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You’re unstoppable

Go study for your finals. Write that paper and finish that presentation. Study those flash cards. Stop procrastinating, have more trust in you and get off your phone. 

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Doesnt matter if u dont understand a joke. Extract dopamine and move on

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What study advice has stuck with you since you heard it? :-)

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After Mock Exams

Hey everyone, I’m now finished with all my mock exams! I still have many project going though, which is why I’m so busy atm.

I have my TOK presentation next week, and I’m very nervous. Additonally, I have a written assignment and math studies IA due before summer.

On the positive side, I got a job! I have been applying for six months now, and I’m so relieved that I finally got one! I’m starting next monday and most of my summer will probably be spent working🤑

I am so ready for summer and I hope all of you are staying strong for as long as you have left of the school year!

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study less study smart

I decided to share my notes taken from this amazing 1 hour Youtube lecture by Marty Lobdell. i really liked him and his tips, i think they are super effective and cover a lot of situations! i highly recommend it!!!!! wow

but here are the tips and examples Marty mentions, so if you don’t have the time to go through the full hour, you can just scroll down. hope this helps somebody!

Break your study time in chunks with breaks

most students lose focus at 25 minutes

it’s a mistake to keep going once you do, since you won’t actually learn anything and you’ll hate every minute of it

so when you start losing focus take a 5 minute break

do something nice like talking to someone or listening to music

it’s something you practice so with time you’ll be able to work for more time without losing focus

in the end of the study session have a big reward you look forward to

Create a study area

environment highly affects the way you act. Bedrooms are for sleeping, kitchens for eating: you’ll feel sleepy in your bedroom and hungry in the kitchen. So if you have a study area, it’ll be easier to start studying and staying focused.

study in a specific room like an office or school library if you can

if you have to study in your bedroom use a specific object you only use for studying: a lamp/desk. Make it a no-distraction, away from your bed, blank walls area.

 The more active the learning, the better

80% active learning 20% passive

ask yourself: is it a concept or a fact?

learning a concept: understand/grasp/know it

put it into your own words

really think about the meaning of it

relate it with something you already know

teach somebody else. Recapitulate what you’ve learned. Talk out loud even if you don’t have anyone to teach - talk alone. Or at anyone that listens.

learning a fact: memorize it

use mnemonics

Acronyms (e.g. colours of the rainbow RoyGBiv – red orange yellow green blue indigo violet)

 Coined sayings - anything popular or sayings you’ve heard since you were a child.

Interacting images – work even better if they’re weird. Creative associations make you never forget specific details. (e.g. 1 gram of fat has 9 calories: picture a fat cat – each cat has 9 lives)

any time 2 things are highly similar but not the same you will get maximal interference!! USE mnemonics!! (e.g. afferent vs efferent neurons: SAME - Sensory Afferent Motor Efferent)

Be a part of  study groups

others can help you in ways you never thought before

Recognizing VS remembering

never confuse the two

while reviewing a chapter you may recognize concepts but not actually know them

and when you get to the test you won’t be able to remember any of it

so quiz yourself without looking at it

or stop in a page of your notes/textbook and ask yourself what is the concept immediately after and before it

Get your REM Sleep 

get ~8 hours so you don’t undo your studying

this is how your brain stores permanent memories

without it you’re ability to remember seriously decreases

most people don’t even begin to take the advice but it’s simple: sleep better. Do better.

There’s 162 hours in a week. There is time.

reflect on what you are doing with your time and what activities you have to prioritize to succed as a student

Taking notes is vital.

right after the class take 5 minutes to expand everything you’ve jotted down, give it depth.

NOT hours later. You won’t remember half the things you wrote down.

Ask your questions to class mates and teachers.

teachers want you to succeed and it’s more than ok to ask your question in the teacher’s office or in the next class

How to use a textbook: SQ3R technique

Survey Question Read Recite Review

Survey: skim through the entire chapter in a couple of minutes.

Raise questions: e.g. what is osmosis? What is this graphic about? What is a prototype?

it causes you to look for answers and you’ll find the information better once you actually study it after. If you intend to find something you learn it better.

