reminder that 30 isn’t old, it’s very normal to not accomplish everything in your 20s, and that it is never too late to learn that thing you’ve always wanted to learn. you’re always growing. that’s a good thing. 

How to Take Notes from a Textbook

I’m currently facing the dilemma of how to take notes from a textbook. It’s hard to know where to begin or what’s the best information I need to really understand the material I’m reading. I have gathered tips and resources to better decide the best method to use the textbook most effectively.

-Preview. Glance over charts or photos used on the pages. Read study questions or summaries that might be given at the end of the chunk of pages. It preps me for the type of reading I will do and to think about the questions as I read. 

-Read actively. Don’t take notes or highlight as you read. Read a short section before you stop to take notes and highlight. Your first step after you read the paragraph is to highlight a phrase or two that were the important parts that you’ll need to know for future reference. Also, go to the margins (or your post-its) and start writing a question or two for the paragraph. When you’re done with the entire section, go back and try to answer these questions without looking at the book. If you can answer it, you are doing well on recalling that paragraph. This is also a good time to make some notes for class.

-Review. At the end of the reading, write a summary (in your own words) of what you just read. It helps to understand what you retained from the reading and highlight parts you need to review. I also like to go back and try to answer those questions I made in the margin again. The BEST thing I like to do is to answer the comprehension at the end of the chapter. Each textbook has one. Answer those and, if you’re unsure of the answer, ask them during class!

Other tips:

-Try to keep your notes in your own words.

-If something is not making sense, try reading it out loud. That can often help you process the material in a new way.

-Multiply the number of pages you have to read by 5 minutes. That is the amount of time the average college student needs to spend on their reading assignment.

-Writing in the book itself is highly recommended, but if you have some reason for not doing that, you might also want post-its and use those on each page in place of writing in the book.

Resources:

Once upon a time, this was what autumn meant to me.

I’m very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very tired.

how can anyone hate k9

“we’ll figure it out together” is my love language

— Unknown

Parents be like that’s my emotional support eldest daughter

parents be like that’s the third parent in the family, my eldest daughter

parents be like that’s my parent, my eldest daughter

parents be like that’s my unpaid therapist, my eldest daughter

Telling people we love them, that we see and hear them, even during life’s quieter moments, appreciating one another whether we see each other everyday or haven’t in a year, to hold the significance of someone in our hearts while they’re here and not only after they’re gone, to give the love that we want and receive the love that we need

I like deep talks and clear intentions

Whenever I do worldbuilding I try to keep this image in mind

i hate this fucking site so much *clicks reblog*

Funniest shit I’ve ever seen.

Ah, the Mary Suez.

hundreds of years of language evolution and innumerable events had to line up in the exact right order for that pun to make sense.

This.

cinematic parallels: tumblr somehow becoming one of the most bearable social media platforms in 2020/2021, and that speed skater who made it to the olympics because everyone else fell over

tumblr, doing the bare minimum of keeping posts chronological and not forcing targeted ads down our throats 24/7:

It isn't even "that speed skater who made it to the olympics because everyone else fell over"

That guy won a fucking gold medal because everyone else fell over

Apparently in the quarter finals he came 3rd when you have to be in the top 2 to qualify for the semi finals but the skater who actually came in 2nd was disqualified so this hero moved on instead

In the semi finams he was dead last but then like 3 other people fell so he came in 2nd and qualified for the finale

In the finale he was dead last and so by a landslide but then someone fell right before the finish line and took all the other skaters down with him except this guy cause he was so far back and thus he won a gold medal

Also apparently this was the first ever winter olympics gold medal won by an australian