what’s this?! a new studyblr! completely new to the studyblr community, but ready to dive right in! i don’t start school for another month though >v<  since i’m so new i am looking for other studyblrs to follow! reblog, like, say hi for a follow! i follow back from @naufrageous 

name: jane

pronouns: they/them

age: 24 

school: drexel university’s college of computing and informatics

degree: ms in library informatics (~2019)

year of study: just starting out my masters, full time it’s 1.5 years

interests: reading || photography || cats || the ocean || ice cream || enamel pins || knitting || all the good stuff that happens throughout the fall & winter seasons 

goals: start grad school off right with a high gpa || find a librarianship focus || graduate || go out and do rad things for and within the lgbtqia+ community || be so successful i can financially afford to have and take care of my own cat || get a cute cottage by the sea || be happy

why studyblr: historically, i am a horrible student. this mainly came from not wanting to be in school, learning. now that i want a degree and am choosing to further my education, i’m hoping to turn that around. any tools i can use to further that study drive are worth exploring!

the difference between academia and what and how you learn in school is so vast, it still surprises me. but good luck ;) i'm sure you'll do well!

can you turn off notifications for these off-work hours? idk if that's viable but that's what i do to escape email anxiety

keeping a diary of sorts is really helpful (not that i'm consistent in using it haha) if you're doing a short entry every day about your day/a book you read or anything really it kind of shows what relevant vocab you're missing and helps you practise grammar. obviously at the beginning start simple and easy, but using the language from the start helps! (also i'm german so if you want to practise/have questions, feel free to ask :))

Tolkien: Stand alone novels or a series?

Stand alone! Sometimes a series can get boring or lose some of its appeal but I love stand alone novels.

Zusak: stories set in the past or the future?

Stories set in the future! It’s so much fun to imagine the possibilities of the future. I also love reading classic books that were written about the future (for example, 1984 by George Orwell and The Time Machine by H. G. Wells) because they tell us so much about the time they were written in.

Austen: 3 favourite characters?

Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter, Lisbeth Salander from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Lady Macbeth from Macbeth.

portugal is gorgeous, but also the czech republic! and if you like flat boring landscape: the netherlands ;)

oh no hope you feel better!