Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: House Edition’s Patronus illustrations by Levi Pinfold

Kristen Stewart for Summer 2019 - 032c (x)

May 28, 2019 | Kristen Stewart attends the Chanel Métiers d’Art show in Seoul, Korea x x x

• Break your study time in chunks with breaks
• most students lose focus at 25 minutes
• it’s a mistake to keep going once you do, since you won’t actually learn anything and you’ll hate every minute of it
• so when you start losing focus take a 5 minute break
• do something nice like talking to someone or listening to music
• it’s something you practice so with time you’ll be able to work for more time without losing focus
• in the end of the study session have a big reward you look forward to
• Create a study area
• environment highly affects the way you act. Bedrooms are for sleeping, kitchens for eating: you’ll feel sleepy in your bedroom and hungry in the kitchen. So if you have a study area, it’ll be easier to start studying and staying focused.
• study in a specific room like an office or school library if you can
• if you have to study in your bedroom use a specific object you only use for studying: a lamp/desk. Make it a no-distraction, away from your bed, blank walls area.
•  The more active the learning, the better
• 80% active learning 20% passive
• ask yourself: is it a concept or a fact?
• learning a concept: understand/grasp/know it
• put it into your own words
• really think about the meaning of it
• relate it with something you already know
• teach somebody else. Recapitulate what you’ve learned. Talk out loud even if you don’t have anyone to teach - talk alone. Or at anyone that listens.
• learning a fact: memorize it
• use mnemonics
• Acronyms (e.g. colours of the rainbow RoyGBiv – red orange yellow green blue indigo violet)
•  Coined sayings - anything popular or sayings you’ve heard since you were a child.
• Interacting images – work even better if they’re weird. Creative associations make you never forget specific details. (e.g. 1 gram of fat has 9 calories: picture a fat cat – each cat has 9 lives)
• any time 2 things are highly similar but not the same you will get maximal interference!! USE mnemonics!! (e.g. afferent vs efferent neurons: SAME - Sensory Afferent Motor Efferent)
• Be a part of  study groups
• others can help you in ways you never thought before
• Recognizing VS remembering
• never confuse the two
• while reviewing a chapter you may recognize concepts but not actually know them
• and when you get to the test you won’t be able to remember any of it
• so quiz yourself without looking at it
• or stop in a page of your notes/textbook and ask yourself what is the concept immediately after and before it
• Get your REM Sleep 
• get ~8 hours so you don’t undo your studying
• this is how your brain stores permanent memories
• without it you’re ability to remember seriously decreases
• most people don’t even begin to take the advice but it’s simple: sleep better. Do better.
• There’s 162 hours in a week. There is time.
• reflect on what you are doing with your time and what activities you have to prioritize to succed as a student
• Taking notes is vital.
• right after the class take 5 minutes to expand everything you’ve jotted down, give it depth.
• NOT hours later. You won’t remember half the things you wrote down.
• Ask your questions to class mates and teachers.
• teachers want you to succeed and it’s more than ok to ask your question in the teacher’s office or in the next class
• How to use a textbook: SQ3R technique
• Survey Question Read Recite Review
• Survey: skim through the entire chapter in a couple of minutes.
• Raise questions: e.g. what is osmosis? What is this graphic about? What is a prototype?
• it causes you to look for answers and you’ll find the information better once you actually study it after. If you intend to find something you learn it better.
• Start studying for tests early.
• don’t undo yourself. You should only be reviewing the days before the test. don’t leave it till the last minute!

• mirroow Cate Blanchett and Kristen Stewart this afternoon! #festivaldecannes #cannes2018 #3daysincannes #cateblanchett #kristenstewart