and Composition - English Literature and Composition - European History - US History - Macroeconomics - Microeconomics - Statistics - Calculus AB ○ Currently 10 courses from University of Pennsylvania and Northwestern University Exams I plan to take: ○ SAT and SAT II (in Math Level 2, World History, US History, Literature) ○ AP exams ○ TOEFL ○ ACT if my SAT result is good (which means perfect score) Arts and Sports: ○ Art, photography, photo and video editing, computer, guitar ○ Volleyball, basketball, badminton, swimming Languages: ○ English, Burmese, Korean (fluent) ○ Chinese, Spanish, Russian, French (in progress)

Future Plans: ○ I am taking a gap year before college. ○ I am studying abroad in the US, Europe, or Australia. ○ I want to study international business and political science. ○ I want to create a youtube channel for study, personal, travel, and advice.

Dreams and Goals: ○ I want to travel around the world. ○ My dream university is Harvard and I am planning to apply next year. ○ I want to help everyone with what I know. Sharing is caring and I care.

Interests: ○ Study buddies ○ Anything studyblr related ○ Art journaling, photography, photoshoots, modeling ○ Harry Potter, Twilight, Marvel ○ K-pop and had been to some concerts

Fun Facts About Me: I am a Gryffindor! ○ I have a very cute pomeranian. ○ I have photographic memory when it comes to studying. ○ 4.0 gpa/ straight As student since the start of my high school. ○ I play games a lot: Mobile Legends and PUBG. (let’s play together) ○ I have been to EXO and NCT concerts. ○ I am a perfectionist with OCPD (not really a fun fact tho) ○ I am traveling to 10/12 countries around the world next year and working for projects sponsored by huge companies like Mercedes Benz and Louis Vuitton during my gap year next year.

Why a studyblr and what I plan to post here: ○ I have an account called @studyhandbook dedicated to study tips, guides, and masterlists but I created this account to update on my personal studyblr life and I have so much tips and guides to share in this community after 5 years of researching and experimenting on studying so everything I post comes from my experience and results. (lol why does it sound like a science fair) ○ I created @studyhandbook for myself to reblog about study tips and guides  but turns out my followers also love what I reblog so it became a blog where all studyblr masterposts unite. Shoutouts and credits go to the owners who created tips and guides, it really helped me a lot. Thank you so much <3

My huge role models, inspiration, and legends of studyblr: not in order @studylustre @emmastudies @eintsein @studyign @studyblr @tbhstudying @areistotle @coffeeandpies @elkstudies @hannybstudies @umdiaeuconsigo-studyblr @procrastinationlikeapro @studypetals @ivydesk @elleandhermione @studynostalgic @thomastudies @cwotes @the-diary-of-a-failure  @theorganisedstudent @thesmartstudies @creatingbliss @indiaisstudying @surviveschool @intellectys @studenting @heyletsbeorganised @lovelybluepanda @studyinpeach @odysseyinink @antistudyblr @studylou @study-well @scholarlysquad @studyroutine @kawaiistudypool @ginsengstudy @universi-tea @akydemics @sophisticatedstudies @thepowerwithin

“I’m teaching myself French in one night. It’s going great.”

“Want some Raisinettes?”

“Let my people go…”

“I love the book on your head.”

“It’s an aesthetic. The cigarettes, the Raisinettes… it’s solid.”

“Oh, thank god, I found a banana in my pocket.”

“It’s… it’s less phlegmy than that. More sensual.”

“That’s a fucking… bird.”

“REAL RECOGNIZES REAL”

“Oh, I’m paying for my sins. We all are.”

“Nothing matters any more. Do you want ice cream?”

“It’ll all be alright in the end. Depending on how you define ‘alright’ and how you define ‘end.’”

“I haven’t slept all night, I’m vibrating slightly but constantly, and I’m pretty sure I just tasted god. How are you doing?”

“A note to people writing last-minute papers: caps lock might seem like it’s your friend. It isn’t.”

