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The UK won works especially well because that handsign is offensive here.

couple of lil eurovision memes for ur viewing pleasure

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Ethan is a sweet cinnamon roll that we must protect at all costs.

Ethan is a whole mood

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How I Use OneNote for University

Hey, all! I thought I’d share how I use OneNote, for any students who might want to use it for school organization. I have used this since the beginning of my university career and have found a method that works for me, after nearly three years.

I provide templates for what I use as .one files that can be imported into OneNote, and you’re free to use & modify them however you wish. 

Semester Calendar Template: Download (.one) / Download (.docx)

Customized Syllabus Template: Download (.one) / Download (.docx)

Cornell Outline Template: Download (.one) / Download (.docx)

+ Outline inspired by How to Use Cornell Cornell Note-Taking Method on OneNote by @strive-for-da-best​

+ How to insert templates + read if you’re on a Mac

(further information in my #OneNote tag)

As a student with learning disabilities, I found that using a computer, rather than writing everything out, is the best method for me to learn. I type up notes in class so as to not worry about keeping up with a professor, handwriting, or neatness. OneNote is my favourite note-taking application for this, because it’s essentially an upgraded version of Word that’s free and syncs automatically across devices. When my computer crashed, I was still able to access my notes online.

OneNote isn’t all typing. You can use it on a tablet or use a drawing tablet, in my case, to handwrite notes for a more natural feel. A very efficient way of taking notes is to import the lectures slides in OneNote and to write directly on them. I found that very useful in math-heavy courses, such as statistics and chemistry. The equation tool, while nifty, isn’t efficient.

By no means whatsoever is this the only way to use OneNote! In fact, I’d recommend you find a way that works for you, because while this may be highly organized, it takes a bit of set-up time and is tailored specifically to my needs. You can use my example as inspiration, but play around with it! The beauty of OneNote is that it can be used in a variety of different ways.

Download OneNote for Windows | Download OneNote for Mac

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Microsoft OneNote tutorial for study, class and lecture by emmastudies

Hello! I have had numerous people message me about how I structure my notes for OneNote so I thought I would put together a tutorial! Above is a small run down of the program and my little two cents on each feature. But now I’m going to go into a little more detail to help anyone who is looking for somewhere to type their notes. Through I’ll suggest my ideas on how to use OneNote for different reasons including study notes, class notes and lecture/tutorial notes.

Set up and use:

Start by downloading OneNote from the App Store or from their website if you’re using a PC. It is free!!! I would definitely recommend downloading the mobile or tablet app as well.

Sign in with an Outlook account and begin making your notebooks. For high school I would suggest a new notebook for each class. For university, I had one notebook for the entire semester. As I go into my second semester I’ll make a new one, and so one. For study notes, it is up to you. You could either make one notebook for all your study notes and use sections to divide per subject or make a new notebook for each subject again. Or simply and a new section in the existing notebook. Notebooks are linked to OneDrive meaning you can close the notebook and reopen it at any time. They’re automatically saved too, so you can edit on your phone and when you use your computer it is updated!

Start creating sections. These act as dividers so depending how you have structured your notebook, make them for either each topic of your subject (high school) or each of your classes/subjects (university). For my high school class/study notes I made a new section for each new topic and for university I have one per subject. As you can see in the photoset; my notebook was legal studies (subject) and each section was for a topic (crime, human rights, family, consumers, assessments and homework).

Create your pages for each time you have class. Add the title of what you’re doing and start typing your notes. For my lectures I usually just name them “lecture 1”, “lecture 2” because I’m lazy, however for study notes I would use each subheading of the topic in the syllabus. If you’re wanting to understand my headings and subheadings completely I suggest checking out the legal studies syllabus that I created the above notes too (you can see it here on page 26).

Time for decoration and colour coding. Usually as I’m typing I bold or underline and colour code but you can always go back and do it as a revision method. This also gives you a chance to add any extra information you find! You can see an explanation of my colour code in the final image of the photoset. I found colour coding and formatting super helpful when I was studying for my HSC final exams!

Printing time! When I had finished my study notes (or class notes) I would print them so I had a physical copy to highlight and annotate. Here is where it gets a little fiddly. To print on one A4 size piece of paper without cutting off half your text, you need to shrink the size of the text box. This is what you might see - with half the text cut off. I would say reduce it to about half the original size - you can usually see on print preview how close it is to the edge. After you have made the textbox thinner, it should look like this. Another tip is printing using one sheet for two or more pages. This helps to reduce the amount of paper you’re using. On the print settings look for “pages per sheet” and change it to the number of pages you want (obviously the more pages, the smaller the font). It should look something like this (I’m not 100% sure if every computer or printer has this option, but for reference I use an Epson printer).

That is pretty much it for how I use OneNote for my all my different types of notes! It is very simple once you’ve organised everything! I would 100% recommend this program. We were advised to use it in year 9 when we received laptops from the government and I’ve not stopped using it. Althought there are some different between the Mac and PC versions, the main elements are the same. However you can check out this post by @vanesastudies which is for the PC version. I hope this tutorial was helpful. If there is anything I’ve missed out, drop me an ask. Thank you for reading! x

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25.09.18 || today’s motivation ❤️ source: we heart it.com

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Mind of a Student

I picture the academic area of my mind as a nice neat little study, with shelves and filing cabinets full of interesting things, all neatly stored in appropriate places and nice and easy to find when needed.  

