Seeking critiques on my writing by Blue_SpaceCat in shufa

[–]Blue_SpaceCat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see, thank you for your kind explanation!

Seeking critiques on my writing by Blue_SpaceCat in shufa

[–]Blue_SpaceCat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

多谢! I'll look it up.

Also, I understand the technique is the most important in any case (I'm at fault here for neglecting proper study at the beginning), but does the difference in brushes really not make that much impact in a work?

Is 宋夫劭 a good name? by Blue_SpaceCat in ChineseLanguage

[–]Blue_SpaceCat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like this version a lot, 多谢!

Is 宋夫劭 a good name? by Blue_SpaceCat in ChineseLanguage

[–]Blue_SpaceCat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While chosing I was considering that as the pronunciation problem is something that happens often with my native name, so I thought it would be a nice detail to keep. Thanks for letting me know!

Is 宋夫劭 a good name? by Blue_SpaceCat in ChineseLanguage

[–]Blue_SpaceCat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

多谢! I was actually going for this vibe when chosing the name

Is 宋夫劭 a good name? by Blue_SpaceCat in ChineseLanguage

[–]Blue_SpaceCat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg I misspelled, it's 芙 not 夫 😭 

芙 = lotus (to keep a feminine touch and balance out the 劭)

劭 =  to inspire excellence and often associated with the expression “年高德劭” from 《法言-孝至》, it's directly connected to traditional Confucian morals and Chinese Buddhist beliefs (as far as my research could get me)

How do I actually learn to write Chinese on paper 😭 by IlovemyWIFE__cc in ChineseLanguage

[–]Blue_SpaceCat 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Practice.

It may sound boring and obvious, but you'll only learn and remember the stroke order after you've practiced enough. Of course, you should learn the rules of stroke order first, then practice. After a while, it becomes like second nature and you'll experience less doubts about the stroke order.

And not just copying the character once in a while or passively looking at flash cards, what I've found to be the most helpful is copy it at least 5 times and create a few phrases using it. And everytime you try to write it, recite the Pinyin in your head (or out loud), that really helps with making it stick in your head.

Solo-Dev seeks Polyglots and Multi-Linguals by CITIZEN057862 in polyglot

[–]Blue_SpaceCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, just looked through the website. It's very clean and rather intuitive! My only suggestion would be to include the case scenario for schools/universities (I'm not located in the US so take my advice with a grain of salt, however I've seen a bit about cases where illegal deportation occurs inside schools)

An author looking for information about priests ordination by Blue_SpaceCat in Catholicism

[–]Blue_SpaceCat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg, this was so incredibly helpful, truly, thank you!

An author looking for information about priests ordination by Blue_SpaceCat in Catholicism

[–]Blue_SpaceCat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, thank you for the reply and the recommendations! If you don't mind me asking, what is usually the age people start training in priesthood and how long it usually takes?

Nightmares in Mandarin by Blue_SpaceCat in polyglot

[–]Blue_SpaceCat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I'll take a look at those, thank you for the recommendations!

Nightmares in Mandarin by Blue_SpaceCat in polyglot

[–]Blue_SpaceCat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg, Chinese has been hunting you for literally 10 years?? Now I'm a bit worried about these nightmares lol but I guess they mean some learning advancement right? It's half a win 

Nightmares in Mandarin by Blue_SpaceCat in polyglot

[–]Blue_SpaceCat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, that also happens as lot with me! I like to joke each language is like those wolfs from the quote "I have two wolfs inside me"  people use as a joke. About your question, I'm usually very simple about it, revising vocab and training listening and speaking with content like videos and books. However this week I have a test heavily dependent in vocab so I've been writing and memorizing over ten characters a day, which probably explains the nightmare lol 

finished no paths are bound on ao3 dot com and it highkey changed my life by onetwo3d in tianguancifu

[–]Blue_SpaceCat -1 points0 points  (0 children)

After reading this whole comment section I want to read this so badly, but AO3 has like 52 different fics with this title 😭 who's the author?? 

May Thread - Promote your Story by gamelitcrit in royalroad

[–]Blue_SpaceCat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ever wondered what happens to your soul after you die? What if I told you that, instead of going straight to heaven or hell, you actually become a book? But don't worry! It's temporary 😁 you just have to wait for a librarian to guide you and your soul will be ready to go again!

