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Plan August With Me!

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I know that is actually 9 days into August, but I thought that I would post my bullet journal set up for August on my blogger too, however, for more content you can always check on my studyblr! < https://shikastudies.tumblr.com/ > Nonetheless, I hope you enjoy my August bullet journal! August which is the initial starting of the fall months, pumpkin spice, and school! Although the month, ends in a dreary mood, I decided to not focus on any negative or mundane that you see in literally everyone’s fall journal. So I did a french leaves theme, last November/December many of my friends went on this French foreign exchange trip and they showed me pictures. So I took some of their photos and tried to recreate the tree leaves and then I just googled the leaves after a bit because they were too hard to draw by a blurry picture. So I did a nice french leaf theme this August, and my cover page is just the month in french surrounded by a wreath of France’s beautiful leaves. Then the q...
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Things I Wish I Knew Before My Junior Year

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Now that I am a senior, I feel overly qualified to tell you tips and little advice that you should know before you stumble into your junior year of high school. Disclaimer: These will not apply to everybody because we all work in weird ways, so if these don’t apply/work for you. Do not fret, trust your gut instincts and your mother. 1.)  Plan Ahead:  Standardized Tests, as much as I abhor these tests, please do study for them. I, for some reason that I am not able to explain, took my first and last SAT in June and then a week later took my second ACT. On top of all that, I just started my summer physics course, not a smart idea. Know when you are ready to take the tests and plan them apart with your schedule! Everything looks fine two weeks before but then when that dreaded AP/state testing week comes by, you'll forget anything and everything.  2.)  Here lie your true friends:  After all the stress and exhaustion junior year places on your inner circle of f...
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Night Before An Exam!

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My AP Exams are the next three days: AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, and AP Language and Competition. So I am definitely going to be following some of these tips to a T. So relax and don’t stress or try to cram because the night before a test, there is nothing new that you will be able to learn for the next day.  Disclaimer:  These tips won’t work for everyone but they might help slightly. 1. Know What You Need:  You’re going to need different items for different exams, such as my Biology and Calculus exams, I will be needing a TI-84 calculator. However, for all of my exams, I will be needing a black or blue ink pen for my free responses. Know if you need your ID, pens/pencil, calculator, dictionary, etc. 2. DON’T CRAM:  Cramming will not get you anywhere, in fact, you’ll be more likely to mix up facts. So you can revise what you have already learned but there’s no way that you’re going to be able to fully comprehend and understand a topic. Don’t attempt to learn a ...
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Plan The New Month With Me

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Welcome, everyone! Happy February! I know that when this goes up, it'll be well into February, but I am just using this as a basis to get everyone motivated to either plan your month to the dot or just simply get an idea of what your month will look like. How I do this is two different methods, one is a bullet journal and the other is a planner from Plan Ahead . (not sponsored) Why?: When looking at your month in a bigger view, it gives you time to think and plan ahead of time yet also it's just another way that you're going to be able to look back and be like, "Wow I did a lot this month." Personally, I don't like when a planner gives you daily and weekly layouts, so I ripped all the weekly/daily pages out of my planner. Just so that I am able to have a wider view, plus it has enough space in the boxes to the point where I can say Chapter 28 is due, Cell Signalling Test, and Photosynthesis Lab today all in the same box! How?: I had a bullet journal ab...
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Beginning Steps to Productivity

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Being productive can be very hard because of all of life's daily distractions whether it's your dog, your annoyingly loud sibling, or your phone because let's be real, we're addicted. So when trying to study or do work, it's harder to focus so I have a couple of tricks and tips in order to start the New Year and a new semester off with a bang! As the old saying goes "New Year, New Me"!  Locations:  Where do you study has a big impact on how you study, so wherever you are studying at a coffee shop, friends house, library, or your room. Try to stay far away from a bed if you're truly trying to retain and comprehend information. If you study in groups, make sure your group is small, personally, I'd say no bigger than 5 people depending on the topic such as if there's an English essay, you and your friends can discuss what to write about and review each other's essay, so 5 people are okay for that type of environment. For math and sci...
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Apps/Websites for Studying and School

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Hey guys! So with school halfway done with the first semester, we need apps that we can use to organize, study, and focus so that we can be successful this school year! So I have compiled a list of my favorite apps/ websites that I use whether it's for studying for school, organizing my life in general, or just to track habits. 1. Quizlet This app is a way for students to learn any quick facts for school, which can help with English vocab, learning structures in a cell, or even just a foreign language verbs. This is a site where you can create and find flashcards that can help with your studies. Teachers can even use the Quizlet Live which is a game that challenges students memories in order to give a fun, lively, and collaborative activity to bring the students to challenge themselves and each other. Overall. this is such a great way to test yourself on the basis of reconnection of pictures to words or words to the definition. 2. Toggl Toggl is...
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How I Take Notes for Class

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Taking Notes Hey guys! So since it's back to school and tests and quizzes are coming up, and so I thought that I'd start this quarter off with how I take notes. So this is what I like to do and I know that what I do may not work for everyone but this is what helps me. I recently tried some of these actually for the first time and I was amazed that it was easier for me to retain the information.  1. Mind Maps  I found this genuinely very helpful because I am a visual learner and with mind maps, it gives you a visual representation of how everything is related.  This is a clear and constructive way of how different topics build upon each other, in classes such as AP Biology. Everything that you learn is co-dependent of the topics that you have previously learned. It's basically an organized brainstorm that you have to identify the relationships between topics. Now you can do this online using sites like  https://coggle.it/ ...
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Freshman tips

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I am in the final stages of school, not including college. I am starting high school. It feels like just yesterday I was standing in front of the bus waiting for my mum to click the button to take the picture so I could get on the bus. Now I'm off to high school. Has anyone ever watched the television shows where they in the show kids getting shoved into a locker? Or someone bullies the wimp for lunch money? When I was transferring from elementary to middle school. It was pretty scary. My friends and I would watch all these ridiculous television shows where these middle schoolers would get shoved in their lockers, or taken out of the dumpster. I would get really worried. Okay, this is a memo from a couple months later. I have finished freshman year. Here are some tips.  1.) I wouldn't use a locker, just because I carry only my essentials and I don't really have a use for a locker, but if your school doesn't have team locker rooms for your sports ...
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Ask Ariya

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Hey! I have always been someone that people tell them their problems. I am very good with advice. I don't tell anyone's secrets. I have another account made if anyone wants to email: listeningtoyourthoughts@gmail.com I never expected anyone to read this. If you do. Thank you. It means a lot. I will start posting more if you all would like. If you want me to do a post on a topic feel free to reach me at the email mentioned above. listeningtoyourthoughts@gmail.com
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