Vera Neri

This is not an aesthetic blog, it's a studyblr and advice/tutoring page for current students and independent studiers. If you'd like, I have an aesthetic version of my blog you can find using •vera-neri-femmefatale• you'll know it when you see it~

⚠Warning⚠

Any blatant comments or behaviours regarding racism, discrimination, borderline hate crimes, or anything else of the sort spread onto this blog in the comments or by a follower will be reported. The following topics and people's are respected and represented here:

BIPOC

LGBT+

All religious beliefs, lack thereof, and spiritual beliefs

All cultures, languages, and ethnicities

Scholars and scientists play a major role in each society. The impact of a few people, as we know, can be monumentous. It is an ethical and professional duty to remain unbiased and unprejudiced entirely.

A list of educative/cultivative games for avid students (free on playstore)

A list of educative apps with conveniently ordered lessons and categories that are easy to navigate (also free)

A list of chrome extensions to shorten your essay writing time and make studying more efficient (again, free)

A q&a for a specific subject of study or degree

A list of techniques I use to make studying easier and resourceful

Resources and ways to adapt the mind to better handle stressful and traumatic aspects of your career, as well as your student life (this technique is called mental toughness)

I've been seeing these threads around a lot but none of them are truly efficient in encouraging a cultivated mind. Here are some chill and exciting ways to do so!

Explore educative channels and videos on YouTube and write down research questions. (this can even work for tv shows! I went down a rabbit hole with music and cognitive development by watching Stranger Things S4 😲)

Search science and math games on the appstore, find one you like and challenge yourself everyday. (I use quite a few; Beaker, Periodic Table the Game, Atomas, 4=10, Sudoku Quest, Seterra, Branches of Power, and many more!)

Learn a language! Studies have shown the brain becomes more capable of learning quicker when an individual knows a second and third language. (If you already speak two languages because you grew up with them, try picking up a third one now that you've become fluent🥳)

Get into writing and do it daily, 10-20 minutes a day with handwriting. This will improve your memory for grammar and you'll find your creativity for storytelling improve! Especially if you're reading a chapter a day or two chapters every other day. (The books you read will also form what your writing style becomes, I like reading classic lit a lot but also thriller/true crime fiction-newer stuff)

Heard of culinary fusion? Do this but with your favourite or necessary subjects. The goal is to utilize your left and right cognitive functions! (Art+Science, Music+Mathematics, Exercise+Literature; these are some combinations I've used that I quite enjoy and have seen significant progress in my studies and cognitive development)

Don't underestimate the power of therapeutics! CBT therapy, meditation, journals/diaries, and other ways to soothe and heal your mind can give you the upper hand in expanding your ability to become smarter. (Your killing two birds with one stone here! Art therapy, which focuses on expressing internal conflict and trauma, is a perfect example of how therapy can be fun. Unclutter the mind, mend the networks, train your brain, fight for success 🏆💪)

Looking for ways to challenge yourself and practice your APA/MLA writing? Same… So I made a list for us for this following year👌 the biggest challenge with these will be presenting your argument in a neutral and open-minded (unbiased) fashion with a minimum of 2 APA formatted resources.

Feminism in Perspective: How Feminism Varies Across Ethnicity and Cultures

A Comprehensive Analysis on Abortion: Leading Factors and Internal Conflict

The Continuation of Racism in the 22nd Century: Studying the Cycle of Racism

Criminal Justice and the Justice System:(Insert country)'s Potential for Improvement

Cultural and Ethnic Appropriation: the Relevancy in Intent and it's Effect

The Andrew Tate Epidemic: Weighing the Cause and Affect of One Man's Impact on Men and Women (bonus points for applying queer and ethnic perspective and impact on them in this)

Social Media's Impact on Moral Judgement: the Dangers and Benefits of Social Platforms

America's Ethnic Diversity: A Nation of Immigrants Constantly at War with Itself

There are only a few but I feel these are very difficult to pull off even in 6 pages (excluding the cover and resource page) without focusing on your own opinions. Please don't exclude your experiences or opinions, in fact it's part of your research, but try to refrain from centering in on it.

I would also love to read your essays, no matter how long from now it takes. There's obviously no time limit since this is a spare-time challenge. By all means, hmu for proofreading but I'm mainly excited to see what you write and the resources you use!

If you have any questions or want to change or add to this list, leave a comment or submit a request! :) I'll always respond within 3 days.

Bestie: are you okay...

An actual fucking novel. Will it be good? Maybe the fuck not, but it's just for me okay?! It's just for me and the queers out there who need it.

No but I can't tell you how many times I've fallen head over heels for someone who was just so fucking mean and kind at the same time but we became best friends even though we both kinda loathe it but can't help it because

＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ gay bonds˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚＊

and somehow ended up in

♥*♡∞:｡.｡ even gayer bonds｡.｡:∞♡*♥

The simple answer is no. We've all seen or heard about those hardcore students that can go 10 hours straight with uninterrupted productivity with very very short breaks in between and live off 4 hours of sleep a say and 20 cups of espresso but they don't need to find anything to motivate them.

Romanticized Motivation

Studyblrs often give tips to motivation in the form of beautifully organised notes and aesthetic pictures but the efficiency of maintaining that hardcore study life lies in self discipline. Studying is often mentally and physically exhausting, monotonous, and frankly stressful to a terrifying degree. These top tier study icons don't have the desire to do the work 80% of the time despite being passionate about the subjects, but they do it because they follow a "just do it" mentality. Like when you have to schedule a doctors appointment or make a call when you don't want to, simply because as a priority it needs to be done.

Setting A Priority