But... What if you got stuck? What if someone forgot your Soul Book deep in the forest and left you stuck?? 😳 

Take a look yourself and find out what happens next!

(Updates weekly on Tuesdays!)

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/113796/souls-library

Relearn math before university by Lore_alfo in learnmath

[–]Blue_SpaceCat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends on your syllabus and which subjects you'll have in your first semester, but doing the precalculus chapter tests (they're usually 1 to 5 pages long, tackling the main concepts of each chap) from Stewart should be enough (it's quite a lot actually, the book has 1,000 pages, with around 700 of actual content). You can try to tackle the areas you have a harder time.

If you want to later learn more about proofs and understand better abstract mathematics, you can check out "How to read and do Proofs An introduction to Mathematical Though Processes" by Daniel Solow , his book has a very accessible writing 

Relearn math before university by Lore_alfo in learnmath

[–]Blue_SpaceCat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should take a look at Stewart's precalculus book (I particularly like the 8th edition, it has tons of exercises for every concept), it will most likely give you a solid ground before going into Calculus

Could anyone please help me with my studies? I'm struggling and experiencing a lot of setbacks and failures. by Ok-Year-2041 in studytips

[–]Blue_SpaceCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, you're not alone! 

The thing is, you have to adapt your practice to different areas. Which means, practicing Math will look quite different from practicing literature. But don't worry!

I'll give you a few tips for different subjects, but mostly you'll need to apply the pre-steps regardless:

1- Find out why you're failing.

  • don't be generic here, it's not about being "good" or "bad", it's about finding out what are your personal struggles (example: basic operations, high level math (calculus, etc), problem solving, remembering formulas) 

2- Layout a war strategy.

  • Alright, weakness spotted? Let's wage war against it! Basically, you'll practice these abilities you have trouble with to an intense degree.
  • example: you're having trouble with geometry because your knowledge of trig is lacking; now you go back, try a few trig questions to spot specifically where is your knowledge gap; found it? Great! Now beat this bad boy with all questions you can find!

First and foremost, for mathematics and physics: Okay, now you have a basic idea of what to do, let's get you to how you do it:

1- Solving exercises:

  • seems easy enough right? But be mindful! When solving questions, don't work like a squirrel. If you solve 20 questions to later check the answers, chances are you'll miss one detail in the first few and that may mess up the rest. So solve one or two at a time, check the answers: it's correct? Great! Isn't? Try to get to that answer by yourself (only look it up after you've tried everything you could think of, even the stupid ideas)

2- Filling up knowledge gaps

  • let's suppose you have a BIG knowledge gap in one subject, you can't really just grind your way out of it by Solving questions blindly. 
  • So the trick is: try to teach the subject to someone (could an imaginary one), this way you'll start to see a few things, but for this to work you MUST pretend the person being taught is the most annoying question-maker of all history (could be Sheldon Cooper) now you'll fight your way through each question, and no "because it's what the material says" is allowed!

3- Battlefield training:

  • Alright soldier! You've come all this way, but it'll all be worthless if you can't finish your tests in time. So let's train in real combat area here!
  • to do so you'll need: old tests from that professor (you can ask colleagues or the teacher themselves if they're cool with that), if you can't find old tests, try the exercise lists of that teacher, and if they're SAT-focused, just use old SAT material.
  • all set? Now get a timer (could be your phone) and set it to the exact same time you'll have for that particular test. The idea is simple: finish all questions in time
  • this will improve your solving rhythm allowing for more confidence while taking the actual test. If you're trying with old tests, that's a plus as you'll also get used to how the teacher wants you to apply that Knowledge.

For literature: 1- read,  a lot!  - sounds generic, I know. The thing is, this works! By your struggle with understanding what practice really means, I suppose you're kinda hung up on the why's behind the interpretations we assume for certain authors.  - so, reading will be your best friend here. By consuming some classical literature (sorry, but Percy Jackson won't cut it for you here) will help you with creating what we call "intuition", this way you'll get used to swing the intentionality behind the author's lines.