“Chicago-style citations means we don’t put any ketchup on the bibliography page, right?”

“The good news is that GPA is actually pretty insignificant in the face of all of our inevitable deaths, so…”

“God, I wish I had the core strength to consider stripping as a fallback.”

“Lifehack: Sleep when you’re dead. We’re all dead inside already. So sleep whenever.”

“I haven’t seen the world outside the library in so long.”

Paint your nails. Doesn’t matter if you’re good at it or not. It’s a quiet, calming, easy activity that takes up the perfect amount of time for a break and still requires some amount of focus. Put on a Youtube video or Netflix while you do it.

Watch a John Oliver video. If you don’t know him, he’s a comedian and host of Last Week Tonight on HBO. His pieces are hilarious, informative, and all around 15-20 minutes. 

Change the sheets on your bed. Changing your sheets often is good for your skin, still technically productive, and who doesn’t love snuggling up in a fresh bed after a long day? 

While you’re at it, clean your space. It’ll get you on your feet and again, still technically being productive. 

Make yourself something to drink. I hate to be that blogger™ but  Stay hydrated, loves! No energy drinks, if you need something more exciting. We are adults in this household, we get our caffeine like adults. Always go tea or coffee. 

Take a nap. There are legends that if you drink a coffee before you take a nap, the caffeine will wake you up naturally a little bit later and you’ll feel super energized. That sounds fake but idk knock yourselves out. 

Put on an RIP Vine compilation and dissociate for a bit. I’m not kidding.

Take a shower. Or just stand there under the hot water a bit. You’ll feel like a new being. 

Know that you are a boss

Seriously 

“Thank you for this incredibly stressful 30 minutes that I have had to re-structure my entire day around and which will give me anxiety poos for the next 24 hours.”

I didn’t get the job.

However, a few weeks later, I was called in to interview with another editor in the same company, and I did get that job. I found out later from the initial editor (the one who didn’t hire me) that he had planned to offer me the job, but since I didn’t follow up with a thank you letter, he assumed I didn’t really want it. He offered the job to another contender–but when he got my letter in the mail shortly after the offer had already been made, he went to HR and gave me a glowing recommendation. It was based on that recommendation that I got called in for the second interview.

So: send an email thank you immediately (same day!) after the interview. If you’re feeling extra, go ahead and send a written one too. OR go immediately to a coffee shop, write the letter, and return to the office and give it to the secretary.

you are clytemnestra, and your projects are the bastard agamemnon returning home to ruin your life. you’ve been having an affair with happiness this whole time and no way are these assholes gonna stop that. you lie in wait with ax in hand, waiting for just the right moment to tear these motherfuckers to pieces.

you are achilles, and your papers are hector at the walls of troy. they have just taken from you your best friend, your lover. no more. you will kill these papers and eat them raw.

you are diomedes and odysseus, and your exams are dolon. you will fall upon them like a predator in the night, and by a combination of trickery and brute force you will weasel out their secrets and bring them to their end as they beg for mercy. you don’t show mercy.

you’ve been waiting to read your new book all day, finally getting to sit down with it and a cup of tea. soon you’re lost in its content, hearing only the sound of pages being turned gentle rain outside.

you’re laughing so hard tears being to form in your eyes, you’re stomach already hurting. no matter how hard you and your friend try, you both just can’t seem to stop.

it’s early, way too early in the morning, the sun hasn’t even come up yet. still, you’re already awake, seemingly before the rest of the world. everything is quiet and calm as you calmly breathe in and breathe out, ready to start the day off right.

