forum freshman advice corner(more advice from crocs)

Started July 19, 2020 by @croccin-champagne

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Take notes physically, and then type them out if you want to. Writing things down helps with memorization iirc, and it's nice to have a binder or notebook with all of your notes for a class in it.

TAKE A STUDY HALL!! Personally I'd see about taking it later in the day so you can get your homework done, but it's just good to have a class period where you can wind down a bit.

Yes yes yes
Don't try to get the homework due that day done in study hall because while it may seem feasible, it doesn't work long term and there WILL be days that you don't get things finished. Work on the homework you just got and that's not due for a while and in any extra time, I recommend starting a bullet journal and unwinding, even if you don't really use it. Setting it up is really fun and relaxing and it gives you a sense of accomplishment and organization without having to do much.

Finals….honestly aren't that bad? Granted I'm a very good test taker but if you read your notes, do your study guides, and do the voluntary work you should be fine.

Take notes physically, and then type them out if you want to. Writing things down helps with memorization iirc, and it's nice to have a binder or notebook with all of your notes for a class in it.

Yeah even if your teacher let's you type or publicly posts the slides. Not taking your own notes because you have access to the slides is a really bad habit that's super hard to break because why pay attention when you can just look at the slideshow five minutes before the test? I've been doing that for about three years and oh wow it's terrible.
Rewriting your notes and making them pretty helps to study too, and is another fun "I have nothing to do in study hall" activity

Find good, reliable websites for flashcards and study tools. Personally I like Shmoop and Sparknotes as help for English classes, since they break down characters and scenes from books also if you need any help with understanding Shakespeare stuff for class just pm me lol, or I guess for some classics stuff in general.

Finals….honestly aren't that bad? Granted I'm a very good test taker but if you read your notes, do your study guides, and do the voluntary work you should be fine.

Yeah, they're really not. They're pretty stressful ngl, but if you do everything the teachers give you and find a good study playlist, you'll be fine. I've been using the same playlist every time I need to study or get work done fast since freshman year and I don't listen to it any time else low-key it makes me sad and nostalgic. If it helps you, have different playlists that you use for studying for different things, by subject or by impact

Finals….honestly aren't that bad? Granted I'm a very good test taker but if you read your notes, do your study guides, and do the voluntary work you should be fine.

Yeah, they're really not. They're pretty stressful ngl, but if you do everything the teachers give you and find a good study playlist, you'll be fine. I've been using the same playlist every time I need to study or get work done fast since freshman year and I don't listen to it any time else low-key it makes me sad and nostalgic. If it helps you, have different playlists that you use for studying for different things, by subject or by impact

As long as you manage your workload and study times you should be fine. Honestly the weeks leading up to finals (when you get piles of study materials) is worse than the tests lol

Find good, reliable websites for flashcards and study tools. Personally I like Shmoop and Sparknotes as help for English classes, since they break down characters and scenes from books also if you need any help with understanding Shakespeare stuff for class just pm me lol, or I guess for some classics stuff in general.

Quizlet is good for history and science, particularly vocab because students who have taken the class before you generally take all the worksheets and study guides and turn them into a Quizlet. Usually they're not too hard to find. A lot of times just searching the question and the word "Quizlet" will bring up a bunch that have a large overlap with what you're filling out. Idk if y'all already knew that though lmao
Making one yourself is good to study too. Plus they have a bunch of different ways to help you learn the material so yeah the kids at my school like it a lot
If your teachers use Kahoot, ask them for the link so you can play it on your own in two tabs on your computer or on two different devices. Or just scroll through the lineup of questions and test yourself like it's a multiple choice test

Finals….honestly aren't that bad? Granted I'm a very good test taker but if you read your notes, do your study guides, and do the voluntary work you should be fine.

Yeah, they're really not. They're pretty stressful ngl, but if you do everything the teachers give you and find a good study playlist, you'll be fine. I've been using the same playlist every time I need to study or get work done fast since freshman year and I don't listen to it any time else low-key it makes me sad and nostalgic. If it helps you, have different playlists that you use for studying for different things, by subject or by impact

As long as you manage your workload and study times you should be fine. Honestly the weeks leading up to finals (when you get piles of study materials) is worse than the tests lol

Ugh yeah and half your teachers are like "this is optional" but you procrastinated the not optional stuff so you don't have time to do the optional stuff and you end up losing an easy like five or ten points on those class ones and you hate yourself because you could've done so much better and raised your final grade in the class too-

Finals….honestly aren't that bad? Granted I'm a very good test taker but if you read your notes, do your study guides, and do the voluntary work you should be fine.

