#study rhythm

[lowreyglobalconsultants]

What is the best rate of study?

I had an epiphany while I was standing in the rain watching my son's team practice for soccer. My son was in junior high school at the time and he has been doing soccer since he was in kindergarten. I had been a teacher and language coach for around 16 years at the time but I never could settle on how much was the best amount of time to study to really achieve results. So, there I was standing in the rain watching my breath dissipate in the air in front of me wondering why the heck they had to practice every day. My mind flashed to Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers and his theory about needing 10,000 hours to become proficient at something. That was it, not only the amount of time but the total immersion of the mind and commitment to a regular rhythm were a key to reaching the next level.

Doubtlessly the more time you dedicate to something, the more you can see improvement, but the rhythm of soccer practices suggested to me that constant and frequent repetition is also important. I thought this was the way to get the students at the company I was teaching at to remember some words for their TOEIC goals. I set up a practice sheet where every three days they had to focus on a single word. The first day, they look up the word in English (afterwards Japanese was permitted) then on the second day they had to come up with a practice sentence. If they followed this program, they would think about the word on successive days and interact, making a better chance to remember. On the third day they would get another chance and they would find some synonyms for the word. The following day was a new word and the cycle began again. The problem is that the students didn't follow the theoretical path and only studied everything on one day, before their class. The most serious students did follow it and I thought it was a good program. The beauty of it was that the students should be thinking about English everyday. They established a rhythm, even if just for 10-15 minutes. If I were stricter about it, I think we would have seen more results.

Looking through the Internet at ideas about how much to study, theories range between 20 minutes and 3 hours per day. An interesting post by Ouino (We know, get it?) language says 30 minutes of active studying and 1 hour of exposure is good. Of course they are promoting their business so it's merely a theory. If you don't subscribe to Medium, you will be trapped by the pay wall, but this post says 1-2 hours is best for rapid language acquisition.

I will say it again though, I believe that the true key lies in the daily rhythm more than the amount of study, though logically more time spent should yield more results.

[brontes]

I had a thought today about all that vampires lose in the twilight lore. Sure sure they’re fast and strong and invulnerable BUT they lose the chance to earn things because of that. The Cullens are rich but like…that just happens when you invest for three centuries. They can lift incredible amounts of weight…but just by nature and not because they’ve built up to it. They build projects and make paintings and learn…but they will always lack the satisfaction that comes from managing those accomplishments amidst the regular demands of life. Edward was seventeen…he never got the chance to earn anything by the sweat of his brow or the burning of the midnight oil.

Beyond just the bloodlust, they miss out on the regular daily challenges that make our time and pleasure meaningful. Something that is easily overlooked by teenagers reading a love story but honestly something heartbreaking to contemplate.

[singlecelledbutch]

air batter and the space umpire for the drawing requests?:]

love this guyyyy

[its-okay-youre-adorable]

IN HONOR OF PNF REVIVAL:

my beloved

[mindlesskuru]

idk what I did today but anyways here’s some art

Template at the bottom (from Pinterest :)

[turoce]

how do you guys memorize all their names

[tea-tuesday]

09/01/2023

this morning i had a 9:30 meeting but i overslept after turning off my alarm and woke up at 9:29 😵‍💫!! i logged into the meeting 4 minutes late, but luckily my supervisor was also late because she was in the wrong virtual room so we both ended up profusely apologizing for being late lolol. lesson learned: don't schedule 9:30 meetings !! i got to log off early today and explored downtown, getting coffee and chasing the sunset 🌇 also came home and studied jazz history, which i've been doing for fun :))

[idontmindifuforgetme]

Not me literally feeling sad bc I have to go somewhere for the next few hours but I wanna be home studying

[witheredgardenparty]

Watching someone I know in real life go through the medical school phenomenon of "I have every medical disease ever all at once anxiety" has really put into perspective why doctors are so shitty about chronically ill patients experiencing symptoms.

[lisisko]

fanart: @ Marmal_0329 on twitter, @ won_hwasan on twitter, @vantabone (❤️) on tumblr, @ Omaw_hwa on twitter, @ alalfm147 on twitter, tang bo voiceover

[blindradiant]

Szeth only had two spoken lines in the previews of Wind and Truth chapters 5 and 6, but I still have so many thoughts about them. Right now, I’m focusing on his second spoken line:

“I’m never alone. Even without spren or sword, I have the voices.”

Szeth has very rarely talked aloud, on page, about the voices of the dead he hears. I think he’s mentioning them here for a few reasons.

First, he’s probably trying to push Kaladin away. Szeth believes that he’s passed some kind of point of no return, that he can’t ever heal or come back from the things he’s done. He thinks he deserves to suffer, and that he can’t be happy. He believes his life is wretched, and that it ‘should not be a life that anyone would ever envy’ (the part in single quotes is taken directly from OB chapter 98).

Szeth just overheard Dalinar and Kaladin mention the possibility of Kaladin helping him. He thinks that he can’t be helped, so he mentions the voices outright and looks directly at Kaladin as he does. That look is why I think that statement is directed more toward Kaladin than Dalinar, and that it’s an indication of the thoughts going on behind Szeth’s emotionless facade.

Second, I’m wondering if Szeth being straightforward about the voices is a challenge he’s presenting to Kaladin. Szeth is very aware of his reputation. He knows what people say about him, he knows how they view him, he knows that they fear him and call him unstable. He also knows that that reputation is well-earned. I think Szeth mentions the voices partly as a way of gaging Kaladin’s reaction. Does Kaladin hate him like Navani? Does he want to manipulate Szeth like Taravangian? Will Kaladin keep him close like Dalinar, only listening to the pieces of information Szeth cares to share aloud? Or will Kaladin be someone different?

If that is part of Szeth’s thought process, then it’s probably deeper down than the first point I mentioned. But Szeth is also a person who likes to know what he’s getting himself into. He tends to study what he’s facing, work out a way of navigating and/or countering it, and follow through with the information he gathers. Kaladin’s words and actions would have told Szeth something, and I’m looking forward to getting into his head for the first time in this book, so we can see what that something is.

[karatekamania]

sleepies.....

[herosplatling-replica]

and the universe said you are the universe tasting itself, talking to itself, reading its code

and the universe said I love you because you are love.

[elijones94]

🌴 “Bagheera, this is Shanti, my best friend from the village.”~ Mowgli introducing Shanti to Bagheera 🐾🦚

[uradaltra]

Waiter, waiter! More toxic yuri, please!