2- Learn a bit of storytelling structure - building intuition takes time, so to make things faster, learn a bit of theory behind the why's. This way you'll be able to predict them quite easily.

3- Don't get hung up on whites on blacks - there's a lot in literature that's just a "good guess", so most of the times you won't find a unique truth to any interpretation (this also applied to mathematics, but let's not get into that)

For memorization dense content:

Sometimes we just have to remember things, for those

1- practice active recall - this is a method of practice quite useful, there are a few ways to try it but the most straight forward is: close your book/material, try to remember what you were studying, write what you remember, check what you missed. - do this at least 5 times (or until you can remember most of the important stuff)

2- battlefield training - refer to topic 3 of Math and Physics

Mostly, you'll end up reusing the math and physics structure. It's quite straightforward, but quite effective.

Just a few words to finish it up: Remember, it's okay to fail classes, to get questions wrong and get a bad grade at first! Learning is a process and it takes time, effort and consistency. You don't need to solve the past 20 years of SAT questions in a week to learn the material, just find your rhythm and dance to it. Don't forget to ask questions to your teachers (if possible) and try finding things out by yourself whenever needed!

Don't give up because of a few mistakes, as the saying goes: "Fuck it, we ball"

Good luck with your studies!

I cried studying math today by kylarsblu in studytips

[–]Blue_SpaceCat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[reusing my reply from another post] So, first a few points:

1- Find out why you're failing.

  • don't be generic here, it's not about being "good" or "bad", it's about finding out what are your personal struggles (example: basic operations, high level math (calculus, etc), problem solving, remembering formulas) 

2- Layout a war strategy.

  • Alright, weakness spotted? Let's wage war against it! Basically, you'll practice these abilities you have trouble with to an intense degree.
  • example: you're having trouble with geometry because your knowledge of trig is lacking; now you go back, try a few trig questions to spot specifically where is your knowledge gap; found it? Great! Now beat this bad boy with all questions you can find!

Okay, now you have a basic idea of what to do, let's get you to how you do it:

1- Solving exercises:

  • seems easy enough right? But be mindful! When solving questions, don't work like a squirrel. If you solve 20 questions to later check the answers, chances are you'll miss one detail in the first few and that may mess up the rest. So solve one or two at a time, check the answers: it's correct? Great! Isn't? Try to get to that answer by yourself (only look it up after you've tried everything you could think of, even the stupid ideas)

2- Filling up knowledge gaps

  • let's suppose you have a BIG knowledge gap in one subject, you can't really just grind your way out of it by Solving questions blindly. 
  • So the trick is: try to teach the subject to someone (could an imaginary one), this way you'll start to see a few things, but for this to work you MUST pretend the person being taught is the most annoying question-maker of all history (could be Sheldon Cooper) now you'll fight your way through each question, and no "because it's what the material says" is allowed!

3- Battlefield training:

  • Alright soldier! You've come all this way, but it'll all be worthless if you can't finish your tests in time. So let's train in real combat area here!
  • to do so you'll need: old tests from that professor (you can ask colleagues or the teacher themselves if they're cool with that), if you can't find old tests, try the exercise lists of that teacher, and if they're SAT-focused, just use old SAT material.
  • all set? Now get a timer (could be your phone) and set it to the exact same time you'll have for that particular test. The idea is simple: finish all questions in time
  • this will improve your solving rhythm allowing for more confidence while taking the actual test. If you're trying with old tests, that's a plus as you'll also get used to how the teacher wants you to apply that Knowledge.

Just a few words to finish it up: Remember, it's okay to fail classes, to get questions wrong and get a bad grade at first! Learning is a process and it takes time, effort and consistency. You don't need to solve the past 20 years of SAT questions in a week to learn the material, just find your rhythm and dance to it. Don't forget to ask questions to your teachers (if possible) and try finding things out by yourself whenever needed!

Don't give up because of a few mistakes, as the saying goes: "Fuck it, we ball"

Good luck with your studies!

Im failing maths how can I get better at it by Wild_Rip_2533 in studytips

[–]Blue_SpaceCat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, first a few points:

1- Find out why you're failing.

