rules: answer 10 questions, then write 10 for the people you tag to answer!
@chazza-studies-alevels’s questions:
1. If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be and why?
oh, so many options. i think i would change how some ignorant people only see one correct way to live so that they are more open-minded.
2. What’s your favourite quality in yourself?
i’m a very determined person (eg right now i’m sitting at 1:30am waiting for clouds to pass so i can see a comet.)
3. What’s your favourite quality in other people?
loyalty and genuine kindness.
4. What’s something you wish you could do?
i wish i could play piano much better!
5. If you could live anywhere, where would you?
i would love to live in iceland
6. Who is your biggest inspiration and why?
in my personal life, both my grannies are my inspirations. but on a wider scale i look up to jessica meir and christina koch a lot, as well as alexandria ocasio-cortez and mae jemison.
7. Why did you choose your subjects/course?
physics, because i love space and understanding the world around me. maths, because it’s useful in physics and i love problem solving. chemistry, because i’m good at it and love understanding why things work. music performance, because i need a way to be creative and grow confidence!
8. What’s your favourite subject/pastime?
my favourite subject is physics (although currently we’re studying mechanics which i hate so maybe chemistry atm) and my favourite pastime is reading/cycling
9. If you could meet one person from history, who would it be and what would you say?
i’d love to meet mae jemison and tell her i think she is amazing and so so cool and a true hero of mine. OH or carrie fisher!! i’d tell her how much i loved princess leia as a little girl
10. What are you most grateful for in life?
i am so grateful to have grown up in a safe environment and have gone to a good school where i’ve had so many opportunities <3
my questions!
1. what did you want to be when you were a child?
2. describe your favourite teacher
3. if you could speak any language which would it be? why?
4. what colours do you associate with your classes?
5. what’s something that really annoys you?
6. what’s the best part of your classes?
7. what’s the worst part of your classes?
8. how many languages can you say ‘hello’ in?
9. do you write in pen or pencil?
10. what’s the worst book you’ve ever read?
i tag @stellar-kinematics @aztrolab @physics-studies @scrappaper
23.08.2020 | 84/100 Days of Productivity | finished my hobbit-inspired spread for this week + essentials for a quiet day | thanks to my cd player i'm getting through quarantine relatively sane...
[ one hundred days of productivity — 5/100 ]
tue 20 august
finishing up some chemistry notes this afternoon, then onto english essay research. this years gonna be a toughie, i can already tell.
07/08/20
coded a rock, paper, scissors game! (=> completed one of my summer goals!)
did some mini exercises and summary post-it’s of rotational motion
read a third of the good immigrant
& tonight i’m going cycling with my dad and will do another violin session!
summer studying challenge, 7th aug: what is your favourite summer ‘beach read’?
red, white & royal blue by casey mcquiston!
8th may
this years reading challenge has really encouraged me to read more and it’s been soo lovely! cr: the dream theives by maggie stiefvater
📚: reaper man, terry prattchet
📼: travel man on channel 4
🎞: the aeronauts, amazon original
💡: uh i’ve been really into gamepigeon games on imessage?
seen a lot of these with your favorites, but reblog with the CURRENT book you are reading, show you are streaming, the last movie you watched, and any game/puzzle/crafts you’re working on
waking up and being genuinely thrilled to go to class because today is THAT CLASS you love so much you’d like it to never end
coffee breaks with friends, chatting and joking about this particularly hard essay and the prof’s mannerism
coffee breaks on your own, as you absent-mindedly watch the people around you, while thinking about what you’re working on
finding this book you’ve been dying to read for so long, and borrowing it from the library
the feeling of excitement that goes through you whenever you remember The Book is in your backpack
understanding everything during demanding classes and being genuinely interested in the subject
buying a New Special Pen and taking colorful notes that look super pretty
not being able to shut up about your school projects (no your friends dont really care about the intricate details of what you’re working on, they don’t even have the same major as you, but they’re happy to hear you rant with such a burning passion)
actually doing the extra reading and having your curiosity so piqued by what you’re reading that you go on and on and suddenly its 1am and what happened
printing the project you’ve spent so much time and energy on and feeling the paper’s warmth
actually submitting that project without feeling awful about it because you know you did your best and aren’t responsible for what happens next
when you finally finish this Super Hard And Important Essay at like 3am, open the window and feel the cold night air on your burning cheeks and everything is dark and quiet and you can see the moon and you’re at peace with everything for a few minutes
when this professor you admire says you did a great job and/or that you’re talented!!!!
realizing two concepts that seemed so far away from each other and that you discovered in wildly different contexts are actually interlinked, then Realizing™ things and linking concepts/works/articles to each other at the speed of light & being super excited about it
being so deeply immersed in your work that you didn’t realize two hours have passed
finding the Perfect Spot at the library
that Pure Joy moment when you FINALLY understand that super obscure sentence/text
when you feel anxious because you’re not done with your homework & the deadline is super tight & your friend tells you they aren’t done yet either
same but with an even more intense relief feeling when you realize you both haven’t even started yet
when the professor starts a new reasoning and you can predict what the next idea/the final conclusion will be
when the professor mention your favorite novel/author/fictional character in class and you feel like your internal screech of joy could shatter glass
the Academic Salt™ that has you like 👀👀
when the professor tears apart an author or scholar you hate and you’re like YES I WANT BLOOD GIVE ME BLOOD
when you learn that Cool New Fact that makes you reconsider your whole life
leaving the library after a long productive day and feeling like nothing is real but experiencing everything more intensely
leaving the library at night after a long study session and everybody has left already and its just you and the long neon-lit corridors then stepping outside and smelling the crisp night wind
[ one hundred days of productivity: 3/100 ]
sun 18 august
powering through some physics revision while listening to ‘come from away’ before i retire for the night and watch some himym :)
reminder that this blog, while not politically focused, supports BLM. bootlickers and racists aren’t welcome here, and never will be.