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i failed the days of productivity challenge

okay guys so yeah, I failed this challenge. school is consuming my life at the moment and posting everyday isnt a choice, I really want to apologize because I started this blog to share stuff with you guys, but its being pretty hard to do it. so, i’ll stick to posting original things as much as I can, but i’ll focus on reblogging yours. so, if you want me to reblog your post, just use the tag #yangstudies and i’ll make sure to check it out. 

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29/100 days of productivity; i finished moby dick on the last day of january, so february is for oceans

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{23.02.2017} :: A2 Photosynthesis, AS Genetic Control

feb13//11:50am

I'm taking a level OCR economics, and these are my tips so far:

Write notes that you can revise from at the end of each chapter

Revise past material regularly

List all possible evaluation points for essays to use in the future

Copy down all graphs your teacher draws and from the textbook and label them properly

Use this website

Use this website

Use this youtube channel

Use this youtube channel

Understand topics as you go along

Learn key definitions and understand how to apply them in a question

Keep notes, sheets and exercises organised by chapter in your file

Write down all analysis chains your teacher goes through and make a list of possible questions they could be used for

For macro: link every question to the four macroeconomics objectives and state how it affects each one

If you evaluate that a policy won’t work, state why not and give an alternative policy

If you analyse that a policy has a high opportunity cost, state what else the money could be spent on

Use technical vocabulary; never write ‘inflation’ - always state which type of inflation it is, how it’s caused and how to overcome it

Always write evaluation as ‘success depends on...’ - spell it out for your examiner

For macro: think about how the amount of spare capacity affects the outcome of a policy

For macro: could a decision be influenced by politics? (this occurs with unemployment a lot)

List of evaluation points to use (generally for micro but can be applied to macro too):

Does the elasticity affect the policy outcome?

Is there a time lag?

Is there an opportunity cost?

Is efficiency affected (e.g. if it’s a government scheme it could discourage firms to become more efficient)

Does it distort market incentives?

Are there any alternatives?

How big of an impact will the policy make?

Can you quantify the impact?

Does the government have perfect information in this field?

Does it affect welfare/inequality?

 So, I’ve been getting recently tons of questions regarding my notes, and today I decided to make a post about it. If you find it useful make sure to reblog it! 

First of all lets talk about supplies. 

Should you invest or stick to your regular supplies?

We’re all different and we all have different needs and economy. In my case, I love stationery but my economy right now isn’t that high to buy all of the cute stationery in the world. I’m always trying to find dupes, or products that work similar to expensive ones (i’m also guilty of doing this with makeup oops). Here goes a list of the essentials I keep on my pencil pouch. 

Pens in different colors - I like to give a color to every single element on my notes. Kinda like a color scheme. Blue = definitions , Black = general content. My favorite pens are the Pilot G2 Gel pens, they’re just a-m-a-z-i-n-g.

Fineliners - Fineliners are by far, one of my must haves. I used to use papermate color pens, but when I bought my first pack of Stabilo’s, It was love at first sight. The two most popular brands are Stabilo and Staedtler. Both of them have their pros and cons, so here i’ll leave you a video of a battle between them. I’ve never tried the Staedtler ones, so I wouldn’t know if they’re better or not. They’re really useful for mind maps, subtitles, decorating, titles, etc. You should totally save some money and buy ones!

Mechanical pencils - I stopped using regular pencils because sharpening them was just pissing me off. My favorite ones are by papermate.

Markers - this ones to me are pretty optional, but I decided to go for some Crayola ones to make some tabs or titles. I would say they’re useful, but only if you feel like buying them. 

Highlighters - There are thousands of types, and thousands of brands. But it’s all about your needs. If the reason you want highlighters is to highlight on books, I would really recommend Sharpies and Stabilos. I have both of them, they work pretty well. And here we go with one of the most popular products around tumblr: mildliners. I have to admit it:  they’re beautiful. They come in different colors and they’re just gorgeous! The only problem to me is the price. They don’t sell mildliners here in my country, so I have to order them from Amazon, and it’s just really expensive. Are they worth it? To me, yes. But if you don’t want to spend that much money on highlighters, you can also try the Pilot Frixion Light ones. Anyways, here’s a video comparing many of these popular brands. 

Now that you have your stationery set and ready, is time to get started with the hardest part : taking notes. One thing you need to know is, I take many of my notes in class time, which means I have to come up with a plan and a color scheme in a matter of seconds to get started when the teacher starts giving class. 

My note taking process:

Set a color scheme - You can make it all pink, all blue, all warm colors, all violets, etc. I always try to alternate and use a different color for every topic, so you should try it out. 

Different fonts - I use cursive for subtitles and my normal handwriting for the rest of the text. I always get asked: What did you do to get such a neat handwriting? My answer is: practice. I used to have a really horrible handwriting when I started high school, but once I discovered studyblrs, I began to copy some of the handwriting on pictures. I came up with my own font and i’m really happy with it! So dont be afraid to copy some handwriting you like, in the end you can always add your style to it. 

Organize your information - Many times teachers ask you to make mind maps, diagrams, charts, etc. Choose the one that fits your information. I’m a huge fan of diagrams, but I also like to use charts a lot. Its all about your personal opinion. Most of the times teachers give me paper sheets with al the information on them, so the next thing I do is to highlight definitions. Once I’m done with definitions, I start highlighting with a different color the rest of the text. 

Start writing - This is my last step, and its pretty simple. Once I have all of my information sorted and organized, I can get writing! I spend a lot of time doing it so I really commend you to find a good and relaxing playlist to have fun while doing it and a bottle of water.