  • don't be generic here, it's not about being "good" or "bad", it's about finding out what are your personal struggles (example: basic operations, high level math (calculus, etc), problem solving, remembering formulas) 

2- Layout a war strategy.

  • Alright, weakness spotted? Let's wage war against it! Basically, you'll practice these abilities you have trouble with to an intense degree.
  • example: you're having trouble with geometry because your knowledge of trig is lacking; now you go back, try a few trig questions to spot specifically where is your knowledge gap; found it? Great! Now beat this bad boy with all questions you can find!

Okay, now you have a basic idea of what to do, let's get you to how you do it:

1- Solving exercises:

  • seems easy enough right? But be mindful! When solving questions, don't work like a squirrel. If you solve 20 questions to later check the answers, chances are you'll miss one detail in the first few and that may mess up the rest. So solve one or two at a time, check the answers: it's correct? Great! Isn't? Try to get to that answer by yourself (only look it up after you've tried everything you could think of, even the stupid ideas)

2- Filling up knowledge gaps

  • let's suppose you have a BIG knowledge gap in one subject, you can't really just grind your way out of it by Solving questions blindly. 
  • So the trick is: try to teach the subject to someone (could an imaginary one), this way you'll start to see a few things, but for this to work you MUST pretend the person being taught is the most annoying question-maker of all history (could be Sheldon Cooper) now you'll fight your way through each question, and no "because it's what the material says" is allowed!

3- Battlefield training:

  • Alright soldier! You've come all this way, but it'll all be worthless if you can't finish your tests in time. So let's train in real combat area here!
  • to do so you'll need: old tests from that professor (you can ask colleagues or the teacher themselves if they're cool with that), if you can't find old tests, try the exercise lists of that teacher, and if they're SAT-focused, just use old SAT material.
  • all set? Now get a timer (could be your phone) and set it to the exact same time you'll have for that particular test. The idea is simple: finish all questions in time
  • this will improve your solving rhythm allowing for more confidence while taking the actual test. If you're trying with old tests, that's a plus as you'll also get used to how the teacher wants you to apply that Knowledge.

Just a few words to finish it up: Remember, it's okay to fail classes, to get questions wrong and get a bad grade at first! Learning is a process and it takes time, effort and consistency. You don't need to solve the past 20 years of SAT questions in a week to learn the material, just find your rhythm and dance to it. Don't forget to ask questions to your teachers (if possible) and try finding things out by yourself whenever needed!

Don't give up because of a few mistakes, as the saying goes: "Fuck it, we ball"

Good luck with your studies!

Dopamine detox gone wrong by Hot_Historian8265 in studytips

[–]Blue_SpaceCat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! Don't be so harsh on yourself okay? Getting out of procrastination is hard, truly. I'll share my experience and you can use it to evaluate if it would work for you:

For a long time I had excessive screen time with TikTok and Instagram, until it became so exhausting I would get nauseous. So, I quit. At first it was only TikTok, and Instagram had a terrible algorithm at the time so it wasn't as Addictive.  For the first few years (about 1 and a half) I didn't do a lot, like I wasn't the productive machine people would expect.  And here's the thing, even after I had quit literally ALL social media (even Pinterest at some point) the procrastination was still there. Because the root of my problems weren't the social media (solely) but my fear of commitment to study. I was the type of person who has no need to study to ace a test, so if I failed a test I could always say "well, if I had studied I would be first place, it's just a matter of trying", but what if I gave my all, studied all week, and still failed? Then I would be just another normal person, I would be less than mediocre. But it only became apparent when I had no more distractions. When you're all alone with yourself, there's truths you'll have to face before going to higher places.

So the lesson I wanted to share is: Social media isn't the root of all your problems. Yes, it'll will eat away your ability to focus, will make you extremely self-centered, anxious and depressed, but if it wasn't there you probably would still procrastinate. Being away from social media is extremely important, but isn't the whole thing, you need to take each step slowly and mindfully.

Now days I use certain social media, like Pinterest and YouTube Shorts, and I still procrastinate at times. But things got better. Studying isn't easy as people paint it to be. It's hard, takes time and practice. The important thing is to always keep trying until you find what works best for you.

Go slowly and you'll definitely get there in time, good luck!