When I go to a lecture or read a paper, that’s like someone’s come in and dumped a load of new things on the floor.  I need to spend some time sorting them out, integrating them into my study, finding the right place for them, and putting them away.

The trick is, to stay on top of the sorting!  That means typing up lectures and doing daily maintenance in good time, so you have time to work on the longer projects.

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Only hard part of it is, how hard I’ll hit this, when I knock it out of the park

Welcome back for third year!  I’ve been neglecting my studyblr a little.  The jump between first and second year took me a little by surprise - not least because I did well in first year and decided, foolishly, to rest on my laurels - and making up for a slightly poor first semester with an even better second year took up a lot of my time.  But now, I’m back, and still using music for motivation.  Need to study and don’t want to?  Need to get up and go to uni and don’t want to?  Blast some music.  My choices include things like Go the Distance and Serious and Chip on my Shoulder

An obvious one is Starkid’s Gotta Get Back to Hogwarts.

Come on and teach us everything you know

The summer’s over and we’re itching to go

I’m also enjoying So Maternal, from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.  Ignoring the fact that it’s about a false sense of competence, I really like the line Only hard part of it is, how hard I’ll hit this, when I knock it out of the park.

My final song for this year is SMASH’s Broadway, Here I Come.  Is that a scream or a cheer?  Well nevermind, I’ll never find out, ‘cause third year, I am here!

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IT WAS THE BACKUP RED DUDE’S LEGS I KNEW IT

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To everyone accusing Netta of making chicken noises...

She’s saying ‘baka’.  It’s Japanese for ‘idiot’.  

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I wanted to unpack some of the things I'm seeing about Israel winning Eurovision 2018. I voted for Israel (among others) because I just liked the song. I don't feel like a lot of the criticism about Netta is justified. Firstly, the cultural appropriation. A key part in that is the power dynamic between the two cultures. I might be wrong about this, but I don't think Israel has anyone particular power over Japan, in the way that white Americans and Natives or the English and India, or the USA and Africa had/have. That makes a big difference. I might also be wrong about this, but I don't see any items of religious significance or any attempt to pretend that she *is* Japanese. She's just...wearing clothes and decorating with inspiration from Japan. From what I've read, Japan is pretty okay with that, and it's the Japanese whose opinions matter. For those reasons, I don't think this is cultural appropriation, and I don't think it was when that teenager from Germany was clearly inspired by Harajiku fashions either. It's interesting that people are talking about this, but, as far as I can tell, no one has ever said anything about the country song another country performed last night. I think that's to do with watching from a Western viewpoint. Secondly, a lot of people are criticising the way she makes music. She does it with her mouth. So what? Have you never heard of acapella or beatbox or even just not singing with perfect enunciation to make the song flow? Clearly, people really liked it. I don't think music can be objectively bad, but if it could, surely being liked by both the juries and the public is evidence that disliking it is not the majority opinion and therefore less likely to be objective? I'm seeing a lot of criticism for her 'basic white feminism'. Firstly, she's not 'white' like basic WASP, she's Hebrew. Perhaps some Hebrew people do consider themselves white, but Jewish people have a range of skin tones and originated in the middle East. She spent the first four years of her life in Nigeria. As a white-passing woman of colour, I'm happy to give her the benefit of the doubt in not having a purely white viewpoint. Secondly...exactly how much feminism do you want her to cover in a 3 minute pop song? "I'm not your toy" is pretty basic feminism 101, but it's still something that needs to be said. You can't criticise people every time they say or do anything feminist because they haven't done or said absolutely everything else at exactly the same time. Finallly...Israel vs Palestine. I am not terribly well-informed on this, but I do know that Netta isn't personally responsible for the atrocities her country commits, like none of the rest of us are. The ESC is often held in the capital city, but it doesn't have to be. A few times, it's been held in a different country entirely, like it would be if Australia had won. It's a very complicated question, and I hope they handle it as well as they can.

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coming out of my cage and i’ve been doing just fine

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So next year we’re all sending the gayest entries to ever gay in eurovision

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Unpopular opinion: All the acts at Eurovision worked very hard and put their all into performing and they all deserved to do well, and absolutely none of them deserve to get hate just for doing better than your favourite entry. They all did very well and are just out there living their dream, don’t be bitter and don’t try and ruin their big moment. Also, while having problems with one of the countries being represented is completely valid, it is 100% not the singer’s fault, pretty much all of them have openly spoken in favour of peace and equality. This is a time to come together and put our differences aside, if you’re using it to speak violent thoughts about anyone just because of where they’re from, what they look like, or what genre of music they perform, then you’ve missed the point.

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Europe the entire week: omg I love eurovision, I love how we are all united!! Eurovision truly is the best thing ever!! Fuck you America😘 Peace peace love love!!!❤❤❤

Europe now: you know what? FUCK YOU JURY, FUCK YOU TELEVOTES, FUCK YOU EUROVISION AND EVERY COUNTRY!!! I AM NEVER GOING TO WATCH THIS SHITSHOW EVER AGAIN!!! I’M BURNING MY EUROPEAN PASSPORT!!!

…And watch this happen next year again ;)

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Europeans: here in Europe we like to preserve peace at all costs

Also Europeans: but we do like to play with fire once a year

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I love that we can all agree that the Danish Viking boyband deserved to soar straight up the scoreboard