I disappeared for a few days, so much is going on. I have wisdom teeth coming in (and an ear infection and migraines to go along with it) I missed 2 days of classes and got into a car accident. But here's what I've been up to for the past few days:
Good morning!
I had the results of my radiology exam and despite all the efforts I did not pass. So, as you can see, sometimes things do not go the way we plan or think. Thankfully I can retake the exam in June.
I managed to pick myself up and dust all the negative feelings. But, I have to admit it was hard.
I am trying to understand how to study better and be more efficient. However it is not easy.
Apart from that, I am enjoying the process of understanding and letting go of passive study methods I have used in the past.
How about you?
Sending you much love and courage 🫰🏽🫂📖🧠
🌱 03.08.2024
Sooo how's life been treating me so far? Well, not so good. Midterm exams are near and there's still so much to do. I'm not sure if I could finish everything because I'm very exhausted but I have to force myself to stay awake every night so I can finish my assessments. (。•́︿•̀。)
School has been intense recently, but I've (mostly) caught up with everything, so it should be smooth sailing for a few weeks now!
Speaking of sailing, and boats, and books, of course, I've started annotating my copy of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness for school. Hopefully rereading it won't be so confusing as the initial reading was.
The other photo above are of my notes on William Blake's poem The Little Black Boy, or rather notes on the essay Liberatory Christianity and the Perception of Race in "TLBB".
What I got done today:
Literature notes.
Literature annotating.
Biology revision.
Also, I apologise for my rather bad quality photos. Whenever I write these posts (or think about writing them) I always wish my camera was a little more sharp, or my skills a little more intuitive. It always quietly amazes me how study bloggers can manage to capture such beautiful shots.
But I suppose my own stumbling efforts do have their own unique flair; a sense of personal authenticity to them, that reflects the imperfect and the mundane, mirroring back the glamourless way life (and studying) so often plays out.
Well.
Thanks for reading, and I hope you're productive this week!
Finishing some organic chemistry activities that will help me revise for the exam 👩🔬 But resting is also important, so we went to an Indian restaurant for lunch, and everything was so so so good!
The Study Trick that made me a topper in my school.
Imagine that your exams are approaching in a few days and you don't have any time to make any sort of notes.
Then follow this trick,
Whenever you finish reading a paragraph of any chapter of your subject, you will make a list of questions based on that paragraph (remember to frame them like an examiner). And beside those questions write the page number of the answer. In that way, you are making notes of questions while studying. And during the revision session you don't have to re-read the entire chapter, you will refer to the notes of your questions.
started studying calculus again while waiting for the SO grades to drop. there's still hope that i got the minimum grade and can pass but honestly i'm not counting on it. i'll do my best to pass everything, but it feels impossible and daunting no matter how i look at it. i thought i really worked hard, i really did my best, and it's still not enough and it hurts. it really hurts and it makes me feel powerless and scared to try again.
headed to giving my tuition class in a bit, but i offer you my korean progress! i just registered to get my driver’s license and that’ll require a bit of studying too, which will be interesting!
listening to: music for a sushi restaurant, harry styles