“Now You, Like Most People, Are Probably Aware Of People’s Body Language On A Subconscious Level.

“Now you, like most people, are probably aware of people’s body language on a subconscious level. Human beings are social creatures. They are made to detect faces and expressions on instinct. Emotions are also something you are sensitive to. A change in your fellow humans’ expression can indicate any number of things. From fear to anger to attraction, detecting the subtle differences can make the difference in survival, hence why it exists as part of your identity.

Interestingly, there have been studies showing that human beings’ instinctive expressions are consistent throughout the entire human race. A person here will facially express anger the same way as someone in Canada or Nigeria would. This implies that showing emotion is instinctual rather than learned. Language, on the other hand, is something that’s learned and is constantly evolving and changing. We’ll focus more on that when we have our lesson on language, but I find the difference neat. It seems as though expressions were the universal language first and vocal communication just followed for convenience sake.”

50 Things that Top Students Do

Listen to everything they’re taught, not just hearing

Take notes

Listen to opinions they don’t like

Be open to having their minds changed

Don’t listen to music with words when studying

Practise

Commit

Keep a regimen of self-discipline even in the face of a lack of motivation

Take breaks

Sleep regularly and more than expected

Work very hard during the day

Exercise

Plan in advance

Get small tasks done when there isn’t time to do bigger ones

Engage

Take failures as a learning curve

Think positively

Do their best work at the start of the year so they get more slack later

Talk to those who teach them

Debate

Do a little every day instead of all at once

Ask for help

Help others

Drink water

Work hard but work smart

Know what study setup is their most productive

Hold themselves accountable

Figure out which work is a priority

Don’t waste time re-reading as a form of studying

Find out things they don’t understand

Test themselves frequently

Work backwards through things to understand why something works

Learn more than they need

Have more interests and hobbies than just academics

Find out the most important concepts in a course

Learn the most important 20% of the course to get 80% of the grade

Don’t complain

Tailor their courses to focus on what interests them the most

Play hard after working hard

Read in advance

Know how to say no but don’t say no unless they have to

Take every opportunity they can

Eat well

Defend their personal beliefs

Don’t use other people’s successes/failures as an excuse for anything they do

Don’t let studying become the main part of their life

Understand that everything is temporary

Set goals, short- and long-term

Put their phones away/on silent when studying

Don’t expect any results immediately

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tatrinwhitewolf

4 years ago

our fandom has so much variety, so I made a test to help people gauge what type of Danny Phantom Fanfiction reader they are! so many options haha!

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tatrinwhitewolf

3 months ago

One of the most subtle ways that SHJ and HYJ show they matter to each other is that their words are never forgotten. Call them petty bitches if you will (which they totally are), but HYJ asked SHJ to make one promise to him once, and SHJ brings it up for the next 700 chapters. One offended comment of “I’ll give you about a day to hide” is brought back up like 500 chapters later as they’re in the middle of an intense fight.

They remember every little petty snark because everything the other person says is important to them.

TSCIR is like an essay on how to love someone without saying “I love you”. “I remember the promise”. “I’ll keep my word.” “The things you say are important to me. Even the most inane, trivial ones.”

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tatrinwhitewolf

2 months ago