Start studying for tests early.

don’t undo yourself. You should only be reviewing the days before the test. don’t leave it till the last minute!

(don’t just scroll through this!!!! really think about these methods and how you can actually implement them so you can benefit from them!!! these actually work but only if you put them into practice boo good luck!)

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May 2019 Exam Schedule

The schedule for the IB exams in May 2019 is out! 

Link:

https://www.ibo.org/contentassets/7f6c7681e0b34fc8b0541c1229c7521d/dp-cp-exam-schedule-may-2019-en.pdf 

Personally, I have exams on these dates:

6th of May: Norwegian A Paper 1 (Afternoon session)

7th of May: Norwegian A Paper 1 (Morning session) and History Paper 1 and 2 (Afternoon)

8th of May: History Paper 3 (Morning)

9th of May: Biology Paper 1 and 2 (Afternoon)

10th of May: Biology Paper 3 (Morning)

13th of May: Mathematical Studies Paper 1 (Afternoon)

14th of May: Mathematical Studies Paper 2 (Morning)

16th of May: English B Paper 1 (Afternoon)

17th of May (Norway’s constitution day..): English B Paper 2 (Morning)

23rd of May: French B Paper 1 (Afternoon)

24th of May: French B Paper 2 (Morning) 

I am pretty excited about my times and especially the fact that history are three of the first exams! That’s the subject I’m most nervous about and it’ll be so good to get them done:))

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Mock exams revision schedule

Finally done! Here is the mock exam revision schedule I’ve been writing about. It is very personalized, so I doubt that you guys could use this exact one, but I hope that it maybe will motivate you to make one of your own!

I have some time today to work on my Maths IA, so that’s what I’m doing now. After that, I will start revising on ‘’The scramble for Africa’’ for history:))

I feel like I have been very good at prioritizing school above anything else lately, and I hope I can keep this up until summer, at least. 

I wish, for all of you, a great weekend!!

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Hi guys! I’m finally done with my revison schedule and will be posting it later this evening. Today I’ve spent several hours at school (even though everyone has the day off) working on my Internal assessment in maths. I think it’s going quite well, although I have A LOT to write.

The weather these past days has been amazing and I so looking forward to summer and to get at small break from the IB

Hope you all are having a good day!!

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A quick update

Ok so, my post yesterday was not very good and I want to give you a better explanation as to why I post so little nowadays and what I have to do at school, and generally just tell you guys more about my everyday. 

I’m heading towards the end of my first year as an IBDP-student, and I am exhausted. I have so much on my mind, and so little time. 

These are the things I need to get done with before summer break (21st of June):

- Mathematical Studies IA, 1st draft is to be handed in on the 16th of May and I have barely started because I am struggling with my investigation

- TOK presentation. It has to be ready in two weeks. I feel like I have good control over this task, I’m just extremely nervous about it. 

- Mock exams! I have a mock exam in each subject, starting on the 31st of May and ending on the 6th of June.

- History essay (small task, just difficult and annoying)

- G4 project

- CAS reflections! Oh God. I hate them so much!!!

- Written assignment in Norwegian.

In addition to all this, we are soon starting our science IAs, and I have no idea what to do. I also have to do my CAS activities, and at the top I have a lot of plans outside of school. ALSO, I am applying for jobs and am stressed about money. 

I hope this gives you a better understanding of why I’m gone. But as I said yesterday, I am working on a revision-schedule for my mock exams which I will post as soon as it’s done! Hopefully by friday

I hope you all have a great day! 

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Lazy

Hi everyone, I am so sorry for being so much offline and not updating. I am just very stressed and have a lot to do until the middle of June. Luckily, I have found a way to use this to my (and your) benefit.

I am going to make a study-schedule and upload it a soon as I am finished. Hopefully, this can motivate some of you to make one yourself in order to manage time better😄😄

Again, I am very sorry for not posting, and promise that after this stressful period, I will be updating more often.