“great work!” the little note on your essay says. you’ve worked so, so hard for this, and finally it has paid off. instantly, you begin to smile, newfound motivation radiating off of your beaming face. you can do this, everything you set your mind to is possible.

write a diary

literally

just write a diary, it has helped me sooo much and i dare say it has been the most developing thing i’ve done while learning french, nothing else compares

1. you’re exposed to the language daily

2. you quickly see which words are missing from your vocabulary

3. you learn to write about the things you think about a lot

4. learning to actually think in your target language

5. having to look up words and when reading the entry back a couple of days later you can’t even remember which words you didn’t know

6. going back to the earlier entries and seeing all the mistakes and knowing how much better you’ve become

7. when you’ve been writing for a few months and your target language becomes a natural way for expressing yourself

8. when you’ve been writing for a few months and you start seeing the diary writing as a way of self-expression and stressrelief, and the language learning aspect becomes natural and secondary

december 30, 2017 - studyblr gif aesthetics

“when you’re in university or college, nobody is gonna babysit you. there’s no bell that goes off when it’s class time. there’s no attendance. you can skip all the classes if you want to. you really just have to take everything into your own hands and make the most of your experience…everything you need to succeed is right in front of you.” —kassie isabelle

featuring clips from jordan clark, lavendaire, krist & yu, rowena tsai, and tbhstudying!

We all find ourselves in a pinch when studying for a particular subject, or some concepts or just studying in general. And then we play the blame game - I’m stupid, I suck at studying, I dumb, yadda yadda yadda.

But sometimes, the fault isn’t ours. Our study skills are largely influenced by external factors that have nothing to do with our brain (because well all humans have the same brain to begin with, yeah? It’s just some know how to use that thing, and some are still learning how to). So here’s so ways that might help you make the most of all sorts of things that are thrown your way:

1. Teachers

Teachers influence our academics deeply and therefore it is important to know how to adjust our methods according to the types of teachers that teach us!

“The best teacher ever”

You love them, and are generally doing well in their class.

They know how to balance the amount of speech and writing part in class just perfectly and their explanations are heavenly.

For their subjects, practice papers are the best because they’ll help you lock all the info in your mind for eternities.

Solve as many tests as you can find, and get all your doubts solved by them at the end and I promise you will never have difficulty with that particular chapter again!

“The I’m-gonna-fill-the-board-with-my-marker teacher”

Doesn’t even bother speaking, just enters the class and starts writing up stuff in the board.

Class is generally noisy because their backs are turned towards you 90% of the time.

Just copy down everything form the board. Don’t leave out a single word.

Review whatever you’ve written once you get home and find out what is it that you don’t understand.

You’re lucky if they teach you math /physics /numericals based topics, because you have an entire guide on how to solve each type of sum with steps and formulas!

Once you’ve marked your doubts, take them to the teacher, or to any other teacher who teaches the same topics and get it cleared. Pretty sure you’ll rock their subject!

“The speaker”

Babbles on and on all the time, doesn’t know that the board exists.

Won’t even breathe in between the doesn’t care if nobody is listening - they’ll finish their part at all costs.

Try recording their lectures, you don’t necessarily have to take notes in class.

Once you get home, play the entire lecture and take notes now - you’re most likely to cover all important points.

If there’s something you don’t understand /think you missed, get your doubts solved by them or maybe online. This way you can do some time pass in class while not missing out at the same time!

“The quiz master”

Asks hella lot of questions, engages the class as much as possible.

Best thing to do in their class is to sit in front (it won’t make you a loser really) and listen to their questions carefully, note them down and participate.

Participating will get you noticed and also help build your confidence - and you get to impress the teacher so it’s a win win!

Prepare some questions for them in advance and keep asking, this will create a sense of ‘I’m a good student’ kinda thing in you (trust me I feel like a heavenly potato) and get your queries solved!

2. Subjects

There are subjects that you’re so good at you could practically teach them, and then there’s math (no offence, math lovers). And physics. And chemistry. And everything that you don’t know.

Problem solving subjects

Math and physics can be a real pain, but referring to solved examples in your textbook, or your teacher’s solutions makes then 37363x easier.

A list of formulas is a must, I prefer sorting my formulas chapter wise in sticky notes but you can totally make a ‘formula + solving methods cheatsheet’ to help for finals!

Practice problems are life savers!! Keep solving until you’re pretty sure you’ll crack these types of questions.