Yeah, they're really not. They're pretty stressful ngl, but if you do everything the teachers give you and find a good study playlist, you'll be fine. I've been using the same playlist every time I need to study or get work done fast since freshman year and I don't listen to it any time else low-key it makes me sad and nostalgic. If it helps you, have different playlists that you use for studying for different things, by subject or by impact

As long as you manage your workload and study times you should be fine. Honestly the weeks leading up to finals (when you get piles of study materials) is worse than the tests lol

Ugh yeah and half your teachers are like "this is optional" but you procrastinated the not optional stuff so you don't have time to do the optional stuff and you end up losing an easy like five or ten points on those class ones and you hate yourself because you could've done so much better and raised your final grade in the class too-

The optional stuff is usually pretty easy too, or something where you could crank out a few optional worksheets during a study hall.

I knowwwww but my ability to get things done goes way down until the day before the exam

I mean to be fair I studied for like two exams so I'm not one to talk.

And don't let yourself look at things and be like "yeah I can do this much then then and then on the day it's due so I only have to do this much now" because I promise you: you're really bad at guessing what that day's going to be like and how much you can actually do between classes and during lunch.

I mean to be fair I studied for like two exams so I'm not one to talk.

I do required work the day before and of and the review we do in class so-

And don't let yourself look at things and be like "yeah I can do this much then then and then on the day it's due so I only have to do this much now" because I promise you: you're really bad at guessing what that day's going to be like and how much you can actually do between classes and during lunch.

Totally, the lunchroom is hell for getting work done decently. Not only will you want to be talking with your friends, but it's loud and hectic and just awful to focus in.

And don't let yourself look at things and be like "yeah I can do this much then then and then on the day it's due so I only have to do this much now" because I promise you: you're really bad at guessing what that day's going to be like and how much you can actually do between classes and during lunch.

Totally, the lunchroom is hell for getting work done decently. Not only will you want to be talking with your friends, but it's loud and hectic and just awful to focus in.

And like. Sorry but your friends don't care that you're trying to get stuff done. And when the roles are reversed, you really won't care either. So just don't do it. Lunch is "yell and scream with your friends and eat their food" time not "I goofed off in study hall and now I need to do my math homework because it's due in ten minutes" time

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Oh lol when I tried to work at lunch my friends always left me alone and sometimes we would even help each other with work a bit. That said, we were in basically overachiever hell at our school, for lack of a better explanation.

the trick to defeating casual bullies–not the ones that actually physically threaten your well being and create a mental hell for you–is to just ignore them. like, those kids that pick on you incessantly? ignore them. literally. if you get upset–even though you should be allowed to–it's really easy for said bully to twist it so that you seem overdramatic in response to their 'playful teasing'. i've watched it happen.

but if you ignore their asses, then they're the ones people are looking at like 'dude…chill.' because the more you ignore people like that, the more they tend to go out of their way to get under your skin. people will watch them pick on you and be shitty to you, beyond the way friends are minorly mean to each other in a joking way, and they'll see the person for who they are. nobody wants to hang around someone who brings the mood down or makes every hang out uncomfy because of their weird obsession with insulting others. trust me on that

as for the more intense bullies? avoid them as much as you possibly can. and if avoiding them becomes to hard because they're actively seeking you out, tell an adult. now, in an ideal world, that adult would then do something helpful. but alas, sometimes it just don't be like that. which is when you take it to the higher ups because an issue like bullying that's being left un-resolved can be really bad for their image, especially if it's purposefully neglected. it also helps to have proof, video or audio or pictures of vandalism to your things, depending. that proof can come in handy if you need to get the police involved.

personally, i became the kid in jh and high school that no one wanted to bully(though i'm convinced that, at least at my high school, everyone was too tired and preoccupied/depressed to bully anyone), because i was 'scary' in jh and in high school i was really friendly and nice and like, everyone i met became some level of friend with me, but i was also known as the kid who probably had at least two knives on them and could frame you for murder without much effort. a very good combo of things

also, for those of you worrying about high school bullying

bullies are just losers who are insecure about something in their own lives, which is usually reflected in their favored insults and things they'll target about you. you'll be alright. also anyone in the seattle area being bullied let me know and i'll come egg your bully's house

Crocs, you are literally the essence of this screenshot

that's such a nice shade of red, now i want to buy that lipstick. also, rip @ me for having a lip piercing because now i have to use wands and brushes to apply color to my lips. and yet, i plan on getting another

also dfhdfhgdf spot on. im always ready to throw down

noooo

in any case, this probably belongs on the makeup advice thread but nyx liquid lipsticks??? seriously the best shit ever. they apply easy, have gorgeous shades, and they last. especially the mattes. like, long as you're not eating a footlong sub that shit can last you damn near all day. do recommend using straws instead of drinking on the rim of a glass or something tho. that's just general with lipstick

Going off what crocs said about bullies, seriously the best thing is to just ignore them.
I never really got targeted idk how. I’m just very diplomatic?? I just kinda reached an unspoken agreement with the popular kids that we’d play nice whenever we were forced to be around each other or I’d fuck up their lives idk man

ignoring assholes results in either what i described above or they get bored of you not being bothered and just leave you alone and tbh? win win

also max that's very iconic of you lmao