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i’ve been getting a lot of asks about chinese resources and how to learn the language, so here are a whole bunch of websites, forums and youtube pages that will hopefully help! 

- ̗̀ the basics  ̖́-

sinosplice

dig mandarin

chinese hacks

- ̗̀ dictionaries  ̖́-

mdbg

dict.cn

line dictionary

pleco [app store] [play store]

- ̗̀ pdfs  ̖́-

fsi chinese courses

peace corps mandarin course

- ̗̀ websites  ̖́-

arch chinese

chinese-tools

yoyo chinese

mit open courseware

chinese grammar wiki

cambridge uni [beginners] [intermediate]

- ̗̀ youtube  ̖́-

fiona tian

learn chinese now

chineseclass101.com

- ̗̀ reading  ̖́-

talkify

foreigncy

short stories

marco polo project

the chairman’s bao

chinese reading practice

- ̗̀ forums  ̖́-

lang-8

chinese forums

study more chinese

hi native [app store] [play store]

- ̗̀ bonus: shows!!  ̖́-

familiarising urself w the language is v important too, so here are the shows i like which i could find w eng subtitles! [they’re all legally posted onto youtube by their respective tv channels btw]

全员加速中 | run for time [season 1]

花儿与少年 | divas hit the road [season 2]

奔跑吧兄弟 | running man china [season 3] 

爸爸去哪儿 | dad, where are we going [season 3]

i hope this was helpful!! you can check out all my tips here and request for more here. thank you!

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to everyone else in school right now: 

please use sparknotes. please use khan academy. please listen to school house rock songs and watch the history of the entire world i guess and tim and moby and bill nye. any documentary you watch in class can be found somewhere online with a quick google. get your books from project gutenberg and z-lib. download textbooks off the internet whenever you can find them. use desmos for a free online graphing calculator. if you’re learning something and you don’t get it look up the wikipedia page on it and put it into simple english to get the gist, then put it back into regular english to get the full story. cheat if you have to. school sucks so bad rn and if you’re like me and you get all your materials secondhand or from the lost and found, online resources are really useful rn; all of the above have helped me pass a class in some way, and i hope they can help you too.

stay inside and stay safe. best of luck to all the students out there. 

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The internet was better when it was pbskids.org only. Once you move from the .orgs to the .coms and the .nets and worst of all the .edus its way less fun and there are significantly fewer, like staggeringly fewer, cyberchase games.

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This is how far into the earth humans have dug so far.

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Pawttery (via thegatheringinrogers)

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the human stress response seems so maladaptive!

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is anyone else getting absolutely no work done at all

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kinda funny when english teachers say stuff like “i can tell if you didnt read the book” or “i can tell when people bs their paper”

no you cant.  you can tell when people are bad at bs-ing their paper.  i didnt even read the sparknotes and i barely skimmed the wikipedia and you gave me an A.  you kneel before my throne unaware that it was born of lies

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being transparent, honest, and open with others means sending that email to your professor at 3 AM when you wrote it

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king arthur was supposed to rise when the worlds need was greatest so. wakey wakey! someone knock on his tomb or something

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Trying

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PLANNING 101

A student tested guide to planning your shit

Yes, I’m back after months of absence. I’ve been horribly busy this summer, I started my internship, had to do some certifications and even started working as a freelance marketer aside from that. So, you can just imagine how many things I’ve gotta do. And I have to say what truly saved me, is planning properly. So these are the best practices I’ve learned that have saved me from going crazy. This method consists of 3 stages: Overview, Planning, Reviewing. In the end, I will also list some good practices that can help you plan better. 

Overview Stage

For this first stage, I rec you to grab a piece of paper and just jot down these things. Don’t write them directly on your calendar, with the exception of deadlines.

1. List your deadlines first. Starting with the deadlines is the easiest given the fact these are likely not to change dates. Include here things like presentations, exams, meetings. Also, do yourself a favour and list the expiration date of legal documents like ID, passport, license and such because most of us don’t do that and realise too late when its already expired. 

2. List your required tasks and the time it takes to finish. These are mundane things like cleaning, cooking, and other chores you usually do on a daily or weekly basis. Also, write down how much time you spend doing these things and when you usually do them. 

3. List things you do in your free time. This one is pretty straightforward: going out with friends, watching a movie or series, reading and whatever else you like to do in your free time. 

Planning Stage

1. Analyse. This is the most crucial part of the entire process so you have to pay close attention here. Deadlines are our number 1 priorities, and likely the ones to give us more stress. So we want to start with those first. Ask yourself questions like how long it will take you to complete a certain project? How hard will it be to complete this before the deadline? Is it time-consuming? Is it a group or individual project? If it’s a group project, keep in mind you should leave some time open for meetings and such. Talk to your teammates if you are going to meet, if so when and where. 

2. Set weekly goals.

Shit might happen and you may not complete your daily tasks and such. Which is why I prefer setting weekly goals. As the week progress, I schedule my tasks. I don’t like planning specifically every detail for more than 2 days, as shit might happen today or tomorrow or maybe I’m in a whole different mood and therefore do schedule my daily tasks in more detail the night before. I’ve noticed it makes me feel less stress and I have better control over what I can do instead of what I want to do in the day.

3. Don’t go nuts on the daily tasks.

We all would like to be productive af, and hustle with all-nighters and all so we can brag about how hard we work but man that ain’t healthy. At least, I know that shit doesn’t work for me at all. I set a maximum of 5 daily tasks. I’ve noticed that if I do more, chances are very high I won’t even finish my daily tasks and will get stressed instead. Take it easy. Don’t rush. Plus it gives me time to do other stuff after if I feel like it or if someone invites me to go out. 

Good practices

1. Have everything in one accessible place. I used to have a bullet journal and couple it with a digital calendar. Worst idea ever. Somethings where here the other half was over there. It was truly a mess. Just pick one and stick to it. This way you won’t be losing information and everything, literally, everything can be seen at a glance. I personally prefer using a digital calendar because I always have my phone with me, and it helps me minimize the things I carry. 

2. Try to plan ahead and for the worst-case scenario. Yes, you never know when shit may hit the fan so you better be prepared.

3. Reward yourself. There’s no point in working hard if all you’re gonna do is be fucking stress. Chillax. Watch some Netflix and distract yourself. Remember the brain needs some time to process things on its own. Just like you don’t like to be forced and instead end up doing nothing, let your brain work in its own rhythm. Don’t rush. 

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ok heres a crazy thought but what if our favorite companies were personified into cute shippable characters?

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Quiz: Which Fear Entity will you become an unwilling servant of?

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Anne Hathaway, Audra McDonald and Raul Esparza in “Twelfth Night”

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