Mostly there is a certain way of solving certain problems, figure out that common way for a bunch of problems and nite the method down. All you need to do during the exam is figure out what type of problem you are dealing with and how to solve it will be known to you automatically!

Find a good teacher - maybe a school teacher, a tutor, a classmate or maybe your dad who happens to be a math expert. You need one person to guide you through the “numerical labyrinth”. There are many awesome people on the Internet (studyblrs I’m looking at y'all) who can help.

“Theory based subjects”

History and essay writing type of subjects can be difficult to tackle, since there’s no logic you need to apply here - they only test your memory half the time.

Bullet points are so helpful when taking notes for such subjects idk I just fall in love with words that are bullet pointed.

Aesthetic note making, embellishments and all that jazz totally works here because the more time you spend with the information, the better you remember it and are able to retain it.

Try recording the lectures and playing them in your free time (as podcasts and all), maybe when cleaning your room or making yourself breakfast or doing mundane chores.

I once slept with my earphones on and was playing ‘the French revolution’ and the next day I topped our test on that topic. Now this may not be a legit tip but hey - you’re sleeping. Come on.

“Diagram and sciency subjects”

Most of us consider biology to be our favourite, but fail to do well in it sometimes. This is because we’re studying the whole thing wrongly.

Biology can be a very visual subject so all you artists bring out your creativity!

Imagining the structures of your body, an animal’s body, plant’s body, cell’s body heck any body will help you clarify the concepts in your mind.

Try breaking up large words to understand what they mean. I began learning Latin (and abandoned the effort) to grasp the biological terms better and it helps! Your language is strong - your biology is strong.

Aesthetic notes all the way down!

Chemistry can be made pretty looking with colourful reactions on paper, and there’s always mnemonics to make it fun.

I always try to form mnemonics which reference my favourite songs/dialogue /fandom stuff to spice stuff up. For example, to remember the preference order of functional groups during nomenclature I came up with “PS Sam Winchester Loves Eileen And they go on A date Next friday” (hey spn peeps how’s this?). Write down the first initial of every word you need to remember and come up with combinations, you’ll love it!

“Easy af subjects”

Personality Development and Social Science were these type of subjects for me.

All I did was read through the textbook the night before exams and I’d get a pretty good score.

Tree diagrams and tables often help with these.

Explaining the stuff to someone does the job too!

“Languages”

Three things - Duolingo /memrise /any app, flashcards, YouTube.

Your textbook is likely to have lots of practice activities, solve each one of them.

YouTube will help you with the pronouncing part - check out songs in your target language to improve!

Grammar is important, so you understand your grammar in the beginning and your base is strong.

Come up with terms in your head in your target language, although they’re wrong - there will be a point where you’ll be thinking in that language as a habit.

Don’t be afraid to mispronounce, vomit words as much as possible.

If you don’t have a vocabulary book, make one right away!

Langblrs are so amazing don’t let that resource slip out of your hands!

3. Random tips

Change of environment usually motivate you so keep changing your study space from time to time.

Ana Mascara, study with jess, @studyquill @revisign @tbhstudying @studywithinspo have some fabulous YouTube channels and they make 'study with me’ vids too which are just too motivating so check them out!

Khanacademy, CrashCourse, ASAP science are there to clear your doubts - use the resources!

Keep two notebooks - one for class which has messy notes and scribbles and another for home with the neat and aesthetic ish.

Keep track of your portion and note your syllabus.

Highly recommended - study journal. Want me make a long ass post about it? Lemme know!

Playing teacher is a promised way to engrave the info in your mind. So go teach your friends or mom or dog or teddy! Teach me if you want to!

Make sure you have a no study day at least once 2 weeks? Because it’s important. We don’t want to get burned out!

Ted talks can be motivating!

Writing mock exams is so helpful you should totally do it!

Sleep is more important than you think it is, so sleep. Go dream the hell out!

That’s all for now folks, hope this helps a bit! My inbox is always open if you guys have any questions!