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Just completed and submitted the final version of my Extended Essay !!! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° 

So I compiled lists of words that I found super super useful in making it easier for me to finish any essay !! Here is a masterpost of some sort with transition words + key vocabs grouped together for easy access as well as an IB IOC ‘cheat sheet’ I used for my english LAL orals last year (though most commentaries follow a similar structure so its generalisable) ~

Good luck with your essays !!!

… oops just realised I forgot to bullet point one of the lists 

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reasons my generation is so depressed:

sleep deprivation due to early school start times

the economy

oppression

high tensions between different political/social/racial/etc groups

technology/social media means constant updates on bad news

politics, made worse by the aforementioned constant updates

the state of the environment

education as it is right now not preparing us sufficiently for the outside world

pressure to grow up very quickly

parenting/teaching/etc trends in the previous generation(s)

competitiveness in schools, social media and other aspects of life

the world in general that the last few generations have constructed for us

NOT reasons my generation is so depressed:

we’re weak and lazy and we can’t get off our phones uwu

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I can’t wait to see what I’ll be up to in six months

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Struggling with productivity

Hi guys! Lately I’ve found myself really struggling with being productive and getting things done, which is bad for both me and my schoolwork. Luckily, there’s some tricks that I’ve learned which do help me overcome my procrastination, and I want to share them with you:)

1. Create a study space

Sometimes, I get so sick of just sitting by my desk and I can’t do anything because I’m uncormfortable. What I like to do is to remove one of my mattresses from my bed (i have a thin one over my ‘’main’’ mattress) and lay it somewhere in my bedroom. I turn my pillows and duvet into support for my back. It really helps creating a new space designated just for studying when I get sick of my desk-area. 

2. Take a shower and put on some comfortable clothes

If I feel gross and icky, I cannot concentrate on doing my schoolwork. I don’t know why this is, but it helps me so much to take a shower and put on comfortable clothes afterwards. It is much easier to do your work after a good shower, than to try to do your work while all you can think about is how gross you feel.  

3. Create a schedule 

My planner is my lifesaver. Writing down the things you need to get done is so much easier than to try to remember it all in your head. What I like to do before a test, is to create a schedule for when and what I have to study. For example, you can set off two hours for working on a subject, and then elaborate on exactly what topics within that subjects you need to revise on. 

4. Lock yourself in and turn of the internet on your phone

Personally, if I want to deeply concentrate, I need to isolate myself from other people. I turn the internet off on my cellphone (I still need to use my cellphone,) and tell my family that I need to be alone and focus. I also like to close the curtains so that I feel kind of ‘’removed’’ from everything else. 

5. Set a timer for studying

If I struggle with studying for longer period, I like to study in portions. I recommend using an app called ‘’Flowtimer’’ which has helped me so much with concentrating. It gives you 25 minutes (adjustable) to study, and then a five-minute break. After you’ve studied 25 minutes four times, it gives you a 25-minutes break. This app is amazing and I recommend it for anyone whos having trouble focusing!!

I hope some of these tips will work for you too :) Good luck studying everyone! 

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recover from ‘burnout’ in five steps

1. reward yourself for working so hard. take a long bath with your favourite bath bomb, take time to cook your favourite meal, paint your nails. recognise that you worked hard and it was tough and that you deserve time for yourself

2. catch up on sleep. nothing makes studying harder than being exhausted. clear your schedule and have a lie in. even if you don’t sleep late, stay in bed and enjoy a guilt-free lazy morning

3. do something fun. invite your friends over for a movie night, take your dog for a walk. remind yourself that there is more to life than textbooks and notes

4. make a plan. start getting ready to get back into study mode. make a todo list, a study schedule, and a list of your deadlines

5. organise your space. declutter your desk so you have a clean space to be productive in. tidy desk, tidy mind

start again.

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Toledo, Spain exchange

Here are some pictures from my exchange trip in Spain from the 10th of March - 17th of March! It was an amazing journey and I will miss it so much:((

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Qualifications to be a studyblr:

1. Study

Not qualifications to be a studyblr: - Have expensive stationery - Be an +A top student - Go to a physical school - Be a university student - Post pretty pictures